Doc. 11340 rev.

12 September 2007

Agenda for the fourth part of the 2007 Ordinary Session
of the Parliamentary Assembly (1-5 October 2007)

Adopted by the Bureau of the Assembly on 29 June 2007, and updated by the Bureau on 10 September 2007

General

–       Examination of credentials of Representatives and Substitutes

–       Election of a Vice-President of the Assembly (possibly)

–       Election of judges to the European Court of Human Rights

–       Changes in the membership of committees

–       Progress report of the Bureau and the Standing Committee

–       Communication from the Committee of Ministers to the Assembly

–       Statements by guest speakers

Political Affairs

–       The concept of preventive war and its consequences for international relations

      Rapporteur: Mr Lluís Maria de Puig (Spain, SOC)

      Adopted on 22 May 2007, Doc. 11293

Legal Affairs and Human Rights

–       Member states' duty to co-operate with the European Court of Human Rights

–       Towards decriminalisation of defamation

–       Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights – stock-taking and perspectives

–       Draft Convention of the Council of Europe on the adoption of children (revised)

      Rapporteur: Mr Jaume Bartumeu Cassany (Andorra, SOC)

Adopted on 11 September 2007

      Rapporteur of the Social, Health and Family Affairs Committee (for opinion): Mrs Ruth-Gaby Vermot-Mangold (Switzerland, SOC)

Economic Affairs and Development

–       The OECD and the world economy 2007

            Rapporteur: Mrs Antigoni Papadopoulos (Cyprus, ALDE)

            Provisionally adopted on 22 June 2007, Doc. 11357 prov.

            Final adoption on 2 October 2007

–       Realising both economic growth and social protection in Europe in an era of globalisation

            Rapporteur: Mr Tony Lloyd (United Kingdom, SOC)

            Adopted on 28 June 2007, Doc. 11366

            Rapporteur of the Social, Health and Family Affairs Committee (for opinion): Mr Cezar Florin Preda (Romania, EPP/CD)

–       Activities and orientations of the Council of Europe Development Bank

            Rapporteur: Mr Márton Braun (Hungary, EPP/CD)

            Adopted on 31 May 2007, Doc. 11306

            Rapporteur of the Committee on Migration, Refugees and Population (for opinion):

            Mr Andrej Zernovski ("The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia", ALDE)

–       Political dimension of the Council of Europe budget

            Rapporteur: Mr Paul Wille (Belgium, ALDE)

            Adopted on 10 September 2007

Social, Health and Family Affairs

–       For a European drug convention on promoting public health policy in drug control

            Rapporteur: Mr Paul Flynn (United Kingdom, SOC)

            Adopted on 26 June 2007, Doc. 11344

–       Situation of children living in post-conflict zones in the Balkans

            Rapporteur: Mrs Carina Ohlsson (Sweden, SOC)

            Adopted on 26 June 2007, Doc. 11353

Migration, Refugees and Population

–       The activities of the International Organization for Migration (IOM)*

            Rapporteur: Mrs Gultakin Hajiyeva (Azerbaijan, EPP/CD)

            Adopted on 25 June 2007, Doc. 11351

            Rapporteur of the Political Affairs Committee (for opinion): Mr Tadeusz Iwiński (Poland, SOC)

–       Regularisation programmes for irregular migrants*

            Rapporteur: Mr John Greenway (United Kingdom, EDG)

            Adopted on 25 June 2007, Doc. 11350

–       Assessment of transit and processing centres as a response to mixed flows of migrants and asylum seekers*

            Rapporteur: Mrs Corien W.A. Jonker (Netherlands, EPP/CD)

            Adopted on 11 May 2007, Doc. 11304

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

            Mr Jean-Guy Branger (France, EPP/CD)

–       The humanitarian crisis in Darfur

            Rapporteur: Mrs Ruth-Gaby Vermot-Mangold (Switzerland, SOC)

            Adopted on 28 June 2007, Doc. 11355

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

Culture, science and education

–       The dangers of creationism in education

            Rapporteur: Mrs Anne Brasseur (Luxembourg, ALDE)

            To be adopted on 14 September 2007

Environment, Agriculture and Local and Regional Affairs

–       Radioactive waste and the protection of the environment

            Rapporteur: Mr Alan Meale (United Kingdom, SOC)

            To be adopted on 12 September 2007

–       Regionalisation in Europe

            Rapporteur: Mr Lluís Maria de Puig (Spain, SOC)

            To be adopted on 12 September 2007

Equal Opportunities for Women and Men

–       Prostitution – which stance to take?

            Rapporteur: Mr Leo Platvoet (Netherlands, UEL)

            Adopted on 28 June 2007, Doc. 11352

–       "Parliaments united in combating domestic violence against women": mid-term assessment of the Campaign

            Rapporteur: Mr José Mendes Bota (Portugal, EPP/CD)

            Adopted on 7 September 2007

Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States

–       Honouring of obligations and commitments by Moldova

            Co-Rapporteurs: Mrs Josette Durrieu (France, SOC) and Mr Egidijus Vareikis (Lithuania, EPP/CD)

            To be adopted on 12 September 2007

* For joint debate.