Doc. 11340
3 July 2007
Agenda for the fourth part of the 2007 Ordinary Session
of the Parliamentary Assembly (1-5 October 2007)
Adopted by the Bureau of the Assembly on 29 June 2007
General
–  Examination of credentials of Representatives and Substitutes
–  Election of a Vice-President of the Assembly (possibly)
–  Election of judges to the European Court of Human Rights
–  Changes in the membership of committees
–  Progress report of the Bureau and the Standing Committee
–  Communication from the Committee of Ministers to the Assembly
–  Statements by guest speakers
Political Affairs
–  The concept of preventive war and its consequences for international relations
    Rapporteur: Mr LluÃs Maria de Puig (Spain, SOC)
Adopted on 22 May 2007, Doc. 11293
To be adopted on 13 September 2007
Rapporteur of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights (for opinion): …
Legal Affairs and Human Rights
–   Member states' duty to co-operate with the European Court of Human Rights
     Rapporteur: Mr Christos Pourgourides (Cyprus, EPP/CD)
Adopted on 22 January 2007, Doc. 11183
–   Towards decriminalisation of defamation
     Rapporteur: Mr Jaume Bartumeu Cassany (Andorra, SOC)
Adopted on 14 May 2007, Doc. 11305
–   Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights – stock-taking and perspectives
     Rapporteur: Mr Jean-Charles Gardetto (Monaco, EPP/CD)
To be adopted on 11 September 2007
–   Draft Convention of the Council of Europe on the adoption of children (revised)
     Rapporteur: Mr Jaume Bartumeu Cassany (Andorra, SOC)
To be adopted on 11 September 2007
    Rapporteur of the Social, Health and Family Affairs Committee (for opinion): Mrs Ruth-Gaby Vermot-Mangold (Switzerland, SOC)
Economic Affairs and Development
–  The OECD and the world economy
    Rapporteur: Mrs Antigoni Papadopoulos (Cyprus, ALDE)
    Provisionally adopted on 22 June 2007
    Final adoption on 2 October 2007
–  Realising both economic growth and social protection in Europe in an era of globalisation
    Rapporteur: Mr Tony Lloyd (United Kingdom, SOC)
    Adopted on 28 June 2007
    Rapporteur of the Social, Health and Family Affairs Committee (for opinion): Mr Cezar Florin Preda (Romania, EPP/CD)
–  Activities and orientations of the Council of Europe Development Bank
    Rapporteur: Mr Márton Braun (Hungary, EPP/CD)
    Adopted on 31 May 2007, Doc. 11306
Rapporteur of the Committee on Migration, Refugees and Population (for opinion): Mr Andrej Zernovski ("The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia", ALDE)
–   The political dimension of Council of Europe budget
     Rapporteur: …
     To be adopted on 10 September 2007
Social, Health and Family Affairs
–  For a European drug convention on promoting public health policy in drug control
    Rapporteur: Mr Paul Flynn (United Kingdom, SOC)
    Adopted on 26 June 2007
–  Situation of children living in post-conflict zones in the Balkans
    Rapporteur: Mrs Carina Ohlsson (Sweden, SOC)
    Adopted on 26 June 2007
Migration, Refugees and Population
–  The activities of the International Organization for Migration (OIM)*
    Rapporteur: Mrs Gultakin Hajiyeva (Azerbaijan, EPP/CD)
    Adopted on 25 June 2007
    Rapporteur of the Political Affairs Committee (for opinion): Mr Tadeusz Iwiński (Poland, SOC)
–  Regularisation programmes for irregular migrants*
    Rapporteur: Mr John Greenway (United Kingdom, EDG)
    Adopted on 25 June 2007
–  Assessment of transit and processing centres as a response to mixed flows of migrants and asylum seekers
    Rapporteur: Mrs Corien W.A. Jonker (Netherlands, EPP/CD)
    Adopted on 11 May 2007, Doc. 11304
    Rapporteur of the Committee on Equal Opportunities for Women and Men (for opinion): Mr Jean-Guy Branger (France, EPP/CD)
–  The humanitarian crisis in Darfur
    Rapporteur: Mrs Ruth-Gaby Vermot-Mangold (Switzerland, SOC)
    Adopted on 28 June 2007
    Rapporteur of the Social, Health and Family Affairs Committee (for opinion): …
Culture, science and education
–  The dangers of creationism in education
    Rapporteur: Mrs Anne Brasseur (Luxembourg, ALDE)
    To be adopted on 14 September 2007
Environment, Agriculture and Local and Regional Affairs
–  Radioactive waste and the protection of the environment
    Rapporteur: Mr Alan Meale (United Kingdom, SOC)
    Adopted on 26 June 2007
–  Global warming and ecological disasters
    Rapporteur: Mr Alan Meale (United Kingdom, SOC)
    To be adopted on 12 September 2007
–  Regionalisation in Europe
    Rapporteur: Mr LluÃs Maria de Puig (Spain, SOC)
    To be adopted on 12 September 2007
* For joint debate.
Equal Opportunities for Women and Men
–  Prostitution – which stance to take?
    Rapporteur: Mr Leo Platvoet (Netherlands, UEL)
    Adopted on 28 June 2007
–  "Parliaments united in combating domestic violence against women": mid-term assessment
    Rapporteur: Mr José Mendes Bota (Portugal, EPP/CD)
    To be adopted on 7 September 2007
Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States
–  Honouring of obligations and commitments by Moldova
    Co-Rapporteurs: Mrs Josette Durrieu (France, SOC) and Mr Ejidijus Vareikis (Lithuania, EPP/CD)
    To be adopted on 12 September 2007