Provisional edition
(Third part)
TWENTY SIXTH SITTING
Thursday 28 June 2007 at 3.00 p.m.
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Mr René van der Linden, President of the Assembly, took the Chair at 3.05 p.m.
1.        MINUTES
The Minutes of Proceedings of the twenty-third sitting were agreed to.
2.        ATTENDANCE REGISTER
The names of the Representatives, Substitutes and Observers who signed the attendance register are given in the Appendix.
3.        ORGANISATION OF DEBATES
           On the proposal of the President, the Assembly agreed that the list of questions to Mr Vuk Jeremić, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Serbia and Chairperson of the Committee of Ministers, be interrupted at about 4 p.m.
4.        COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMITTEE OF MINISTERS TO THE PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY PRESENTED BY MR VUK JEREMIĆ, MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF SERBIA, CHAIRPERSON OF THE COMMITTEE OF MINISTERS
The President welcomed Mr Vuk Jeremić, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Serbia and Chairperson of the Committee of Ministers.
Mr Vuk Jeremić addressed the Assembly and presented the Communication on the activities of the Committee of Ministers (Doc. CM/AS(2007)5).
Mr Vuk Jeremić replied to questions contained in Doc. 11326 put to him by Mr Jean-Guy Branger, Ms Ganira Pashayeva, Mr Rainder Steenblock, Mr Tony Lloyd.
Mr Luc Van den Brande spoke on a point of order.
Mr Vuk Jeremić replied to further questions put to him by Mr Tadeusz Iwiński, Mr Luc Van den Brande, Ms Marietta de Pourbaix-Lundin, Mr József Gedei, Mr Tiny Kox, Lord Russell-Johnston.
The President thanked Mr Vuk Jeremić.
Mr Walter Schmied, a Vice-President of the Assembly, took the Chair in place of the President
5.        HONOURING OF OBLIGATIONS AND COMMITMENTS BY MONACO (DOC. 11299)
           The report of the Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee) (Doc. 11299) was presented by Mr Pedro Agramunt and Mr Leonid Slutsky, Co-Rapporteurs.
The debate was opened.
Speakers: Mr Bernard Schreiner, Mrs Hanne Severinsen, Mr Leo Platvoet, Mr Erik Jurgens, Mr Jean-Charles Gardetto, Mr Bernard Marquet, Mr Jean-Guy Branger, Mr Gediminas Jakavonis.
Mr Pedro Agramunt and Mr Leonid Slutsky, Co-Rapporteurs, and Mr Eduard Lintner, Chairman, Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee), replied to the debate.
The debate was closed.
The Assembly proceeded to consider the draft resolution contained in Doc. 11299.
An amendment (No. 1) was proposed by Mr Erik Jurgens, Mr Abdülkadir AteÅŸ, Mr Andreas Gross, Mr Pieter Omtzigt, Mrs Corien W A Jonker, Mrs Hanne Severinsen, Mr Christos Pourgourides, Mr Leo Platvoet, Mr Boriss CileviÄs, in the draft resolution, after paragraph 19.1, insert the following sub-paragraph:
"put an end to princely practice of providing for criminal offences and penalties by Sovereign Orders without consulting the Parliament;"
Speakers: Mr Erik Jurgens, Mr Leonid Slutsky, Mr Eduard Lintner.
The amendment was not agreed to.
Another amendment (No. 2) was proposed by Mr Erik Jurgens, Mr Abdülkadir AteÅŸ, Mr Andreas Gross, Mr Pieter Omtzigt, Mrs Corien W A Jonker, Mrs Hanne Severinsen, Mr Christos Pourgourides, Mr Leo Platvoet, Mr Boriss CileviÄs, in the draft resolution, after paragraph 19.1, insert the following sub-paragraph:
"demarcate more clearly the cases in which the Prince can issue Sovereign Orders, particularly with regard to incorporating international conventions into domestic law;".
Speakers: Mr Erik Jurgens, Mr Jean-Charles Gardetto, Mr Eduard Lintner.
The amendment was not agreed to.
Another amendment (No. 3) was proposed by Mr Erik Jurgens, Mr Abdülkadir AteÅŸ, Mr Andreas Gross, Mr Pieter Omtzigt, Mrs Corien W A Jonker, Mrs Hanne Severinsen, Mr Christos Pourgourides, Mr Leo Platvoet, Mr Boriss CileviÄs, in the draft resolution, after paragraph 19.2, insert the following paragraph:
"In order to assist the Monegasque authorities in future reforms, the Assembly decides to request an opinion of the Venice Commission on the Constitution and constitutional practice of the Principality of Monaco".
Speakers: Mr Erik Jurgens, Mr Jean-Charles Gardetto, Mr Eduard Lintner.
The amendment was not agreed to.
Mr Leonid Slutsky spoke on a point of order.
The Assembly agreed the draft resolution (Resolution 1566) with 36 votes in favour, 9 votes against and 4 abstentions.
6.        IRAN’S NUCLEAR PROGRAMME: THE NEED FOR AN INTERNATIONAL RESPONSE (DOC. 11294)
           The report of the Political Affairs Committee (Doc. 11294) was presented by Mr Göran Lindblad, Rapporteur.
The debate was opened.
Speakers: Mr Mikhail Margelov, Mr Tiny Kox.
Mr Serhiy Holovaty, a Vice-President of the Assembly, took the Chair in place of Mr Walter Schmied.
Speakers: Mr Tony Lloyd, Mrs Urszula Gacek, Mr Kimmo Sasi, Mr Emanuelis Zingeris, Mr José Mendes Bota, Mr Vilna’i.
Mr Göran Lindblad, Rapporteur, and Mr Abdülkadir Ateş, Chairman, Political Affairs Committee, replied to the debate.
The debate was closed.
The Assembly agreed the draft resolution (Resolution 1567) with 31 votes in favour, 0 votes against and 0 abstentions.
7.        DATE, TIME AND ORDERS OF THE DAY OF THE NEXT SITTING
           The next sitting was fixed for Friday 29 June at 10 a.m. with the following orders of the day:
1.        INTERCULTURAL AND INTER-RELIGIOUS DIALOGUE
           1.a.     State, religion, secularity and human rights (Doc. 11298)
1.b.     Blasphemy, religious insults and hate speech against persons on grounds of their religion (Doc. 11296)
                       Joint debate and votes on two draft recommendations and amendments.
The sitting was closed at 5.50 p.m.
APPENDIX
Representatives or Substitutes who signed the Attendance Register in accordance with Rule 11.2 of the Rules of Procedure. The names of Substitutes who replaced absent Representatives are printed in small letters.
ADAM, Ulrich / Fischer, Axel
AGRAMUNT, Pedro
ATEŞ, Abdülkadir
AZZOLINI, Claudio
BALÄŒYTIS, Zigmantas
BARNETT, Doris
BEMELMANS-VIDEC, Marie-Louise / Weekers, Frans
BENDER, Ryszard
BERÉNYI, József
BERLUSCONI, Silvio / Rivolta, Dario
BJØRNSTAD, Vidar
BOCCIA, Maria Luisa / Del Roio, José LuizÂ
BRAJOVIĆ, Ivan
BRANDE, Luc Van den
BURLISON, Lord
ÄŒEKUOLIS, Jonas / StaponkienÄ—, Aldona
COLOMBIER, Georges / Branger, Jean-Guy
ÄŒURDOVÃ, Anna / Skopal, Ladislav
DAČIĆ, Ivica
ÉVIN, Claude / Dreyfus-Schmidt, Michel
FEDOROV, Valeriy
FOSS, Per-Kristian / Duesund, Ã…se Gunhild Woie
GACEK, Urszula
GAJDŮŠKOVÃ, Alena
GARDETTO, Jean-Charles
GEDEI, József
GILMORE, Eamon
GJUL, Gunn Karin
GREFF, Claude / Hugon, Jean-Yves
GRIGNON, Francis
GROSS, Andreas / Dupraz, John
GRZYB, Andrzej / Tomaszewska, Ewa
HAJIYEV, Sabir
HANCOCK, Michael
HERKEL, Andres
HOLOVATY, Serhiy
HURSKAINEN, Sinikka
HUSEYNOV, Ali / Mirzazada, Aydin
IWIŃSKI, Tadeusz
JACOBSEN, Bjørn / Asphjell, JoroddÂ
JEFTIĆ, MiloÅ¡ / VuÄković, NataÅ¡a
JOHANSSON, Morgan
JUNG, Armand
JURGENS, Erik
KAIKKONEN, Antti / Laakso, Jaakko
KESKIN, Hakki
KONEÄŒNÃ, Albrecht
KOROBEYNIKOV, Anatoliy
KOSACHEV, Konstantin / Kolesnikov, Victor
KOX, Tiny
LAUKKANEN, Markku Kallio, Reijo /
LEPPER, Andrzej / Wach, Piotr
LINDBLAD, Göran
LINDEN, René van der / Meulenbelt, Anja
LINTNER, Eduard
LLOYD, Tony
LUNDGREN, Kerstin
MAISSEN, Theo
MARGELOV, Mikhail
MARKOVIĆ, Milica
MARQUET, Bernard
MARTINS, Alberto / Martins, Maximiano
MARTY, Dick
MEALE, Alan
MELÄŒÃK, MiloÅ¡
MENDES BOTA, José
MIKUTIENÄ–, DangutÄ— / Jakavonis, GediminasÂ
MITREVA, Ilinka
NEGELE, Gebhard
OHLSSON, Carina
OJULAND, Kristiina
PAPADIMITRIOU, Elsa
PASHAYEVA, Ganira
PIROZHNIKOVA, Liudmila
POSTOICO, Maria
POURBAIX-LUNDIN, Marietta de
RAU, Zbigniew
REPS, Mailis
REYMANN, Marc
RIGONI, Andrea
RUSSELL-JOHNSTON,
RUSTAMYAN, Armen
SASI, Kimmo
SCHMIED, Walter
SCHREINER, Bernard
SEVERINSEN, Hanne
SHARANDIN, Yuri
SHYBKO, Vitaliy
SLUTSKY, Leonid
Å OJDROVÃ, Michaela / Jirsa, Tomáš
STEENBLOCK, Rainder
SUDARENKOV, Valeriy
SYDOW, Björn von
SZABÓ, Zoltán
TOMLINSON, Lord
ULRICH, Alexander / Pflug, Johannes
VAREIKIS, Egidijus / Zingeris, Emanuelis
VERMOT-MANGOLD, Ruth-Gaby
VIS, Rudi
WAALKENS, Harm Evert / Platvoet, Leo
WOHLWEND, Renate / Frommelt, DorisÂ
ALSO PRESENT
Representatives and Substitutes not authorised to vote:
FAUTRIER, Catherine
LIBICKI, Jan Filip
SAAR, Indrek
Special Guests
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Observers
BUGANZA SALMERON, Gerardo
CULLEN, Roy
DÃAZ DELGADO, Blanca Judith
GONZÃLEZ-MORFÃN, José
VILNAI, Matan