Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly

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. 11566)

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 current affairs debates on:

-       the situation in the Middle East

-       the situation in Tibet

-       the consequences of the Declaration of independence by the Kosovo Assembly

-       the independence of Kosovo

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. 11565 Parts 1 and 2 + Addenda)

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. 11564)

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. 11567)

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. 11565 Parts I and II + Addenda) (continued)

Rapporteur: Mr John Greenway (United Kingdom, EDG)

Debate continued and vote

5 p.m.

End of the sitting

5 p.m.

Political groups

Tuesday 15 April 2008

8.30 a.m.

Committees

10 a.m.

1.

Election of judges to the European Court of Human Rights (Doc. 11529 and Addendum) (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. 11540)

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. 11575): Mr Hakki Keskin (Germany, UEL)

Rapporteur of the Committee on Culture, Science and Education (for opinion) (Doc. 11570): Mr Mehmet Tekelioğlu (Turkey, EPP/CD)

Rapporteur of the Committee on Equal Opportunities for Women and Men (for opinion) (Doc. 11569): Mrs Gisela Wurm (Austria, SOC)

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

Debate

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 and Addendum) (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. 11568)

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

3.

European Muslim communities confronted with extremism (Doc. 11540) (continued)

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

Vote on a draft resolution

Vote on a draft recommendation

4.

Annual activity report 2007 by the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights (Doc. 11553 rev.)

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

Questions

5.

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

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

Wednesday 16 April 2008

8.30 a.m.

Political groups

10 a.m.

1.

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

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. 11576): Mrs Christine McCafferty (United Kingdom, SOC)

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

Debate

12 noon

2.

Address by Mrs Yulia TYMOSHENKO, Prime Minister of Ukraine

Questions

1 p.m.

End of the sitting

2 p.m.

Committees

3 p.m.

1.

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

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

Vote on a draft resolution

At about

4 p.m.

2.

Current affairs debate: The consequences of the Declaration of independence by the Kosovo Assembly

Debate

At about

5.30 p.m.

3.

Child and teenage suicide in Europe: a serious public-health issue (Doc. 11547)

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 a draft resolution

7 p.m.

End of the sitting

Thursday 17 April 2008

8.30 a.m.

Committees

10 a.m.

1.

Debate under urgent procedure: The functioning of democratic institutions in Armenia (Doc. 11579)

Rapporteur of the Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee): Mr Georges Colombier (France, EPP/CD) and Mr John Prescott (United Kingdom, SOC)

Deadline for tabling amendments: Wednesday 16 April at 12 noon.

Debate

Vote on a draft resolution

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, Writer

Debate

Vote on a draft recommendation

2.

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: 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

Friday 18 April 2008

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. 11539)

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. 11580): Mr Kent Olsson (Sweden, EPP/CD)

Rapporteur of the Committee on Environmment, Agriculture and Local and Regional Affairs (for opinion) (Doc. 11561 rev.): Mrs Carina Ohlsson (Sweden, SOC)

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

Debate

Vote on a draft recommendation

1 p.m.

Closure of the second part of the 2008 Ordinary Session