Doc. 9910

16 September 2003

Joint Meeting Between the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and the European Parliament

Strasbourg, 25 September 2003, 3-6 pm

Chamber of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe

Draft Agenda

"Building one Europe"

3.00 - 3.15 pm        Introductory addresses by the President of the European Parliament, Mr Pat COX and by the President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Mr Peter SCHIEDER

Sub-theme 1

"Impact of the future Constitutional Treaty on the co-operation between the European Union and the Council of Europe and the concept of a wider Europe"

3.15 - 3.30 pm       Keynote speech by Mr Elmar BROK, Chairperson of the European Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy, and by Mr Giorgio NAPOLITANO, Chairperson of the European Parliament's Committee on Constitutional Affairs (to be confirmed)

      Keynote speech by Mr Roman JAKIČ, Chairperson of the Political Affairs Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe

3.30 - 4.20 pm       Debate

Sub-theme 2

"Freedom of Movement, Migration and Border Control"

4.20 - 4.35 pm       Keynote speech by Mr Eduard LINTNER, Chairperson of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, and by Mr Tadeusz IWIŃSKI, Chairperson of the Committee on Migration, Refugees and Population of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe

      Keynote speech by Mr Jorge Salvador HERNÁNDEZ MOLLAR, Chairperson of the European Parliament's Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights, Justice and Home Affairs

4.35 - 5.25 pm       Debate

5.25 - 5.45 pm       Presentation of the "Charter of European Political Parties for a Non Racist-Society" by Mr Graham WATSON, Leader of the ELDR Group, European Parliament and by Mr Kevin McNAMARA, Member of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and Rapporteur on “Racist, xenophobic and intolerant discourse in politics”

5.45 - 6.00 pm       Conclusions by President Peter SCHIEDER and President Pat COX

      and approval of a Joint Presidential Statement

6.00 pm       Cocktail reception offered by the European Parliament (in front of the Chamber of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe)