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Doc. 11426 rev2
18 December 2007
Agenda for the first part of the 2008 Ordinary Session of the Parliamentary Assembly
(21-25 January 2008)
adopted by the Bureau of the Assembly on 22 November 2007
and updated by the Bureau on 17 December 2007
General
– Examination of credentials of Representatives and Substitutes
– Election of the President of the Assembly
– Election of the Vice-Presidents of the Assembly
– Election of judges to the European Court of Human Rights
– Appointment of members of committees
– Progress report of the Bureau and the Standing Committee
– Communication from the Committee of Ministers to the Assembly
– Statements by guest speakers
– Communication from the Secretary General of the Council of Europe
Political Affairs
– Strengthening co-operation with the Maghreb countries*
Rapporteur: Mrs Josette Durrieu (France, SOC)
Adopted on 11 December 2007
– The situation in the Republics of Central Asia*
Rapporteur: Mr Murat Mercan (Turkey, EPP/CD)
Adopted on 13 November 2007, Doc. 11460
– The Council of Europe and its Observer States – the current situation and a way forward*
Rapporteur: Mr David Wilshire (United Kingdom, EDG)
Adopted on 11 December 2007
Rapporteur of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights (for opinion): Mr Erol Aslan Cebeci (Turkey, EPP/CD)
– Developments as regards the future status of Kosovo
Rapporteur: Lord Russell-Johnston (United Kingdom, ALDE)
Adopted on 11 December 2007
Rapporteur of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights (for opinion): Mr Pieter Omtzigt (The Netherlands, EPP/CD)
Legal Affairs and Human Rights
– United Nations Security Council and European Union blacklists
Rapporteur: Mr Dick Marty (Switzerland, ALDE)
Adopted on 12 November, Doc. 11454
– Video surveillance of public areas
Rapporteur: Mr Yuri Sharandin (Russian Federation, EDG)
Adopted on 13 December 2007
* For a joint debate on external relations.
Social, Health and Family Affairs
– Disappearance of new-born babies for illegal adoption in Europe
Rapporteur: Mrs Ruth-Gaby Vermot-Mangold (Switzerland, SOC)
Adopted on 8 November 2007, Doc. 11461
Culture, Science and Education
– The need to preserve the European sport model
Rapporteur: Mr José Luís Arnaut (Portugal, EPP/CD)
Adopted on 10 December 2007, Doc. 11467
– Draft additional protocol to the Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine
concerning genetic testing for health purposes
Rapporteur: Mr Wolfgang Wodarg (Germany, SOC)
Adopted on 10 December 2007, Doc. 11466
Rapporteur of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights (for opinion): Mr Holger Haibach (Germany, EPP/CD)
Environment, Agriculture and Local and Regional Affairs
- Global warming and ecological disasters
Rapporteur: Mr Alan Meale (United Kingdom, SOC)
To be adopted on 20 December 2007
– Transfrontier co-operation
Rapporteur: Mr Ivan Popescu (Ukraine, SOC)
To be adopted on 20 December 2007
– Protection of the environment in the Arctic Region
Rapporteur: Mr Vladimir Grachev (Russian Federation, EDG)
To be adopted on 20 December 2007
Rules of Procedure and Immunities
– Procedural guidelines on the rights and duties of the opposition in a democratic parliament
Rapporteur: Mr Karim Van Overmeire (Belgium, NR)
Adopted on 16 November 2007, Doc. 11465
Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States
– Honouring of obligations and commitments by Georgia
Co-Rapporteurs: Mr Mátyás Eörsi (Hungary, ADLE) and Mr Kastriot Islami (Albania, SOC)
To be adopted on 21 or 22 January 2008