8 a.m.

Bureau of the Assembly

9.30 a.m.

Political groups

11.30 a.m.

1.     Opening of the second part of the 2008 Ordinary Session

a.    Statement by the President of the Parliamentary Assembly

b.    Examination of new credentials (Doc. )

c.    Election of a Vice-President of the Assembly with respect to Cyprus

d.    Changes in the membership of Committees

e.    Requests for debate:

       – under urgent procedure on the functioning of democratic institutions in Armenia

       – as a current affairs debate on the situation in the Middle East

f.     Adoption of the Agenda

g.    Adoption of the minutes of proceedings of the Parliamentary Assembly's sittings held on 24 January (afternoon) and 25 January (morning) 2008

2.     Progress report of the Bureau of the Assembly and the Standing Committee (Doc. )

       Rapporteur: Mr John Greenway (United Kingdom, EDG)

Observation of the presidential election in Serbia (2nd Round) (3 February 2008) (Doc. 11534)

Rapporteur of the Ad Hoc Committee of the Bureau: Mr Andreas Gross (Switzerland, SOC)

Observation of the parliamentary elections in Monaco (3 February 2008) (Doc. 11535)

Rapporteur of the Ad Hoc Committee of the Bureau: Mr Jaakko Laakso (Finland, UEL)

Observation of the presidential election in Armenia (19 February 2008) (Doc. )

Rapporteur of the Ad Hoc Committee of the Bureau: Mr John Prescott (United Kingdom, SOC)

Observation of the presidential election in the Russian Federation (2 March 2008) (Doc. 11536)

Rapporteur of the Ad Hoc Committee of the Bureau: Mr Andreas Gross (Switzerland, SOC)

Observation of the presidential election in Montenegro ( 6 April 2008) (Doc. )

        Rapporteur of the Ad Hoc Committee of the Bureau: Mr David Wilshire (United Kingdom, EDG)

Debate

1 p.m.

End of the sitting

2 p.m.

Committees

3 p.m.

1.     Address by Mr Ivan Gašparovič, President of the Slovak Republic

Questions

2.     Progress report of the Bureau of the Assembly and the Standing Committee (Doc. )  (continued)

       Rapporteur: Mr John Greenway (United Kingdom, EDG)

       Debate continued and vote

5 p.m.

End of the sitting

5 p.m.

Political groups

8.30 a.m.

Committees

10 a.m.

1.     Election of judges to the European Court of Human Rights (Doc. 11529)

       (from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.)

2.    European Muslim communities confronted with extremism (Doc. )

        Rapporteur of the Political Affairs Committee: Mr João Bosco Mota Amaral (Portugal, EPP/CD)

        Rapporteur of the Committee on Migration, Refugees and Population (for opinion) (Doc. ): Mr Hakki Keskin (Germany, UEL)

        Rapporteur of the Committee on Culture, Science and Education (for opinion) (Doc. ): Mr Mehmet TekelioÄŸlu (Turkey, EPP/CD)

       Rapporteur of the Committee on Equal Opportunities for Women and Men (for opinion) (Doc. ): Mrs Gisela Wurm (Austria, SOC)

          Deadline for tabling amendments: Monday 14 April at 4 p.m.

Debate

Vote on ….

12 noon

3.     Address by Mrs Angela MERKEL, Federal Chancellor of Germany

        Questions

1 p.m.

End of the sitting

2 p.m.

Committees

3 p.m.

1.     Election of judges to the European Court of Human Rights (Doc. 11529) (continued)  (from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.)

2.     Communication from the Committee of Ministers to the Parliamentary Assembly presented by Mr Ján KUBIŠ, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Slovak Republic, Chairperson of the Committee of Ministers

        Questions (Doc. )

          (Written Questions must be tabled by Monday 14 April at 4 p.m. at the latest)

3.     Annual activity report 2007 by the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights (Doc. )

        Statement by Mr Thomas HAMMARBERG, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights

        Questions

4.     Abuse of the criminal justice system in Belarus (Doc. 11464)

        Rapporteur of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights: Mr Christos Pourgourides (Cyprus, EPP/CD)

          Deadline for tabling amendments: Monday 14 April at 4 p.m.

Debate

Vote on a draft resolution

Vote on a draft recommendation

7 p.m.

End of the sitting

8.30 a.m.

Political groups

10 a.m.

1.     [Possibly 2^nd round] Election of judges to the European Court of Human Rights (Doc. 11529)  (from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.)

2.     Access to safe and legal abortion in Europe (Doc. 11537)

        Rapporteur of the Committee on Equal Opportunities for Women and Men: Mrs Gisela Wurm (Austria, SOC)

        Rapporteur of the Social, Health and Family Affairs Committee (for opinion) (Doc. ): Mrs Christine McCafferty (United Kingdom, SOC)

          Deadline for tabling amendments: Tuesday 15 April at 10.30 a.m.

        Debate

        Vote on a draft resolution

12 noon

3.     Address by Mrs Yulia TYMOSHENKO, Prime Minister of Ukraine[1]

        Questions

1 p.m.

End of the sitting

2 p.m.

Committees

3 p.m.

1.     [Possibly] Current affairs debate[2]

       Debate

2.     Child and teenage suicide in Europe: a serious public health issue (Doc. )

       Rapporteur of the Social, Health and Family Affairs Committee: Mr Bernard Marquet (Monaco, ALDE)

          Deadline for tabling amendments: Tuesday 15 April at 3.30 p.m.

       Debate

       Vote on ….

3.     The accession of the European Union/European Community to the European Convention on Human Rights (Doc. 11533)

       Rapporteur of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights: Mrs Marie-Louise Bemelmans-Videc (The Netherlands, EPP/CD)

          Deadline for tabling amendments: Tuesday 15 April at 3.30 p.m.

       Debate

       Vote on a draft resolution

        Vote on a draft recommendation

7 p.m.

End of the sitting

8.30 a.m.

Committees

10 a.m.

1.     [Possibly] Debate under urgent procedure [3]

          Rapporteur: …

          Deadline for tabling amendments: …

       Debate

       Vote on …

12 noon

2.     Address by Mr Bernard KOUCHNER, Minister of Foreign and European Affairs

       of France

       Questions

1 p.m.

End of the sitting

2 p.m.

Committees

3 p.m.

1.     Promoting the teaching of European literature (Doc. 11527)

       Rapporteur of the Committee on Culture, Science and Education: Mr Jacques Legendre (France, EPP/CD)

          Deadline for tabling amendments: Wednesday 16 April at 3.30 p.m.

       Statement by Mr Amin MAALOUF, Author

       Debate

       Vote on a draft recommendation

2.     The situation of national minorities in Vojvodina and of the Romanian ethnic minority in Serbia (Doc. 11528)

       Rapporteur of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights: Mr Jürgen Herrmann (Germany, EPP/CD)

          Deadline for tabling amendments: Wednesday 16 April at 3.30 p.m.

       Debate

       Vote on a draft resolution

       Vote on a draft recommendation

6.30 p.m.

End of the sitting

6.30 p.m.

Joint Committee

8.30 a.m.

Bureau of the Assembly

10 a.m.

1.   Immigration from sub-Saharan Africa (Doc. 11526)

     Rapporteur of the Committee on Migration, Refugees and Population: Mr Jean-Guy Branger (France, EPP/CD)

       Deadline for tabling amendments: Thursday 17 April at 10.30 a.m.

     Debate

     Vote on a draft resolution

2.  Sustainable development and tourism: towards quality growth (Doc. )

     Rapporteur of the Committee on Economic Affairs and Development: Mr José Mendes Bota (Portugal, EPP/CD)

     Rapporteur of the Committee on Culture, Science and Education (for opinion) (Doc. ): Mr Kent Olsson (Sweden, EPP/CD)

     Rapporteur of the Committee on Environmment, Agriculture and Local and Regional Affairs (for opinion) (Doc. ): Mrs Carina Ohlsson (Sweden, SOC)

      Deadline for tabling amendments: Thursday 17 April at 10.30 a.m.

     Debate

     Vote on …

1 p.m.

Closure of the second part of the 2008 Ordinary Session