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 2008 Ordinary Session

a.    Statement by the President of the Parliamentary Assembly

b.    Examination of new credentials (Doc. )

c.    Election of Vice-President(s) of the Assembly

d.    Changes in the membership of Committees

e.    Request(s) for current affairs debate or debate under urgent procedure

f.     Adoption of the Agenda

g.    Adoption of the minutes of proceedings of the Parliamentary Assembly's

       sittings held on 26 June (afternoon) and 27 June (morning) 2008

12 noon

2.

Address by Mr Jorge SAMPAIO, United Nations High Representative for the Alliance of Civilizations [tbc]

Questions

1 p.m.

End of the sitting

2 p.m.

Committees

3 p.m.

1.

Address by Mr Yavuz MILDON, President of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe

Questions[2]

2.

Address by Mr Jorge PIZARRO, President of the Latin American Parliament [tbc]

Questions²

3.

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

Rapporteur: Mr Andros Kyprianou (Cyprus, UEL)

Debate and vote

5 p.m.

End of the sitting

5 p.m.

Political groups

8.30 a.m.

Committees

10 a.m.

1.

[Possibly] Election of judge(s) to the European Court of Human Rights (Doc. )

(from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.)

2.

Europe’s “boat-people”, mixed migration flows by sea into Southern Europe (Doc. 11688)

Rapporteur of the Committee on Migration, Refugees and Population:

Mr Morten østergaard (Denmark, ALDE)

Deadline for tabling amendments: Monday 29 September at 4 p.m.

Statement by Mr Jacques BARROT, Vice-President of the European Commission,

responsible for Justice, Freedom and Security [tbc]

Debate

Vote on a draft resolution

Vote on a draft recommendation

12 noon

3.

Address by Mr Demetris CHRISTOFIAS, President of the Republic of Cyprus

Questions

1 p.m.

End of the sitting

2 p.m.

Committees

3 p.m.

1.

[Possibly] Election of judge(s) to the European Court of Human Rights (Doc. ) (continued) (from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.)

2.

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 [tbc]

Questions (Doc. )

(Written Questions must be tabled by Monday 29 September at 4 p.m. at the latest)

4 p.m.

3.

Address by Mr Haris SILAJDŽIĆ, Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina [tbc]

Questions

4.

Honouring of obligations and commitments by Bosnia and Herzegovina (Doc. )

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

Mr Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu (Turkey, EDG) and Mr Kimmo Sasi (Finland, EPP/CD)

Deadline for tabling amendments: Monday 29 September at 4 p.m.

Debate

Vote on …

5.

Candidates for the European Court of Human Rights (Doc. 11682)

Rapporteur of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights:

Mrs Marie-Louise Bemelmans-Videc (The Netherlands, EPP/CD)

Rapporteur of the Committee on Equal Opportunities for Women and Men (for opinion)

(Doc. ): Mrs Lydie Err (Luxembourg, SOC)

Deadline for tabling amendments: Monday 29 September at 4 p.m.

Debate

Vote on a draft resolution

8 p.m.

End of the sitting

8.30 a.m.

Political groups

10 a.m.

1.

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

2.

Situation in Cyprus (Doc. )

Rapporteur of the Political Affairs Committee: Mr Joachim Hörster (Germany, EPP/CD)

Deadline for tabling amendments: Tuesday 30 September at 10.30 a.m.

Statement by Mr Mehmet Ali TALAT, Leader of the Turkish Cypriot Community [tbc]

Debate

Vote on …

3.

Proposed 42 days pre-charge detention in the United Kingdom (Doc. )

Rapporteur of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights: …

Deadline for tabling amendments: Tuesday 30 September at 10.30 a.m.

Debate

Vote on …

1 p.m.

End of the sitting

2 p.m.

Committees

3 p.m.

1.

The OECD and the world economy (Doc. 11687 prov.)[3]

Rapporteur of the Committee on Economic Affairs and Development:

Mrs Anna Lilliehöök (Sweden, EPP/CD)

Deadline for tabling amendments: Tuesday 30 September at 7 p.m.

Contribution from the Social, Health and Family Affairs Committee (Doc. ) (Spokesperson: …)

Contribution from the Committee on Migration, Refugees and Population (Doc. ) (Spokesperson: Mr Andrej Zernoski, "the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia", ALDE)

Contribution from the Committee on Culture, Science and Education (Doc. ) (Spokesperson: Mr Hendrik Daems, Belgium, ALDE)

Contribution from the Committee on the Environment, Agriculture and Local and Regional Affairs (Doc. ) (Spokesperson: Mr Rudi Vis, United Kingdom, SOC)

Statement by Mr Angel Gurría, Secretary-General of the OECD [tbc]

Enlarged debate

Vote on a draft resolution

2.

Refreshing the youth agenda of the Council of Europe (Doc. )

Rapporteur of the Committee on Culture, Science and Education:

Mr André Schneider (France, EPP/CD)

Deadline for tabling amendments: Tuesday 30 September at 3.30 pm.

Statement by Mrs Nyamko SABUNI, Minister of Integration and Gender Equality, Sweden [tbc]

Debate

Vote on …

3.

[Possibly] Debate under urgent procedure[4]

Rapporteur: …

Deadline for tabling amendments: …

Debate

Vote on …

7.30 p.m.

End of the sitting

8.30 a.m.

Committees

10 a.m.

1.

Situation in the Middle East (Doc. )

Rapporteur of the Political Affairs Committee:

Mr Mikhail Margelov (Russian Federation, EDG)

Rapporteur of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights (for opinion) (Doc. ): …

Deadline for tabling amendments: Wednesday 1 October at 10.30 am.

Statements by invited personalities [tbc]

Debate

Vote on …

12 noon

2.

Address by Mr Fredrik REINFELDT, Prime Minister of Sweden [tbc]

Questions

1 p.m.

End of the sitting

2 p.m.

Committees

3 p.m.

1.

Address by Mr Boris TadiĆ, President of Serbia [tbc]

Questions

2.

Honouring of obligations and commitments by Serbia (Doc. )

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

Mr Charles Goerens (Luxembourg, ALDE) and Mr Andreas Gross (Switzerland, SOC)

Deadline for tabling amendments: Wednesday 1 October at 3.30 p.m.

Debate

Vote on …

3.

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 1 October 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.

"Parliaments united in combating domestic violence against women":

review of the Council of Europe Campaign and prospects (Doc. )

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

Mr José Mendes Bota (Portugal, EPP/CD)

Deadline for tabling amendments: Thursday 2 October at 10.30 a.m.

Debate

Vote on …

2.a.

Indicators for media in a democracy (Doc. 11683)

Rapporteur of the Committee on Culture, Science and Education:

Mr Wolfgang Wodarg (Germany, SOC)

Deadline for tabling amendments: Thursday 2 October at 10.30 a.m.

2.b.

For 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: Thursday 2 October at 10.30 a.m.

Joint debate

Votes on a draft resolution and a draft recommendation (Doc. 11683)

Vote on a draft recommendation (Doc. 11624)

3.

Draft Council of Europe Convention on access to official documents (Doc. 11631 and Doc. )

Rapporteur of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights: …

Deadline for tabling amendments: Thursday 2 October at 10.30 a.m.

Debate

Vote on a draft opinion

1 p.m.

Closure of the fourth part of the 2008 Ordinary Session