ORDER OF BUSINESS
of the first part of the 2005 Ordinary Session
(24-28 January 2005)

adopted by the Assembly on 24 January 2005

(24, 25, 26, 27 & 28 January 2005)

 

 
Monday 24 January 2005
     

8.30 a.m.

 

Bureau of the Assembly

10 a.m.

 

Political groups

2 p.m.

 

Committees

3 p.m.

1.

Opening of the first part of the 2005 Ordinary Session

 

 

(oldest member in the Chair: Mr Gustavo SELVA (Italy, EDG))

 

a.

Examination of credentials (Doc. 10415)

 

b.

Election of the President of the Assembly

 

c.

Election of the Vice-Presidents of the Assembly

 

d.

Appointment of members of committees

 

e.

Requests for debate:

 

 

- under urgent procedure on prospects for peace in the Middle East

    - under urgent procedure on Europe and the Tsunami Disaster
 

f.

Adoption of the order of business

 

g.

Adoption of the minutes of the meeting of the Standing Committee

 

 

(23 November 2004, Warsaw, Poland)

 

2.

Progress report of the Bureau of the Assembly and the Standing Committee (Doc. 10405 Parts 1 and 2)

 

 

Rapporteur: Mr Peter Schieder (Austria, SOC)

    Statement by Mr Claude FREY, Chairperson of the Executive Council of the North-South Centre
 

a.

Observation of the presidential election in Ukraine

   

(21 November 2004) (Doc. 10369 Addendum)

    Rapporteur : Mr Doros Christodoulides (Cyprus, UEL)
   

(26 December 2004) (Doc. 10394)

    Rapporteur : Mr Tadeusz Iwinski (Poland, SOC)
 

b.

Observation of the election of the President of the Palestinian Authority (9 January 2005) (Doc. 10416)

   

Rapporteur: Lord Kilclooney (United Kingdom, EPP/CD)

   

Debate

 

3.

Statement by Mr Alcee L. HASTINGS, President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly

 

4.

Honouring of obligations and commitments by Georgia (Doc. 10383)

   

Co-Rapporteurs of the Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee): Mr M�ty�s E�rsi (Hungary, LDR) and Mr Evgeni Kirilov (Bulgaria, SOC)

   

Deadline for tabling amendments: Monday 24 January at 12 noon

   

Debate

   

Vote on a draft Resolution

7.30 p.m.

 

End of the sitting

7.30 p.m.

 

Reconstitution of Bureaux of Committees
(Election of the Chairperson and 3 Vice-Chairpersons)
(at the end of the sitting)

 

 
Tuesday 25 January 2005
     

8.30 a.m.

 

Committees

10 a.m.

1.

The conflict over the Nagorno-Karabakh region dealt with by the OSCE Minsk Conference (Doc. 10364)

   

Rapporteur of the Political Affairs Committee: Mr David Atkinson (United Kingdom, EDG)

   

Deadline for tabling amendments: Monday 24 January at 4 p.m.

   

Debate

   

Vote on a draft Resolution

   

Vote on a draft Recommendation

12 noon

 

End of the sitting

12 noon

 

Commemoration cermony of the 60th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz
(A programme will be published separately)

2 p.m.

 

Committees

3 p.m. 1. Address by Mr Viktor YUSCHENKO, President of Ukraine
    Questions

 

2.

Protection of human rights in Kosovo (Doc. 10393)

   

Rapporteur of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights: Mr Tony Lloyd (United Kingdom, SOC)

   

Deadline for tabling amendments: Monday 24 January at 4 p.m.

   

Statement by Mr Marek Antoni NOWICKI, Ombudsperson in Kosovo

   

Debate

   

Vote on a draft Resolution

   

Vote on a draft Recommendation

 

3.

The circumstances surrounding the arrest and prosecution of leading Yukos executives (Doc. 10368 and Addendum)

   

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

   

Deadline for tabling amendments: Monday 24 January at 4 p.m.

   

Debate

   

Vote on a draft Resolution

   

Vote on a draft Recommendation

7.30 p.m.

 

End of the sitting

 

 
Wednesday 26 January 2005
     

8.30 a.m.

 

Political groups

10 a.m.

1.

Election of a judge to the European Court of Human Rights with respect to Serbia and Montenegro (Doc. 10363 and Addendum (from 10 a.m. to 12 noon)

 

2.

Debate under urgent procedure: Prospects for peace in the Middle East (Doc. 10427)

   

Rapporteur of the Political Affairs Committee: Mr Mikhail Margelov (Russsia, EDG)

   

Deadline for tabling amendments: Tuesday 25 January at 5 p.m.

   

Debate

  3. Address by Mr Mikheil SAAKASHVILI, President of Georgia
    Questions

12 noon

3.

Communication from the Committee of Ministers to the Parliamentary Assembly presented by Mr Jan TRUSZCZYŃSKI, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Poland representing the Chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers

    Report by the Polish Chair of the Committee of Ministers to the Parliamentary Assembly
(October 2004 � January 2005)
    Statutory Report 2005

 

 

Questions (Doc. 10419)

 

 

(Questions must be tabled by Tuesday 25 January at 10.30 a.m. at the latest)

1 p.m.

 

End of the sitting

2 p.m.

 

Committees

3 p.m.

1.

The Third Summit (Doc. 10381)

   

Rapporteur of the Political Affairs Committee: Mr Konstantin Kosachev (Russia, EDG)

   

Rapporteur of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights (for opinion) (Doc. 10391): Mr Malcom Bruce (United Kingdom, LDR)

   

Rapporteur of the Committee on Economic Affairs and Development (for opinion) (Doc. 10417): Mr Evgeni Kirilov (Bulgaria, SOC)

   

Rapporteur of the Social, Health and Family Affairs Committee (for opinion) (Doc. 10395): Mrs Maria Eduarda Azevedo (Portugal, EPP/CD)

   

Rapporteur of the Committee on Migration, Refugees and Population (for opinion) (Doc. 10435): Mr John Wilkinson (United Kingdom, EDG)

   

Rapporteur of the Committee on Culture, Science and Education (for opinion) (Doc. 10421): Mr Jacques Legendre (France, EPP/CD)

   

Rapporteur of the Committee on Equal Opportunities for Women and Men (for opinion) (Doc. 10404): Mrs Minodora Cliveti (Romania, SOC)

   

Deadline for tabling amendments: Tuesday 25 January at 3.30 p.m.

   

Statement by Mr Michel BARNIER, Minister for Foreign Affairs of France

   

Debate

   

Vote on a draft Recommendation

 

2.

Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) (Doc. 10380)

   

Rapporteur of the Committee on the Environment, Agriculture and Local and Regional Affairs: Mr Wolfgang Wodarg (Germany, SOC)

   

Rapporteur of the Committee on Culture, Science and Education (for opinion) (Doc. 10406): Mrs Blanca Fern�ndez-Capel (Spain, EPP/CD)

   

Deadline for tabling amendments: Tuesday 25 January at 3.30 p.m.

   

Debate

   

Vote on a draft Resolution

  3. Debate under urgent procedure: Prospects for peace in the Middle East (Doc. ...) (continued)
   

Deadline for tabling amendments: Tuesday 25 January at 5 p.m.

    Vote on ...
 

4.

Opinion on the Draft Convention on action against trafficking in human beings (Doc. 10389+ Doc. 10397)

   

Rapporteur of the Committee on Equal Opportunities for Women and Men: Mrs Ruth-Gaby Vermot-Mangold (Switzerland, SOC)

   

Rapporteur of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights (for opinion) (Doc. 10433) Mr Kevin McNamara (United Kingdom, SOC)

   

Rapporteur of the Committee on Social, Health and Family Affairs Committee (for opinion) (Doc. ...): ...

   

Rapporteur of the Committee on Migration, Refugees and Population (for opinion) (Doc. ...): Mrs Lydie Err (Luxembourg, SOC)

   

Deadline for tabling amendments: Tuesday 25 January at 3.30 p.m.

   

Debate

   

Vote on a draft Opinion

8.30 p.m.

 

End of the sitting

 

 
Thursday 27 January 2005

8.30 a.m.

Committees

10 a.m.

1.

[Possibly 2nd round] Election of a judge to the European Court of Human Rights with respect to Serbia and Montenegro (Doc. 10363 and Addendum)
(from 10 a.m. to 12.15 p.m.)

2.

Relations between Europe and the United States (Doc. 10353)

Rapporteur of the Political Affairs Committee: Mr Claudio Azzolini (Italy, EPP/CD)

Deadline for tabling amendments: Wednesday 26 January at 10.30 a.m.

Debate

Vote on a draft Resolution

Vote on a draft Recommendation

12 noon

43.

Communication from Mr Terry DAVIS, Secretary General of the Council of Europe, on the state of the Council of Europe (Doc 10422)

Questions

1 p.m.

End of the sitting

2 p.m.

Committees

3 p.m.

1.

Debate under urgent procedure: Europe and the Tsunami Disaster (Doc. 10428)

   

Rapporteur of the Social, Health and Family Affairs Committee: Mrs Patrizia Paoletti Tangheroni (Italy, EPP/CD)

   

Rapporteur of the Committee on the Environment, Agriculture and Local and Regional Affairs (for opinion) (Doc. 10438): Mr Anders H�gmark (Sweden, EPP/CD)

   

Rapporteur of the Committee on Migration, Refugees and Population (for opinion) (Doc. 10437): Mr Michael Hagberg (Sweden,SOC)

   

Rapporteur of the Committee on Economic Affairs and Development (for opinion) (Doc. 10446): Mr Klaus Werner Jonas (Germany, SOC)

Rapporteur of the Committee on Culture, Science and Education (for opinion) (Doc. 10442): Mrs Maijlene Westerlund-Panke (Sweden, SOC)

Deadline for tabling amendments: Wednesday 26 January at 3.30 p.m.

    Statement by Ms Yvette STEVENS, Director of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)

Debate

Vote on a draft Resolution

 

2.

Establishment of a European remembrance centre for victims of forced population movements and ethnic cleansing (Doc. 10378)

   

Rapporteur of the Committee on Migration, Refugees and Population: Mr Mats Einarsson (Sweden, UEL)

   

Rapporteur of the Committee on Culture, Science and Education (for opinion) (Doc. 10447): Mr Llu�s Maria de Puig (Spain, SOC)

Deadline for tabling amendments: Wednesday 26 January at 3.30 p.m.

Debate

Vote on a draft Recommendation

 

3a.

Opinion on the Draft Convention against money laundering and the financing of terrorism (Doc. 10356 rev + Doc. 10392)

   

Rapporteur of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights: Mr Jaume Bartumeu Cassany (Andorra, SOC)

Rapporteur of the Committee on Economic Affairs and Development (for opinion): …

Deadline for tabling amendments: Wednesday 26 January at 3.30 p.m.

 

3b.

Opinion on the Draft specific legal instrument for the prevention of terrorism (Doc. 10357 + Doc. 10396+ Doc. 10423)

   

Rapporteur of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights: Mr Jaume Bartumeu Cassany (Andorra, SOC)

   

Rapporteur of the Political Affairs Committee: (for opinion) (Doc. 10439): Mr Murat Mercan (Turkey, EPP/CD)

Deadline for tabling amendments: Wednesday 26 January at 3.30 p.m.

Joint Debate

Votes on two draft Opinions

7 p.m.

End of the sitting

7 p.m. Joint Committee

8 p.m.

Presidential Committees

 

 
Friday 28 January 2005
     

8.30 a.m.

 

Bureau of the Assembly

10 a.m.

1a.

What solutions to Europe's unemployment? (Doc. 10359)

   

Rapporteur of the Committee on Economic Affairs and Development: Mr Anders G. H�gmark (Sweden, EPP/CD)

   

Rapporteur of the Committee on Equal Opportunities for Women and Men(for opinion) (Doc. 10431): Mr Giuseppe Gaburro (Italy, EPP/CD)

   

Deadline for tabling amendments: Thursday 27 January at 10.30 a.m.

 

1b.

Boosting social cohesion and employment: more and better jobs (Doc. 10265)

   

Rapporteur of the Social, Health and Family Affairs Committee): Mrs Irena Belohorsk� (Slovakia, EDG)

   

Deadline for tabling amendments: Thursday 27 January at 10.30 a.m.

   

Joint debate

   

Votes on two draft Resolutions

 

2.

Revision of the terms of reference of Assembly committees (Doc. 10379)

   

Rapporteur of the Committee on Rules of Procedure and Immunities: Mrs Anne Brasseur (Luxembourg, LDR)

   

Deadline for tabling amendments: Thursday 27 January at 10.30 a.m.

   

Debate

   

Vote on a draft Resolution

 

3.

Constitution of the Standing Committee

1 p.m.

 

Closure of the first part of the 2005 Ordinary Session