OSCE, Alm.del - 2006-07 - Bilag 47: OSCE PA'S ÅRLIGE SESSION I KIEV: PRAKTIK OG PROCEDURER

OSCE's parlamentariske Forsamling 2006-07
OSCE Alm.del Bilag 47
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1. UDVALGSSEKRETARIAT

NOTAT

FOLKETINGET

OSCE's parlamentariske Forsamling

OSCE alm. del - Bilag 47

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OSCE PA'S ÅRLIGE SESSION I KIEV: PRAKTIK OG PROCEDURER

Vedlagt omdeles Practical and Procedural Information i forbindelse med

OSCE's Parlamentariske Forsamlings årlige session i Kiev 5. - 9. juli 2007.

Som det fremgår, er der en række krav og tidsfrister, som skal overholdes,

hvis man ønsker at fremsætte ændringsforslag eller forslag til supplerende

resolutioner ("supplementary items"). Krav og tidsfrister er opsummeret i

nedenstående skema.

Forslag

Forslag til supplerende resolutions-

udkast (supplementary items)

Krav

Skal som minimum være

underskrevet af 20 medlemmer

af OSCE PA fra mindst

forskellige 4 lande

21. juni 2007

Tidsfrist")

14. juni 2007

09. maj 2007

Ref • 06-001294-8

Ændringsforslag til rapportørernes

resolutionsudkast (draft resolutions)

Skal som minimum være

underskrevet af 5 medlemmer af

OSCE PA fra mindst 2

forskellige lande

Skal som minimum være

underskrevet af 5 medlemmer af

OSCE PA fra mindst 2

forskellige lande

Ændringsforslag til supplerende

resolutionsudkast (supplementary

items)

28. juni 2007

") Hvornår forslag senest skal være OSCE PA Internationale Sekretariat i hænde.

Charlotte Faber og undertegnede vil koordinere og videreformidle forslag til

OSCE PA's Internationale Sekretariat. Af praktiske hensyn vil den interne

tidsfrist for aflevering af forslag til delegationens sekretariat være &I dag

tidligere end de i skemaet anførte tidsfrister.

Udkast til rapporter og resolutionstekster fra forsamlingens 1. og 2 komit

inklusiv underskiftsskemaer til brug for eventuelle ændringsforslag omdeles til

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delegationen. jf. alm. del - bilag 48 - 51. Så snart tilsvarende udkast er

modtaget fra 3. komite fordeles disse ligeledes som bilag til delegationen.

Forslag til supplerende resolutioner og ændringsforslag fordeles i første

omgang alene elektronisk. Når der er klarhed over, hvilke supplerende

resolutioner og ændringsforslag, der har opnået den fornødne støtte indenfor

de fastsatte tidsfrister, vil disse også blive fordelt som bilag.

Erfaringerne fra tidligere år viser, at der i tiden frem til de anførte tidsfrister

kan forventes et stort antal henvendelser fra diverse forslagsstillere med

anmodning om støtte fra den danske delegation.

Såfremt man selv ønsker at fremsætte forslag, anbefales det at være ude i

god tid inden udløbet af tidsfristerne. Maj - juni er typisk en travl tid i de fleste

parlamenter, og det kan derfor være forbundet med visse praktiske problemer

at få indsamlet det nødvendige antal underskrifter.

Af de vedlagte informationer er reglerne for valg til posterne i forsamlingen

desuden beskrevet, ligesom det fremgår, hvilket poster der vil være ledige på

sessionen.

med venlig hilsen

Jacob Stahl Otte

delegationssekretær

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PRACTICAL & PROCEDURAL

INFORMATION

KYIV, 5 TO 9 JULY 2007

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President

The President will be elected for a period of one year, until the closure of the 2008 Annual Session

(Rule 4(6)). The President may he re-elected only once to the same office (Rule 5(6)). The President,

Mr. Giiran Lennmarker, who was elected at the Brussels Session in 2006 is eligible for re-election.

Therefore there will be election of the President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly.

In accordance with Rule 5(1) "The President shall be elected by secret ballot and each Member entitled

to vote may cast one vote. If, on the first ballot, no candidate has obtained an absolute majority of the

votes cast, a second ballot shal I be held between the two candidates who obtain the most votes in the

first ballot. The candidate who, on the second ballot, obtains the most votes shall be elected. In the

event of a tie, the issue shall be decided by lot."

Vice-Presidents

The Vice-Presidents may be re-elected once to the same office (Rule 5(6)).The Vice-Presidents, Mr

Wolfgang Grossruck (Austria) and Mr Panos Kammenos (Greece) who have been elected once, are

eligible for re-election. The Vice-President, Mrs Nebahat Albayrak (the Netherlands), who has been

elected once has ceased to be a member of the Dutch Delegation.

Therefore, there will be the election of three Vice-Presidents who will serve for three years until the end

of the 2010 Annual Session.

The procedure for the election of the Vice-Presidents will be the same as that for the election of the

President (Rule 5(2)). The Assembly will vote on all three positions of Vice-Presidents simultaneously.

The three candidates obtaining the greatest number of votes will serve for three years until the end of

the 2010 Annual Session.

Treasurer

The Treasurer shall hold office from the close of the Annual Session in which he is elected, to the close

of the second Annual Session thereafter (Rule 4(8)). The Treasurer may be re-elected twice to the same

office (Rule 5(6)).

Mr. Jerry Grafstein was re-elected twice as Treasurer of the Assembly. Therefore, there will be election

of the Treasurer in Kyiv.

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IMPORTANT:

Please pay special attention to the Rules of Procedure and the deadlines regarding the submission

of Supplementary and Umenev items and Amendments.

Supplementary Items

I. "The agenda of the Annual Session may be supplemented by an item or a motion on any

matter within the competence of the OSCE, which does not relate directly to subjects proposed

by the General Rapporteurs to the three General Committees. Such supplementary item shall be

in a form of a draft resolution and it shall be received at the Secretariat at least twenty-one days

before the opening of the first plenary session with signatures of at least twenty Members

representing at least four different countries. The first signatory of a supplementary item will be

its principal sponsor. The Standing Committee shall decide by a two-thirds majority of the votes

cast whether to include a supplementary item on the agenda of the Annual Session. The

Standing Committee shall then decide by a majority of the votes cast whether to refer a

supplementary item to the competent Committee or to submit it to the plenary of the Assembly.

2. If more than one supplementary item is presented on the same issue, the President may ask

the principal sponsor of the draft resolution which was received first to consult the principal

sponsors of the other draft resolutions on the same issue in order to present a compromise draft

resolution. If such a compromise draft resolution is received at the Secretariat at least sixteen

days before the opening of the first plenary session with signatures of the principal sponsors and

at least half of the signatories of each of the two or more draft resolutions in question, it shall be

presented to the Annual Session as a supplementary item and all other draft resolutions on the

same issue shall fall. The principal sponsor of the draft resolution, which was received first

shall be the principal sponsor of the compromise draft resolution. If there is no agreement on a

compromise draft resolution, the draft resolution which was received first shall be presented to

the Annual Session and others on the same issue shall fall."

Therefore, a supplementary item must be received at the International Secretariat in Copenhagen not

later than on Thursday, 14 June. A compromise draft resolution must be received at the International

Secretariat in Copenhagen not later than on Tuesday, 19 June.

Amendments:

The Standing Committee approved the Kyiv Programme, including the opening of the Inaugural

Plenary Session of the Assembly on Thursday, 5 July. Members are reminded that paragraph 1 of Rule

22 (Amendments) of the Rules of Procedure states:

"Amendments to the draft resolutions presented by the General Rapporteurs or to

supplementary items shall be submitted in writing and signed by at least five Members

representing at least two OSCE countries. Amendments to draft resolutions prepared by the

General Rapporteurs shall be received at the Secretariat with the required signatures at least

fourteen days before the opening of the first plenary session. Amendments to supplementary

items shall be received at the Secretariat with the required signatures at least seven days before

the opening of the first plenary session. The first signatory of an amendment will be its

principal sponsor."

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Urgency

Questions of urgency may be placed on the agenda of the Assembly at any time on the

proposal of the Standing Committee, or in the absence of a meeting of the Standing

Committee, on the proposal of the Bureau. Such questions of urgency must be pertinent

to the OSCE process and relate to an event, which has taken place or come to public

knowledge less than twenty-four days before the opening of the first plenary session.

Such question of urgency shall be in a form of a draft resolution and it shall be signed by

at least twenty-five Members representing at least ten countries. The first signatory of

the draft resolution shall be the principal sponsor of the question of urgency.

In the event of the Standing Committee or the Bureau deciding not to recommend the

inclusion of such an item on the agenda, the proposers shall have the right to appeal in

writing to the Assembly, which may decide by a majority of two thirds of the Members

of the Assembly to place the proposal on the agenda.

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III. GENERAL COMMITTEE ON DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS AND

HUMANITARIAN QUESTIONS

Chairman

Vice-Chairman

Rapporteur

Ms Anne-Marie Lizin

Mrs Cecilia Wigstrom

Mr Jesus LOpez-Medel

Belgium

Sweden

Spain