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<p align="justify"><b>Doc. 10750</b></p>

<p align="justify">28 November 2005</p>

<p align="justify"><b>Bureau of the Assembly</b></p>

<p><b>Agenda for the first part of the 2006 Ordinary Session</b>

<br><b>of the Parliamentary Assembly (23-27 January 2006)</b></p>

<p align="justify"><i>adopted by the Bureau of the Assembly on 25 November 2005</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 (possibly)</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; Need for international condemnation of the crimes of communism</p>

<p align="justify"><i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Rapporteur: Mr Göran Lindblad (Sweden, EPP/CD)</i></p>

<p align="justify"><b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To be adopted on 14 December 2005</b></p>

<p align="justify">&#8211;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Condemnation of the admiration and justification of nazism</p>

<p align="justify"><i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Rapporteur: Mr Mikhail Margelov (Russia, EDG)</i></p>

<p align="justify"><b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To be adopted on 14 December 2005</b></p>

<p align="justify">&#8211;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Parliamentary dimension of the United Nations</p>

<p align="justify"><i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Rapporteur: Mrs Tana de Zulueta (Italy, SOC)</i></p>

<p align="justify"><b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To be adopted on 14 December 2005</b></p>

<p align="justify"><b>Legal Affairs and Human Rights</b></p>

<p align="justify">&#8211;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The concept of &quot;nation&quot;</p>

<p align="justify"><i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Rapporteur: Mr György Frunda (Romania, EPP/CD)</i></p>

<p align="justify"><b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Adopted on 7 November 2005</b></p>

<p align="justify">&#8211;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Draft Protocol on the avoidance of statelessness in relation to state succession</p>

<p align="justify"><i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Rapporteur: Mr Jaume Bartumeu Cassany (Andorra, SOC)</i></p>

<p align="justify"><b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To be adopted on 13 December 2005</b></p>

<p align="justify">&#8211;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Human rights violations in the Chechen Republic: the Committee of Ministers' responsibility </p>

<p align="justify">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;vis-ŕ-vis the Assembly's concerns</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 13 December 2005</b></p>

<p align="justify">&#8211;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Human rights of members of the armed forces</p>

<p align="justify"><i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Rapporteur: Mr Alexander Arabadjiev (Bulgaria, SOC)</i></p>

<p align="justify"><b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To be adopted on 13 December 2005</b></p>

<p align="justify"><b>Economic Affairs and Development</b></p>

<p align="justify">&#8211;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Relocation of economic activities abroad and European economic development</p>

<p align="justify"><i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Rapporteur: Mr Neven Mimica (Croatia, SOC)</i></p>

<p align="justify"><b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Adopted on 18 November 2005</b></p>

<p align="justify">&#8211;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Implications for Europe of the economic resurgence of China</p>

<p align="justify"><i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Rapporteur: Mr Paul Wille (Belgium, ALDE)</i></p>

<p align="justify"><b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Adopted on 18 November 2005</b></p>

<p align="justify"><b>Social, Health and Family Affairs</b></p>

<p align="justify">&#8211;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; For recognition and supervision of surrogacy as an alternative to sterility</p>

<p align="justify"><i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Rapporteur: Mr Michael Hancock (United Kingdom, ADLE)</i></p>

<p align="justify"><b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To be adopted on 16 December 2005</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;Mrs Anna Curdová (Czech Republic, SOC)</i></p>

<p align="justify"><b>Migration, Refugees and Population</b></p>

<p align="justify">&#8211;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The follow-up to<a href="/ASP/Doc/RefRedirectEN.asp?Doc= Recommendation 1570"> Recommendation 1570</a> (2002) on the situation of refugees and </p>

<p align="justify">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;displaced persons in Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia</p>

<p align="justify"><i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Rapporteur: Mr Boriss Cilevi&#269;s (Latvia, SOC)</i></p>

<p align="justify"><b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To be adopted on 8 December 2005</b></p>

<p align="justify">&#8211;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Policy of return for failed asylum seekers in the Netherlands</p>

<p align="justify"><i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Rapporteur: Mrs Rosmarie Zapfl-Helbling (Switzerland, EPP/CD)</i></p>

<p align="justify"><b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Adopted on 3 October 2005, Doc. 10741</b></p>

<p align="justify">&#8211;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; New trends and challenges for Euro-Mediterranean migration policies</p>

<p align="justify"><i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Rapporteur: Mr Franco Danieli (Italy, ALDE)</i></p>

<p align="justify"><b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Adopted on 4 November 2005</b></p>

<p align="justify"><b>Environment, Agriculture and Local and Regional Affairs</b></p>

<p align="justify">&#8211;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Europe's contribution to improving water management</p>

<p align="justify"><i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Rapporteur: Mrs Elsa Papadimitriou (Greece, EPP/CD)</i></p>

<p align="justify"><b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To be adopted on 16 December 2005</b></p>

<p align="justify"><b>Equal Opportunities for Women and Men</b></p>

<p align="justify">&#8211;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Integration of migrant women in Europe</p>

<p align="justify"><i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Rapporteur: Mrs Gülsün Bílgehan (Turkey, SOC)</i></p>

<p align="justify"><b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To be adopted on 2 December 2005</b></p>

<p align="justify"><i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Rapporteur of the Committee on Migration, Refugees and Population (for opinion): Mrs Terezija Stoisits (Austria, SOC)</i></p>

<p align="justify">&#8211;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Gender budgeting</p>

<p align="justify"><i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Rapporteur: Mrs Anna &#268;urdová (Czech Republic, SOC)</i></p>

<p align="justify"><b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To be adopted on 2 December 2005</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; Implementation of<a href="/ASP/Doc/RefRedirectEN.asp?Doc= Resolution 1415"> Resolution 1415</a> (2005) on the honouring of obligations and commitments by Georgia</p>

<p align="justify"><i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Co-Rapporteurs: Mr Mátyás Eörsi (Hungary, ALDE) and Mr Evgeni Kirilov (Bulgaria, SOC)</i></p>

<p align="justify"><b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To be adopted on 15 December 2005</b></p>
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