8 a.m.

Bureau of the Assembly

9.30 a.m.

Political groups

11.30 a.m.

1.

Opening of the third part of the 2008 Ordinary Session

a.    Statement by the 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 the functioning of democratic institutions in Turkey

e.    Adoption of the Agenda

f.     Adoption of the minutes of the meeting of the Standing Committee (Stockholm, 29 May 2008)

2.

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

Rapporteur: Mr Boris Zala (Slovak Republic, SOC)

Observation of the parliamentary elections in Georgia (21 May 2008) (Doc. )

Rapporteur of the Ad hoc Committee of the Bureau: Mr Mátyás Eörsi (Hungary, ALDE)

Observation of the parliamentary elections in "the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" (1 June 2008) (Doc. )

Rapporteur of the Ad hoc Committee of the Bureau: Mr Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu (Turkey, EDG)

Debate and vote

1 p.m.

End of the sitting

2 p.m.

Committees

3 p.m.

1.

Communication from the Committee of Ministers to the Parliamentary Assembly presented by Mr Carl BILDT, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden, Chairperson of the Committee of Ministers

Questions (Doc. )

(Written Questions must be tabled by Friday 20 June 2008 at 8 p.m.)

2.

The fight against harm to the environment in the Black Sea (Doc. )

Rapporteur of the Committee on the Environment, Agriculture and Local and Regional Affairs: Mr Laurenţiu Mironescu (Romania, EPP/CD)

Deadline for tabling amendments: Monday 23 June at 12 noon.

Debate

Vote on …

5 p.m.

End of the sitting

5 p.m.

Political groups

8.30 a.m.

Committees

10 a.m.

1.

The functioning of democratic institutions in Azerbaijan (Doc. 11627)

Co-rapporteurs of the Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee):

Mr Andres Herkel (Estonia, EPP/CD) and Mrs Evguenia Jivkova (Bulgaria, SOC)

Deadline for tabling amendments: Monday 23 June at 4 p.m.

Debate

Vote on a draft resolution

12 noon

2.

2.

Address by an invited personality [tbc]

Questions

OR

Empowering women in a modern, multicultural society (Doc. 11612)

Rapporteur of the Committee on Equal Opportunities for Women and Men:

Mrs Ingrida Circene (Latvia, EPP/CD)

Rapporteur of the Committee on Culture, Science and Education (for opinion) (Doc. 11621):

Mr Azis Pollozhani ("the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia", SOC)

Deadline for tabling amendments: Monday 23 June at 4 p.m.

Debate

Vote on a draft resolution

Vote on a draft recommendation

1 p.m.

End of the sitting

2 p.m.

Committees

3 p.m.

1.

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD): focus on eastern and south-eastern Europe (Doc.)

Rapporteur of the Committee on Economic Affairs and Development:

Mr Maximiano Martins (Portugal, SOC)

Deadline for tabling amendments: Monday 23 June at 4 p.m.

Statement by Mr Jean LEMIERRE, President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development  (EBRD)

Debate

Vote on …

5 p.m.

End of the sitting

8.30 a.m.

Political groups

10 a.m.

The state of democracy in Europe

Statement by an invited personality [tbc]

1.a.

Specific challenges facing European democracies: the case of diversity and migration (Doc. 11623)

Rapporteur of the Political Affairs Committee: Mr Andreas Gross (Switzerland, SOC)

Rapporteur of the Committee on Equal Opportunities for Women and Men (for opinion) (Doc. ): …

Deadline for tabling amendments: Wednesday 25 June at 10.30 a.m.

Statement by Mr Wolf LEPENIES, Professor, Institute for Advanced Study, Berlin

1.b.

Measures to improve the democratic participation of migrants (Doc. 11625)

Rapporteur of the Committee on Migration, Refugees and Population:

Mr John Greenway (United Kingdom, EDG)

Deadline for tabling amendments: Wednesday 25 June at 10.30 a.m.

Statement by Mr Trevor PHILLIPS, Chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission for England, Scotland and Wales

Joint debate

1 p.m.

End of the sitting

2 p.m.

Committees

3 p.m.

The state of democracy in Europe (continued)

1.c.

The functioning of democratic institutions in Europe and progress of the Assembly's monitoring procedure (Doc. )

Rapporteur of the Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee):

Mr Serhiy Holovaty (Ukraine, ALDE)

Deadline for tabling amendments: Wednesday 25 June at 10.30 a.m.

Statement by Mr Miklos MARSCHALL, Regional Director for Europe and Central Asia, Transparency International

Joint debate (continued)

Votes on a draft resolution and a draft recommendation (Doc. 11623)

Votes on a draft resolution and a draft recommendation (Doc. 11625)

Votes on a draft resolution and a draft recommendation (Doc. )

2.

[Possibly] Debate under urgent procedure[1]

Rapporteur: …

Deadline for tabling amendments: …

Debate

Vote on …

OR

2.

The promotion of a culture of democracy and human rights through teacher education (Doc. 11624)

Rapporteur of the Committee on Culture, Science and Education:

Mr Ştefan Glăvan (Romania, ALDE)

Deadline for tabling amendments: Tuesday 24 June at 3.30 p.m.

Debate

Vote on a draft recommendation

7 p.m.

End of the sitting

8.30 a.m.

Committees

10 a.m.

1.

General policy debate on the situation in China (Doc. )

Rapporteur of the Political Affairs Committee: Mr Jean-Claude Mignon (France, EPP/CD)

Deadline for tabling amendments: Wednesday 25 June at 10.30 a.m.

Statement by an invited personality [tbc]

Debate

Vote on …

2.

Address by Mr Boris TadiĆ, President of Serbia

Questions

1 p.m.

End of the sitting

2 p.m.

Committees

3 p.m.

1.

[Possibly] Debate under urgent procedure[2]: The functioning of democratic institutions in Turkey (Doc. )

Rapporteur of the Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee):: …

Deadline for tabling amendments: …

Debate

Vote on …

2.

Activities of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) (Doc. 11608)

Rapporteur of the Committee on Migration, Refugees and Population:

Mr Michael Hancock (United Kingdom, ALDE)

Deadline for tabling amendments: Wednesday 25 June at 3.30 p.m.

Statement by Mr Jakob KELLENBERGER, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)

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

1.

Preventing the first form of violence against children: abandonment at birth (Doc. 11538)

Rapporteur of the Social, Health and Family Affairs Committee:

Mr Michael Hancock (United Kingdom, ALDE)

Deadline for tabling amendments: Thursday 26 June at 10.30 a.m.

Debate

Vote on a draft resolution

2.

Gökçeada (Imbros) and Bozcaada (Tenedos) (Doc. )[3]

Rapporteur of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights:

Mr Andreas Gross (Switzerland, SOC)

Deadline for tabling amendments: Thursday 26 June at 10.30 a.m.

Debate

Vote on …

1 p.m.

Closure of the third part of the 2008 Ordinary Session