ACALSES4.2007_2
12 September 2007
DRAFT ORDER OF BUSINESS
of the fourth part of the 2007 Ordinary Session
(1-5 October 2007)
up-dated by the Bureau of the Assembly
on 10 September 2007
Monday 1 October 2007
8 a.m.           Bureau of the Assembly
9.30 a.m.       Political groups
11.30 a.m.    1.   Opening of the fourth part of the 2007 Ordinary Session
                    a.   Statement by Mr René van der Linden, President of the Parliamentary Assembly
                    b.   Examination of new credentials (Doc. )
                    c.   Changes in the membership of Committees
                    d.   Request for debate under urgent procedure on:
                           - Political implications of the proposed US/NATO "rocket shield"
                    e.   Adoption of the order of business
                    2.   Progress report of the Bureau of the Assembly and the Standing Committee (Doc. )
                           Rapporteur: Mr Göran Lindblad (Sweden, EPP/CD)
                           Observation of the parliamentary elections in Turkey (22 July 2007) (Doc. 11367)
                           Rapporteur of the Ad Hoc Committee of the Bureau: Mr Luc Van den Brande (Belgium, EPP/CD)
                           Observation of the parliamentary elections in Kazakhstan (18 August 2007) (Doc. )
                           Rapporteur of the Ad Hoc Committee of the Bureau: Mr David Wilshire (United Kingdom, EDG)
                           Debate and approval
12.30 p.m.    3.   Address by Mr Filip VUJANOVIĆ, President of Montenegro*
                          Questions**
1 p.m.           End of the sitting
2 p.m.           Committees
3 p.m.           1.a. The activities of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) (Doc. 11351)
                           Rapporteur of the Committee on Migration, Refugees and Population: Mrs Gultakin Hajiyeva (Azerbaijan, EPP/CD)
                           Rapporteur of the Political Affairs Committee (for opinion) (Doc. ): Mr Tadeusz Iwiński (Poland, SOC)
                                     Deadline for tabling amendments: Monday 1 October at 12 noon.
                    1.b. Regularisation programmes for irregular migrants (Doc. 11350)
                           Rapporteur of the Committee on Migration, Refugees and Population: Mr John Greenway (United Kingdom, EDG)
                                     Deadline for tabling amendments: Monday 1 October at 12 noon.
                           Statement by Mr Brunson McKINLEY, Director General of the International Organization for Migration (IOM)
                    1.c. Assessment of transit and processing centres as a response to mixed flows of migrants and asylum seekers (Doc. 11304)
                           Rapporteur of the Committee on Migration, Refugees and Population: Mrs Corien W.A. Jonker (Netherlands, EPP/CD)
                           Rapporteur of the Committee on Equal Opportunities for Women and Men (for opinion) (Doc. ): Mr Jean-Guy Branger (France, EPP/CD)
                                     Deadline for tabling amendments: Monday 1 October at 12 noon.
                           Joint debate
                           Vote on a draft recommendation (Doc. 11351)
                           Vote on a draft resolution and a draft recommendation (Doc. 11350)
                           Vote on a draft resolution and a draft recommendation (Doc. 11304)
5 p.m.           End of the sitting
5 p.m.           Political groups
*Â Â Subject to confirmation.
**Â One question from each political group.
Tuesday 2 October 2007
8.30 a.m.       Committees
10 a.m.         1.   Election of 19 judges to the European Court of Human Rights (Doc. 11359 and Addendum) (from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from 3 p.m. to 7.30 p.m.)
                    2.   The humanitarian crisis in Darfur (Doc. 11355)
                           Rapporteur of the Committee on Migration, Refugees and Population: Mrs Ruth-Gaby Vermot-Mangold (Switzerland, SOC)
                           Rapporteur of the Social, Health and Family Affairs Committee (for opinion) (Doc. ): …
                                     Deadline for tabling amendments: Monday 1 October at 4 p.m.
                           Statement by Mr Bernard KOUCHNER, Minister for Foreign and European Affairs of France*
                           Debate
                           Vote on a draft resolution
12 noon        3.   Address by Patriarch ALEXY II of Moscow and all Russia
                           Questions**
1 p.m.           End of the sitting
2 p.m.           Committees
3 p.m.           1.   Election of 19 judges to the European Court of Human Rights (Doc. 11359 and Addendum) (continued)  (from 3 p.m. to 7.30 p.m.)
                    2.   Address by Mr Boris TADIĆ, President of Serbia*
                           Questions
                    3.   Member states' duty to co-operate with the European Court of Human Rights (Doc. 11183)
                           Rapporteur of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights: Mr Christos Pourgourides (Cyprus, EPP/CD)
                                     Deadline for tabling amendments: Monday 1 October at 4 p.m.
                           Debate
                           Vote on a draft resolution
                           Vote on a draft recommendation
                    4.   Towards decriminalisation of defamation (Doc. 11305)
                           Rapporteur of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights: Mr Jaume Bartumeu Cassany (Andorra, SOC)
                                     Deadline for tabling amendments: Monday 1 October at 4 p.m.
                           Debate
                           Vote on a draft resolution
                           Vote on a draft recommendation
                    5.   Honouring of obligations and commitments by Moldova (Doc. )
                           Co-Rapporteurs of the Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee): Mrs Josette Durrieu (France, SOC) and Mr Egidijus Vareikis (Lithuania, EPP/CD)
                                     Deadline for tabling amendments: Monday 1 October at 4 p.m.
                           Debate
                           Vote on …
7.30 p.m.      End of the sitting
*Â Â Subject to confirmation.
**Â One question from each political group.
Wednesday 3 October 2007
8.30 a.m.       Political groups
10 a.m.         1.   [Possibly 2nd round] Election of 19 judges to the European Court of Human Rights (Doc. 11359 and Addendum) (from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.)
                    2.   Realising both economic growth and social protection in Europe in an era of globalisation (Doc. 11366)
                           Rapporteur of the Committee on Economic Affairs and Development: Mr Tony Lloyd (United Kingdom, SOC)
                           Rapporteur of the Social, Health and Family Affairs Committee (for opinion) (Doc. ): Mr Cezar Florin Preda (Romania, EPP/CD)
                                     Deadline for tabling amendments: Tuesday 2 October at 10.30 a.m.
                           Debate
                           Vote on a draft resolution
12 noon        3.   Address by Mr Abdullah GÜL, President of Turkey*
                          Questions
1 p.m.           End of the sitting
2 p.m.           Committees
3 p.m.           1.   Regionalisation in Europe (Doc. )
                           Rapporteur of the Committee on the Environment, Agriculture and Local and Regional Affairs: Mr LluÃs Maria de Puig (Spain, SOC)
                                     Deadline for tabling amendments: Tuesday 2 October at 3.30 p.m.
                           Debate
                           Vote on …
                    2.   The OECD and the world economy 2007 (Doc. 11357 prov.)***
                           Rapporteur of the Committee on Economic Affairs and Development: Mrs Antigoni Papadopoulos (Cyprus, ALDE)
                                     Deadline for tabling amendments: Tuesday 2 October at 7 p.m.
                           Contribution from the Social, Health and Family Affairs Committee (Doc. ) (Spokesperson: Mrs Maria de Belém Roseira (Portugal, SOC))
                           Contribution from the Committee on Migration, Refugees and Population (Doc. ) (Spokesperson: Mr Hakki Keskin (Germany, UEL))
                           Contribution from the Committee on Culture, Science and Education (Doc. ) (Spokesperson: Baroness Hooper (United Kingdom, EDG))
                           Contribution from the Committee on the Environment, Agriculture and Local and Regional Affairs (Doc. ) (Spokesperson: Mrs Eva GarcÃa Pastor (Andorra, ALDE))
                           Statement by Mr Angel GurrÃa, Secretary-General of the OECD
                           Enlarged debate
                           Vote on a draft resolution
                    3.   Political dimension of the Council of Europe budget (Doc. )
                           Rapporteur of the Committee on Economic Affairs and Development: Mr Paul Wille (Belgium, ALDE)
                                     Deadline for tabling amendments: Tuesday 2 October at 3.30 p.m.
                           Debate
                           Vote on …
                    4.   For a European drug convention on promoting public health policy in drug control (Doc. 11344)
                           Rapporteur of the Social, Health and Family Affairs Committee: Mr Paul Flynn (United Kingdom, SOC)
                           Deadline for tabling amendments: Tuesday 2 October at 3.30 p.m.
                           Debate
                           Vote on a draft resolution
                           Vote on a draft recommendation
7.30 p.m.      End of the sitting
*Â Â Â Subject to confirmation.
*** Debate and vote according to the Rules of Procedure for enlarged debates on the activities of the OECD.
Thursday 4 October 2007
8.30 a.m.       Committees
10 a.m.         1.   Debate under urgent procedure****: Political implications of the proposed US/NATO "rocket shield" (Doc. )
                           Rapporteur of the Political Affairs Committee: …
                                     Deadline for tabling amendments: Wednesday 3 October at 10.30 a.m.
                           Debate
                           Vote on …
12 noon        2.   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
                           Questions (Doc. )
                                     (Questions must be tabled by Wednesday 3 October at 10.30 a.m. at the latest)
1 p.m.           End of the sitting
2 p.m.           Committees
3 p.m.           1.   Address by Mr Gholamali HADDAD ADEL, President of the Asian Parliamentary Assembly (APA)*
                           Questions**
                    2.   Prostitution – which stance to take? (Doc. 11352)
                          Rapporteur of the Committee on Equal Opportunities for Women and Men: Mr Leo Platvoet (Netherlands, UEL)
                                     Deadline for tabling amendments: Wednesday 3 October at 3.30 p.m.
                           Debate
                           Vote on a draft resolution
                           Vote on a draft recommendation
                    3.   The dangers of creationism in education (Doc. )
                          Rapporteur of the Committee on Culture, Science and Education: Mrs Anne Brasseur (Luxembourg, ALDE)
                                     Deadline for tabling amendments: Wednesday 3 October at 3.30 p.m.
                           Debate
                           Vote on …
6.30 p.m.      End of the sitting
6.30 p.m.       Joint Committee
*Â Â Â Â Â Subject to confirmation.
**Â Â Â One question from each political group.
****Â If the urgent procedure is decided by the Assembly.
Friday 5 October 2007
8.30 a.m.       Bureau of the Assembly
10 a.m.         1.   Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights – stock-taking and perspectives (Doc. )
                           Rapporteur of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights: Mr Jean-Charles Gardetto (Monaco, EPP/CD)
                                     Deadline for tabling amendments: Thursday 4 October at 10.30 a.m.
                           Statement by Mr Thomas HAMMARBERG, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights
                           Debate
                           Vote on …
                    2.   "Parliaments united in combating domestic violence against women": mid-term assessment of the Campaign (Doc. )
                           Rapporteur of the Committee on Equal Opportunities for Women and Men: Mr José Mendes Bota (Portugal, EPP/CD)
                                   Deadline for tabling amendments: Thursday 4 October at 10.30 a.m.
                           Debate
                           Vote on …
                    3.   The concept of preventive war and its consequences for international relations (Doc. 11293)
                           Rapporteur of the Political Affairs Committee: Mr LluÃs Maria de Puig (Spain, SOC)
                                     Deadline for tabling amendments: Thursday 4 October at 10.30 a.m.
                           Debate
                           Vote on a draft resolution
1 p.m.           Closure of the fourth part of the 2007 Ordinary Session