Doc. 11340 rev.

12 September 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, and updated by the Bureau on 10 September 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 Lluís Maria de Puig (Spain, SOC)

Adopted on 22 May 2007, Doc. 11293

 

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)

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)

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 2007

     Rapporteur: Mrs Antigoni Papadopoulos (Cyprus, ALDE)

     Provisionally adopted on 22 June 2007, Doc. 11357 prov.

     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, Doc. 11366

     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)

 

 

–    Political dimension of the Council of Europe budget

      Rapporteur: Mr Paul Wille (Belgium, ALDE)

      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, Doc. 11344

 

–   Situation of children living in post-conflict zones in the Balkans

     Rapporteur: Mrs Carina Ohlsson (Sweden, SOC)

     Adopted on 26 June 2007, Doc. 11353

 

Migration, Refugees and Population

–   The activities of the International Organization for Migration (IOM)*

     Rapporteur: Mrs Gultakin Hajiyeva (Azerbaijan, EPP/CD)

     Adopted on 25 June 2007, Doc. 11351

     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, Doc. 11350

 

–   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, Doc. 11355

     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)

     To be adopted on 12 September 2007

 

–   Regionalisation in Europe

     Rapporteur: Mr Lluís Maria de Puig (Spain, SOC)

     To be adopted on 12 September 2007

 

Equal Opportunities for Women and Men

–   Prostitution – which stance to take?

     Rapporteur: Mr Leo Platvoet (Netherlands, UEL)

     Adopted on 28 June 2007, Doc. 11352

 

–   "Parliaments united in combating domestic violence against women": mid-term assessment of the Campaign

     Rapporteur: Mr José Mendes Bota (Portugal, EPP/CD)

     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 Egidijus Vareikis (Lithuania, EPP/CD)

     To be adopted on 12 September 2007

 

 

 

* For joint debate.