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<p align="justify"><b>Doc. 10020</b></p>

<p align="justify">12 December 2003</p>

<p><b>Agenda for the first part of the 2004 Ordinary Session</b>

<br><b>of the Parliamentary Assembly (26-30 January 2004)</b></p>

<p align="justify"><i>adopted by the Bureau on 10 December 2003</i></p>

<p align="justify"><b>General</b></p>

<p align="justify">&#8211;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Examination of credentials of Representatives and Substitutes</p>

<p align="justify">&#8211;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Election of the President of the Assembly</p>

<p align="justify">&#8211;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Election of the Vice-Presidents of the Assembly</p>

<p align="justify">&#8211;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Election of judges to the European Court of Human Rights</p>

<p align="justify">&#8211;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Appointment of members of committees</p>

<p align="justify">&#8211;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Progress report of the Bureau and the Standing Committee</p>

<p align="justify">&#8211;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Communication from the Committee of Ministers to the Assembly</p>

<p align="justify">&#8211;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Statements by guest speakers</p>

<p align="justify">&#8211;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Communication from the Secretary General of the Council of Europe</p>

<p align="justify"><b>Political Affairs</b></p>

<p align="justify">&#8211;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The principality of Monaco's application for membership of the Council of Europe</p>

<p align="justify"><i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Rapporteur: Mr Leonid Slutsky (Russia, SOC)</i></p>

<p align="justify"><b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Adopted on 4 November 2003</b></p>

<p align="justify"><i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Rapporteur of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights (for opinion): Mr Andrea Manzella</i></p>

<p align="justify"><i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(Italy, SOC)</i></p>

<p align="justify">&#8211;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The political situation in the Chechen Republic: measures to increase democratic stability in</p>

<p align="justify">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;accordance with Council of Europe standards *</p>

<p align="justify"><i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Rapporteur: Mr Andreas Gross (Switzerland, SOC)</i></p>

<p align="justify"><b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To be adopted on 8 January 2004</b></p>

<p align="justify">&#8211;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Situation in Cyprus</p>

<p align="justify"><i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Rapporteur: Mr Mátyás Eörsi (Hungary, LDR)</i></p>

<p align="justify"><b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To be adopted on 8 January 2004</b></p>

<p align="justify"><i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Rapporteur of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights (for opinion): &#8230;</i></p>

<p align="justify">&#8211;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The persecution of the press in the Republic of Belarus *</p>

<p align="justify"><i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Rapporteur: Mr Christos Pourgourides (Cyprus, EPP/CD)</i></p>

<p align="justify"><b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To be adopted on 8 January 2004</b></p>

<p align="justify"><i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Rapporteur of the Committee on Culture, Science and Education (for opinion): &#8230;</i></p>

<p align="justify"><b>Legal Affairs and Human Rights</b></p>

<p align="justify">&#8211;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Consequences of European Union enlargement for freedom of movement between</p>

<p align="justify">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Council of Europe member states</p>

<p align="justify"><i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Rapporteur: Mr Vitaliy Shybko (Ukraine, SOC)</i></p>

<p align="justify"><b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Adopted on 17 September 2003</b></p>

<p align="justify"><i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Rapporteur of the Political Affairs Committee (for opinion) (Doc. ): Mr Adrian Severin (Romania, SOC)</i></p>

<p align="justify">*&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Not included in the draft order of business of the 1<sup>st</sup> part of the 2004 Ordinary Session (26-30 January 2004).</p>

<p align="justify">&#8211;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Candidates to the European Court of Human Rights</p>

<p align="justify"><i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Rapporteur: Mr Kevin MacNamara (United Kingdom, SOC)</i></p>

<p align="justify"><b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Adopted on 17 September 2003</b></p>

<p align="justify"><i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Rapporteur of the Committee on Equal Opportunities for Women and Men (for opinion):</i></p>

<p align="justify"><i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Ms Minodora Cliveti (Romania, SOC)</i></p>

<p align="justify"><b>&#8211;</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Political prisoners in Azerbaijan</p>

<p align="justify"><i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Rapporteur: Mr Malcom Bruce (United Kingdom, LDR)</i></p>

<p align="justify"><b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To be adopted on 15 December 2003</b></p>

<p align="justify"><i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Rapporteur of the Political Affairs Committee (for opinion): &#8230;</i></p>

<p align="justify"><i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Rapporteur of the Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States</i></p>

<p align="justify"><i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee) (for opinion): &#8230;</i></p>

<p align="justify">&#8211;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Implementation of decisions of the European Court of Human Rights by Turkey</p>

<p align="justify"><i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Rapporteur: Mr Erik Jurgens (Netherlands, SOC)</i></p>

<p align="justify"><b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To be adopted on 15 December 2003</b></p>

<p align="justify">&#8211;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 3<sup>rd</sup> Annual report on the activities of the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights</p>

<p align="justify">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1 January-31 December 2002)</p>

<p align="justify"><i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Rapporteur: Mr Rudolf Bindig (Germany, SOC)</i></p>

<p align="justify"><b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To be adopted on 15 December 2003</b></p>

<p align="justify">&#8211;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The United States of America and observance of international law obligations *</p>

<p align="justify"><i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Rapporteur: Mr Tony Lloyd (United Kingdom, SOC)</i></p>

<p align="justify"><b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To be adopted on 15 December 2003</b></p>

<p align="justify">&#8211;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Situation of European prisons and pre-trial detention centres *</p>

<p align="justify"><i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Rapporteur: Mr Michel Hunault (France, EPP/CD)</i></p>

<p align="justify"><b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To be adopted on 9 January 2004</b></p>

<p align="justify"><b>Economic Affairs and Development</b></p>

<p align="justify">&#8211;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Economic aspects of European Union enlargement: the crucial years ahead</p>

<p align="justify"><i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Rapporteur: Mr Adrian Severin (Romania, SOC)</i></p>

<p align="justify"><b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Adopted on 13 November 2003</b></p>

<p align="justify">&#8211;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Improving the prospects of developing countries: a moral imperative for the world</p>

<p align="justify"><i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Rapporteur: Mr Klaus Werner Jonas (Germany, SOC)</i></p>

<p align="justify"><b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Adopted on 13 November 2003</b></p>

<p align="justify">&#8211;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Realising Strasbourg's potential as a European capital</p>

<p align="justify"><i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Rapporteur: Mr Bernard Schreiner (France, EDG)</i></p>

<p align="justify"><b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Adopted on 13 November 2003</b></p>

<p align="justify"><b>Social, Health and Family Affairs</b></p>

<p align="justify">&#8211;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Euthanasia</p>

<p align="justify"><i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Rapporteur: Mr Dick Marty (Switzerland, LDR)</i></p>

<p align="justify"><b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Adopted on 5 September 2003</b></p>

<p align="justify"><i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Rapporteur of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights (for opinion):</i></p>

<p align="justify"><i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Mr Kevin McNamara (United Kingdom, SOC)</i></p>

<p align="justify"><b>Migration, Refugees and Population</b></p>

<p align="justify">&#8211;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Access to assistance and protection for asylum seekers at European Seaports and Coastal Areas</p>

<p align="justify"><i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Rapporteur: Mr Franco Danieli (Italy, LDR)</i></p>

<p align="justify"><b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Adopted on 21 October 2003</b></p>

<p align="justify">&#8211;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Links between Europeans living abroad and their countries of origin *</p>

<p align="justify"><i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Rapporteur: Ms Zdravka Bu&#353;i&#263; (Croatia, EPP/CD)</i></p>

<p align="justify"><b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Adopted on 8 December 2003</b></p>

<p align="justify"><i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Rapporteur of the Committee on Culture, Science and Education (for opinion): &#8230;</i></p>

<p align="justify"><b>Culture, Science and Education</b></p>

<p align="justify">&#8211;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Public service broadcasting</p>

<p align="justify"><i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Rapporteur: Mr Paschal Mooney (Ireland, LDR)</i></p>

<p align="justify"><b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To be adopted on 9 January 2004</b></p>

<p align="justify">&#8211;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Ending the plundering of African cultural objects *</p>

<p align="justify"><i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Rapporteur: Mr Jacques Legendre (France, EDG)</i></p>

<p align="justify"><b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Adopted on 19 November 2003</b></p>

<p align="justify">&#8211;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Education of refugees and displaced persons *</p>

<p align="justify"><i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Rapporteur: Mr Rafael Huseynov (Azerbaijan, LDR)</i></p>

<p align="justify"><b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Adopted on 17 October 2003</b></p>

<p align="justify"><b>Equal Opportunities for Women and Men</b></p>

<p align="justify">&#8211;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The situation of women in the countries of post-communism transition *</p>

<p align="justify"><i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Rapporteur: Mrs Magdolna Kósa-Kóvács (Hungary, SOC)</i></p>

<p align="justify"><b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Adopted on 30 September 2003</b></p>

<p align="justify"><b>Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe</b></p>

<p align="justify">&#8211;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Honouring of obligations and commitments by Armenia</p>

<p align="justify"><i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Co-Rapporteurs:</i> <i>Mr René André (France, EPP/CD) and Mr Jerzy Jaskiernia (Poland, SOC)</i></p>

<p align="justify"><b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To be adopted on 7 January 2004</b></p>

<p align="justify">&#8211;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Honouring of obligations and commitments by Azerbaijan on the functioning of pluralist democracy</p>

<p align="justify"><i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Co-Rapporteurs:</i> <i>Mr Andreas Gross (Switzerland, SOC) and Mr Guillermo Martínez Casań</i></p>

<p align="justify"><i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(Spain, EPP/CD)</i></p>

<p align="justify"><b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To be adopted on 7 January 2004</b></p>

<p align="justify">&#8211;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Honouring of obligations and commitments by Georgia on the functioning of pluralist democracy</p>

<p align="justify"><i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Co-Rapporteurs:</i> <i>Mr Matyas Eörsi (Hungary, LDR) and Mr Evgeni Kirilov (Bulgaria, SOC)</i></p>

<p align="justify"><b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To be adopted on 7 January 2004</b></p>

<p align="justify">&#8211;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Honouring of obligations and commitments by Albania *</p>

<p align="justify"><i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Co-Rapporteurs:</i> <i>Mr Jerzy Smorawi&#324;ski (Poland, EPP/CD) and Mr Soeren Soendergaard (Denmark, UEL)</i></p>

<p align="justify"><b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To be adopted on 7 January 2004</b></p>
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