ORDER OF BUSINESS
of the third part of the 2004 Ordinary Session
(21-25 June 2004)

adopted by the Assembly on 21 June 2004

Strasbourg, 21 June 2004

( 21, 22, 23, 24 and 25 June 2004)

 

Monday 21 June 2004

8.30 a.m.

Bureau of the Assembly

10 a.m.

Political groups

2 p.m.

Committees

3 p.m. 1.

Opening of the third part of the 2004 Ordinary Session

a.

Examination of new credentials (Doc. 10208)

b. Election of the Vice-President of the Assembly with the respect to Spain
c.

Changes in the membership of Committees (Commissions (2004) 5)

d.

Request(s) for debate under urgent procedure:

- the situation in Iraq

- the political, humanitarian, human rights and security situation in the Chechen Republic

- the Council of Europe on the eve of the 3rd Summit: new challenges on the Consolidating Europe

e.

Adoption of the order of business

  2.

Progress report of the Bureau of the Assembly and the Standing Committee (Doc. 10212)

Rapporteur: Mr Samad Seyidov (Azerbaijan, EDG)

Debate

3.

The euro and the Greater Europe (Doc. 10188)

   

Rapporteur of the Committee on Economic Affairs and Development: Mr Robert Walter (United Kingdom, EDG)

Deadline for tabling amendments: Monday 21 June at 12 noon.

   

Statement by Mr Jean-Claude TRICHET, President of the European Central Bank

Debate

Vote on a draft Resolution

4

Composition of the Bureau of the Assembly (Doc. 10185)

   

Rapporteur of the Committee on Rules of Procedure and Immunities: Mr Jonas Čekuolis (Lithuania, LDR)

Deadline for tabling amendments: Monday 21 June at 12 noon.

Debate

Vote on a draft Resolution

7.30 p.m.

End of the sitting

 

Tuesday 22 June 2004

8.30 a.m.

Committees

10 a.m.

Election of the Secretary General of the Council of Europe (Doc. 10197)

(from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.)

  1a. Honouring of obligations and commitments by Turkey (Doc. 10111)

Co-Rapporteurs of the Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee): Mrs Mady Delvaux-Stehres (Luxembourg, SOC) and Mr Luc Van den Brande (Belgium, EPP/CD)

Deadline for tabling amendments: Monday 21 June at 4 p.m.

1b.

Implementation of decisions of the European Court of Human Rights by Turkey (Doc. 10192)

   

Rapporteur of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights: Mr Erik Jurgens (Netherlands, SOC)

Deadline for tabling amendments: Monday 21 June at 4 p.m.

Joint debate

12 noon

2.

Communication from the Committee of Ministers to the Parliamentary Assembly presented by Mr Jan PETERSEN, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Norway and Chairman of the Committee of Ministers

Communication on the activities of the Committee of Ministers

Statutary report

Questions (Doc. 10221)

(Questions must be tabled by Monday 21 June at 4 p.m. at the latest)

1 p.m.

End of the sitting

2 p.m.

Committees

3 p.m. 1a. Honouring of obligations and commitments by Turkey (Doc. 10111) (continued)

Deadline for tabling amendments: Monday 21 June at 4 p.m.

1b.

Implementation of decisions of the European Court of Human Rights by Turkey (Doc. 10192) (continued)

Deadline for tabling amendments: Monday 21 June at 4 p.m.

Vote on two draft Resolutions

   

Vote on a draft Recommendation

 

2.

Contribution of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) to economic development in central and eastern Europe (Doc. 10198)

   

Rapporteur of the Committee on Economic Affairs and Development: Ms Jane Griffiths (United Kingdom, SOC)

Deadline for tabling amendments: Monday 21 June at 4 p.m.

Statement by Mr Jean LEMIERRE, President of the EBRD

Debate

Vote on a draft Resolution

3.

Domestic slavery: servitude, au pairs and mail-order brides (Doc. 10144)

   

Rapporteur of the Committee on Equal Opportunities for Women and Men: Mr Giuseppe Gaburro (Italy, EPP/CD)

Deadline for tabling amendments: Monday 21 June at 4 p.m.

Debate

Vote on a draft Recommendation

7.30 p.m.

End of the sitting

 

Wednesday 23 June 2004

8.30 a.m.

Political groups

10 a.m.

 

[Possibly 2nd round] Election of the Secretary General of the Council of Europe (Doc. 10197)

(from 10 a.m. to 12 noon)

1a.

Honouring of obligations and commitments by Bosnia and Herzegovina (Doc. 10200)

   

Co-Rapporteurs of the Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee): Mr Lázló Surján (Hungary, EPP/CD) and Mrs Naira Shakhtakhtinskaya (Azerbaijan, EDG)

Deadline for tabling amendments: Tuesday 22 June at 10 a.m.

1b.

Evolution and future development of democratic institutions in Bosnia and Herzegovina (Doc. 10196)

 

 

Rapporteur of the Political Affairs Committee: Mr Evgeni Kirilov (Bulgaria, SOC)

Deadline for tabling amendments: Tuesday 22 June at 10 a.m.

Joint debate

Vote on two draft Resolutions

Vote on a draft Recommendation

12 noon

2.

Address by Mr Kjell Magne BONDEVIK, Prime Minister of Norway

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 with respect to Luxembourg and Portugal (Doc. 10187 + Doc. 10201)

(from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.)
2.

Address by Mr Robert KOCHARIAN, President of Armenia

Questions

3.

Conflict prevention and resolution: the role of women (Doc. 10117 rev.)

Rapporteur of the Committee on Equal Opportunities for Women and Men: Ms Minodora Cliveti (Romania, SOC)

Deadline for tabling amendments: Tuesday 22 June at 3 p.m.

Debate

Vote on a draft Resolution

Vote on a draft Recommendation

4.

Europe-wide ban on corporal punishment of children (Doc. 10199)

Rapporteur of the Social, Health and Family Affairs Committee: Mrs Helena Bargholtz (Sweden, LDR)

Deadline for tabling amendments: Tuesday 22 June at 3 p.m.

Debate

Vote on a draft Recommendation

7 p.m.

End of the sitting

 

Thursday 24 June 2004

8.30 a.m.

Committees

10 a.m. 1.

Debate under urgent procedure : The Council of Europe's contribution to the settlement of the situation in Iraq (Doc. 10224)

Rapporteur of the Political Affairs Committee: Mrs Tana de Zulueta (Italy, SOC)

Rapporteur of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights (for opinion) (Doc. 10230): Mr Christos Pourgourides (Cyprus, EPP)

Deadline for tabling amendments: Wednesday 23 June at 12 noon

Debate

Vote on  a draft Resolution

1 p.m.

End of the sitting

2 p.m.

Committees

3 p.m. 1.

[Possibly 2nd round] Election of judges to the European Court of Human Rights with respect to Luxembourg and Portugal (Doc. 10187 + Doc. 10201)

(from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.)

2

Monopolisation of the electronic media and abuse of power in Italy (Doc. 10195)

   

Rapporteur of the Committee on Culture, Science and Education: Mr Paschal Mooney (Ireland, LDR)

Rapporteur of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights (for opinion) (Doc. 10228): Mr Abdülkadir Ateş (Turkey, SOC)

Deadline for tabling amendments: Wednesday 23 June at 3 p.m.

Debate

Vote on a draft Resolution

Vote on a draft Recommendation

3.

Italian law on legitimate suspicion (Doc. 10124)

Rapporteur of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights: Mrs Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger (Germany, LDR)

Deadline for tabling amendments: Wednesday 23 June at 3 p.m.

Debate

Vote on a draft Resolution

Vote on a draft Recommendation

6 p.m.

End of the sitting

6 p.m.

Joint Committee

 

Friday 25 June 2004

8.30 a.m.

Bureau of the Assembly

10 a.m. 1.

Situation of refugees and displaced persons in the Russian Federation and some other CIS countries (Doc. 10118)

   

Rapporteur of the Committee on Migration, Refugees and Population: Mr Tadeusz Iwiński (Poland, SOC)

Deadline for tabling amendments: Thursday 24 June at 10 a.m.

Debate

Vote on a draft Recommendation

2a.

Management of water resources in Europe (Doc. 10132)

Rapporteur of the Committee on the Environment, Agriculture and Local and Regional Affairs: Mr Borislav Velikov (Bulgaria, LDR)

Deadline for tabling amendments: Thursday 24 June at 10 a.m.

2b.

Transboundary water basins in Europe (Doc. 10131)

 

 

Rapporteur of the Committee on the Environment, Agriculture and Local and Regional Affairs: Mr Latchezar Toshev (Bulgaria, EPP/CD)

Deadline for tabling amendments: Thursday 24 June at 10 a.m.

Joint debate

Vote on two draft Recommendations

1 p.m.

Closure of the third part of the 2004 Ordinary Session