Doc. 12702

3 October 2011

Agenda

4th part of the 2011 Ordinary Session
(3-7 October 2011)

adopted by the Assembly on 3 October 2011


Monday 3 October 2011

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 2011 Ordinary Session

    a. Statement by the President

    b. Examination of new credentials (Doc. 12730)

    c. Election of Vice-Presidents of the Assembly

    d. Changes in the membership of committees

(Commissions (2011) 7 + Addendum 1)

    e. Requests for debate:

    – under urgent procedure on “Threats to the rule of law in Ukraine”

    – under urgent procedure on “The political situation in the Balkans”

    – as a current affairs debate on “How can Council of Europe member states come to the aid of countries touched by humanitarian catastrophes such as those in East Africa?”

    f. Adoption of the agenda

 

2.

Progress report of the Bureau of the Assembly and the Standing Committee (Doc. 12732 Part I + Addendum and Part II)

Rapporteur: Mr Dick Marty (Switzerland, ALDE)

Observation of the parliamentary elections in Turkey (12 June 2011) (Doc. 12701)

Rapporteur of the Ad hoc Committee of the Bureau:

Ms Kerstin Lundgren (Sweden, ALDE)

Debate and [possibly] 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 Kostyantyn Gryshchenko, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Chairman of the Committee of Ministers

Questions

4 p.m.

2.

Prenatal sex selection (Doc. 12715)

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

Ms Doris Stump (Switzerland, SOC)

Rapporteur of the Social, Health and Family Affairs Committee (for opinion) (Doc. 12727):

Mr Jordi Xuclŕ i Costa (Spain, ALDE)

Deadline for tabling amendments: Monday 3 October at 12 noon

Debate and votes on a draft resolution and a draft recommendation

5.30 p.m.

 

End of the sitting

5.30 p.m.

 

Political groups

Tuesday 4 October 2011

8.30 a.m.

 

Committees

10 a.m.

1.

Request for Partner for Democracy status with the Parliamentary Assembly submitted by the Palestinian National Council (Doc. 12711)

Rapporteur of the Political Affairs Committee: Mr Tiny Kox (Netherlands, UEL)

Rapporteur of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights (for opinion)

(Doc. 12738): Ms Özlem Türköne (Turkey, EPP/CD)

Rapporteur of the Committee on Equal Opportunities for Women and Men (for opinion) (Doc. 12736): Ms Carina Hägg (Sweden, SOC)

Deadline for tabling amendments: Monday 3 October at 4 p.m.

Debate and vote on a draft resolution

Statement by Mr Salim Al-Za'noon, Speaker of the Palestinian National Council

1 p.m.

 

End of the sitting

2 p.m.

 

Committees

3 p.m.

1.

Co-operation between the Council of Europe and the emerging democracies in the Arab world (Doc. 12699 + Addendum)

Rapporteur of the Political Affairs Committee:

Mr Jean-Charles Gardetto (Monaco, EPP/CD)

Deadline for tabling amendments: Monday 3 October at 4 p.m.

Debate and vote on a draft resolution

 

2.

National sovereignty and statehood in contemporary international law: the need for clarification (Doc. 12689)

Rapporteur of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights:

Ms Marina Schuster (Germany, ALDE)

Rapporteur of the Political Affairs Committee (for opinion) (Doc. 12728):

Mr Patrick Moriau (Belgium, SOC)

Deadline for tabling amendments: Monday 3 October at 4 p.m.

Debate and vote on a draft resolution

8 p.m.

 

End of the sitting

Wednesday 5 October 2011

8.30 a.m.

 

Political groups

10 a.m.

1.

The activities of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in 2010-2011 (Doc. 12683)1

Rapporteur of the Committee on Economic Affairs and Development:

Ms Birutė Vėsaitė (Lithuania, SOC)

Deadline for tabling amendments: Tuesday 4 October at 5 p.m.

Contribution from the Social, Health and Family Affairs Committee (Doc. 12731)

(Spokesperson: Ms Marietta Karamanli, France, SOC)

Contribution from the Committee on Migration, Refugees and Population (Doc. 12729)

(Spokesperson: Ms Sandra Osborne, United Kingdom, SOC)

Contribution from the Committee on Culture, Science and Education (Doc. 12739)

(Spokesperson: Mr Joseph Falzon, Malta, EPP/CD)

Contribution from the Committee on the Environment, Agriculture and Local and Regional Affairs (Doc. 12745) (Spokesperson: Mr Dimitrios Papadimoulis, Greece, UEL)

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

Enlarged debate and vote on a draft resolution

 

2.a.

Combating “child abuse images” through committed, transversal and internationally co-ordinated action (Doc. 12720)

Rapporteur of the Social, Health and Family Affairs Committee:

Mr Agustín Conde Bajén (Spain, EPP/CD)

Deadline for tabling amendments: Tuesday 4 October at 3.30 p.m.

 

2.b.

Violent and extreme pornography (Doc. 12719)

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

Mr Michał Stuligrosz (Poland, EPP/CD)

Deadline for tabling amendments: Tuesday 4 October at 3.30 p.m.

Statement by Ms Najat Maalla M'jid, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography

Joint debate

1 p.m.

 

End of the sitting

2 p.m.

 

Committees

3 p.m.

1.a.

Combating “child abuse images” through committed, transversal and internationally co-ordinated action (Doc. 12720) (continued)

 

1.b.

Violent and extreme pornography (Doc. 12719) (continued)

Joint debate (continued)

Votes on a draft resolution and a draft recommendation (Doc. 12720)

Votes on a draft resolution and a draft recommendation (Doc. 12719)

 

2.

The impact of the Lisbon Treaty on the Council of Europe (Doc. 12713)

Rapporteur of the Political Affairs Committee: Ms Kerstin Lundgren (Sweden, ALDE)

Rapporteur of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights (for opinion) (Doc. 12743):

Mr Pieter Omtzigt (Netherlands, EPP/CD)

Rapporteur of the Committee on Culture, Science and Education (for opinion) (Doc. 12741):

Mr Gvozden Srećko Flego (Croatia, SOC)

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

(Doc. 12746): Mr José Mendes Bota (Portugal, EPP/CD)

Deadline for tabling amendments: Tuesday 4 October at 3.30 p.m.

Debate and votes on a draft resolution and a draft recommendation

 

3.

The functioning of democratic institutions in Armenia (Doc. 12710)

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

Mr John Prescott (United Kingdom, SOC) and Mr Axel E. Fischer (Germany, EPP/CD)

Deadline for tabling amendments: Tuesday 4 October at 3.30 p.m.

Debate and vote on a draft resolution

8 p.m.

 

End of the sitting

Thursday 6 October 2011

8.30 a.m.

 

Committees

10 a.m.

1.

Abuse of state secrecy and national security: obstacles to parliamentary and judicial scrutiny of human rights violations (Doc. 12714)

Rapporteur of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights:

Mr Dick Marty (Switzerland, ALDE)

Deadline for tabling amendments: Wednesday 5 October at 10.30 a.m.

Debate and votes on a draft resolution and a draft recommendation

12 noon

2.

Address by Mr Mahmoud Abbas, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization, President of the Palestinian National Authority

Questions

1 p.m.

 

End of the sitting

2 p.m.

 

Committees

3 p.m.

1.

Current affairs debate:

How can Council of Europe member states come to the aid of countries touched by humanitarian catastrophes such as those in East Africa?

Debate

4 p.m.

2.

Debate under urgent procedure:

The political situation in the Balkans (Doc. 12747)

Rapporteur of the Political Affairs Committee: Mr Björn von Sydow (Sweden, SOC)

Deadline for tabling amendments: Wednesday 5 October at 3.30 p.m.

Debate and vote on a draft resolution

 

3.

Human rights and the fight against terrorism (Doc. 12712)

Rapporteur of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights:

Lord John Tomlinson (United Kingdom, SOC)

Rapporteur of the Political Affairs Committee (for opinion) (Doc. 12756):

Mr Titus Corlăţean (Romania, SOC)

Deadline for tabling amendments: Wednesday 5 October at 3.30 p.m.

Debate and vote on a draft resolution

8 p.m.

 

End of the sitting

Friday 7 October 2011

8.30 a.m.

 

Bureau of the Assembly

10 a.m.

1.a.

The amendment of various provisions of the Rules of Procedure of the Parliamentary Assembly – implementation of Resolution 1822 (2011) on the reform of the Parliamentary Assembly (Doc. 12716)

Rapporteur of the Committee on Rules of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional Affairs:

Mr Andreas Gross (Switzerland, SOC)

Deadline for tabling amendments: Thursday 6 October at 10.30 a.m.

  1.b.

The terms of reference of Parliamentary Assembly committees – implementation of Resolution 1822 (2011) on the reform of the Parliamentary Assembly

(Doc. 12717)

Rapporteur of the Committee on Rules of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional Affairs:

Mr Egidijus Vareikis (Lithuania, EPP/CD)

Deadline for tabling amendments: Thursday 6 October at 10.30 a.m.

Joint debate

Vote on a draft resolution (Doc. 12716)

Vote on a draft resolution (Doc. 12717)

 

2.

The protection of privacy and personal data on the Internet and online media

(Doc. 12695)

Rapporteur of the Committee on Culture, Science and Education:

Ms Andreja Rihter (Slovenia, SOC)

Rapporteur of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights (for opinion)

(Doc. 12726): Mr Rudy Salles (France, EPP/CD)

Deadline for tabling amendments: Thursday 6 October at 10.30 a.m.

Debate and votes on a draft resolution and a draft recommendation

 

3.

Undocumented migrant children in an irregular situation: a real cause for concern (Doc. 12718)

Rapporteur of the Committee on Migration, Refugees and Population:

Mr Pedro Agramunt Font de Mora (Spain, EPP/CD)

Rapporteur of the Social, Health and Family Affairs Committee (for opinion)

(Doc. 12751): Ms Tineke Strik (Netherlands, SOC)

Deadline for tabling amendments: Thursday 6 October at 10.30 a.m.

Debate and vote on a draft recommendation

1 p.m.

 

Closure of the fourth part of the 2011 Ordinary Session


1 . Debate and vote according to the Rules of Procedure for enlarged debates on the activities of the OECD.