3rd part of the 2011 Ordinary Session

Doc 12618 final

20 June 2011

Agenda

3rd part of the 2011 Ordinary Session
(20-24 June 2011)

adopted by the Assembly on 20 June 2011

Monday 20 June 2011

8 a.m.

Bureau of the Assembly

9.30 a.m.

Political groups

11.30 a.m.

1.

Opening of the third part of the 2011 Ordinary Session

a. Statement by the President

b. Examination of new credentials (Doc. 12638)

c. Election of a Vice-President of the Assembly with respect to Finland

d. Changes in the membership of committees (Commissions (2011) 06 + Addendum)

e. Request for a current affairs debate on:

– "The political and humanitarian consequences of the situation in Syria and Libya"

f. Adoption of the agenda

g. Approval of the minutes of proceedings of the Standing Committee

(Kyiv, 27 May 2011) (AS/Per (2011) PV 02)

2.

Progress report of the Bureau of the Assembly and the Standing Committee

(Doc. 12642 Part I + Addendum and Part II)

Rapporteur: Mr Dariusz Lipiński (Poland, EPP/CD)

Observation of the early parliamentary elections in "the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" (5 June 2011) (Doc. 12643)

Rapporteur of the Ad hoc Committee of the Bureau:

Mr Jean-Charles Gardetto (Monaco, EPP/CD)

Debate and [possibly] vote

1 p.m.

End of the sitting

2 p.m.

Committees

3 p.m.

1.

Communication from the Committee of Ministers to the Parliamentary Assembly, presented by Mr Kostyantyn Gryshchenko, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Chairman of the Committee of Ministers (CM/AS(2011)5)

Questions

Written questions (Doc. 12641)

4 p.m.

2.a.

Budgets and priorities of the Council of Europe for the financial years 2012-2013 (Doc. 12622)

Rapporteur of the Committee on Economic Affairs and Development:

Mr Erol Aslan Cebeci (Turkey, EPP/CD)

Deadline for tabling amendments: Monday 20 June at 12 noon

2.b.

Expenditure of the Parliamentary Assembly for the financial years 2012-2013

(Doc. 12623)

Rapporteur of the Committee on Economic Affairs and Development:

Mr Erol Aslan Cebeci (Turkey, EPP/CD)

Deadline for tabling amendments: Monday 20 June at 12 noon

Joint debate

Vote on a draft opinion (Doc. 12622)

Vote on a draft resolution (Doc. 12623)

5 p.m.

End of the sitting

5.10 p.m.

Political groups

Tuesday 21 June 2011

8.30 a.m.

Committees

10 a.m.

1.

Election of a judge to the European Court of Human Rights in respect of France (Doc. 12616) (from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.)

2.

Request for Partner for Democracy status with the Parliamentary Assembly submitted by the Parliament of Morocco (Doc. 12625)

Rapporteur of the Political Affairs Committee: Mr Luca Volontè (Italy, EPP/CD)

Rapporteur of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights (for opinion) (Doc. 12646):

Mr Arcadio Díaz Tejera (Spain, SOC)

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

(Doc. 12647): Ms Nursuna Memecan (Turkey, ALDE)

Deadline for tabling amendments: Monday 20 June at 4 p.m.

Debate and vote on a draft resolution

Statements by:

– Mr Abdelwahed Radi, Speaker of the House of Representatives of Morocco

– Mr Mohamed Cheikh Biadillah, Speaker of the House of Counsellors of Morocco

12 noon

3.

Address by Mr Viktor Yanukovych, President of Ukraine

Questions

1 p.m.

End of the sitting

2 p.m.

Committees

3 p.m.

1.

Election of a judge to the European Court of Human Rights in respect of France (Doc. 12616) (continued) (from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.)

2.

The situation in Tunisia (Doc. 12624)

Rapporteur of the Political Affairs Committee: Ms Anne Brasseur (Luxembourg, ALDE)

Deadline for tabling amendments: Monday 20 June at 4 p.m.

Debate and votes on a draft resolution and a draft recommendation

3.a.

Asylum seekers and refugees: sharing responsibilities in Europe (Doc. 12630)

Rapporteur of the Committee on Migration, Refugees and Population:

Mr Christopher Chope (United Kingdom, EDG)

Deadline for tabling amendments: Monday 20 June at 4 p.m.

3.b.

The interception and rescue at sea of asylum seekers, refugees and irregular migrants (Doc. 12628)

Rapporteur of the Committee on Migration, Refugees and Population:

Mr Arcadio Díaz Tejera (Spain, SOC)

Deadline for tabling amendments: Monday 20 June at 4 p.m.

Joint debate

Votes on a draft resolution and a draft recommendation (Doc. 12630)

Votes on a draft resolution and a draft recommendation (Doc. 12628)

8 p.m.

End of the sitting

Wednesday 22 June 2011

8.30 a.m.

Political groups

10 a.m.

1.

Living together in 21st-century Europe: follow-up to the report of the Group of Eminent Persons of the Council of Europe (Doc. 12631)

Rapporteur of the Political Affairs Committee: Mr Latchezar Toshev (Bulgaria, EPP/CD)

Rapporteur of the Social, Health and Family Affairs Committee (for opinion) (Doc.12653):

Ms Virág Kaufer (Hungary, SOC)

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

(Doc. 12650 ):

Mr Arcadio Díaz Tejera (Spain, SOC)

Rapporteur of the Committee on Culture, Science and Education (for opinion) (Doc.12651):

Mr Gvozden Srećko Flego (Croatia, SOC)

Rapporteur of the Committee on Equal Opportunities for Women and Men (for opinion) (Doc. 12640): Ms Elvira Kovács (Serbia, EPP/CD)

Deadline for tabling amendments: Tuesday 21 June at 3.30 p.m.

Statement by Mr Thorbjørn Jagland, Secretary General of the Council of Europe

Debate

12 noon

2.

Address by Mr Serzh Sargsyan, President of Armenia

Questions

1 p.m.

End of the sitting

2 p.m.

Committees

3 p.m.

1.

Address by Mr Nickolay Mladenov, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria

Questions

4 p.m.

2.

Reform of the Parliamentary Assembly (Doc. 12627)

Rapporteur of the Ad hoc Committee of the Assembly:

Mr Jean-Claude Mignon (France, EPP/CD)

Deadline for tabling amendments: Tuesday 21 June at 3.30 p.m.

Debate and vote on a draft resolution

3.

Living together in 21st-century Europe: follow-up to the report of the Group of Eminent Persons of the Council of Europe (Doc. 12631) (continued)

Deadline for tabling amendments: Tuesday 21 June at 3.30 p.m.

Debate (continued) and vote on a draft recommendation

8 p.m.

End of the sitting

Thursday 23 June 2011

8.30 a.m.

Committees

10 a.m.

1.

The state of human rights in Europe

1.a.

National parliaments: guarantors of human rights in Europe (Doc. 12636)

Rapporteur of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights:

Mr Christos Pourgourides (Cyprus, EPP/CD)

Deadline for tabling amendments: Wednesday 22 June at 10.30 a.m.

1.b.

The role of parliaments in the consolidation and development of social rights in Europe (Doc. 12632)

Rapporteur of the Social, Health and Family Affairs Committee:

Ms Carina Ohlsson (Sweden, SOC)

Rapporteur of the Committee on the Environment, Agriculture and Local and Regional Affairs (for opinion) (Doc. 12658): Sir Alan Meale (United Kingdom, SOC)

Deadline for tabling amendments: Wednesday 22 June at 10.30 a.m.

Statement by Ms Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger, Federal Minister of Justice of Germany

Statement by Mr Dominic Grieve, Attorney General for England and Wales

Joint debate

Vote on a draft resolution (Doc. 12636)

Votes on a draft resolution and a draft recommendation (Doc. 12632)

12.45 p.m.

2.

Award ceremony for the 2011 Human Rights Prizeof the Parliamentary Assembly¹

1 p.m.

End of the sitting

2 p.m.

Committees

3 p.m.

1.

Current affairs debate:

The political and humanitarian consequences of the situation in Syria and Libya

Debate

2.

More women in economic and social decision-making bodies (Doc. 12540)

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

Ms Gisèle Gautier (France, EPP/CD)

Rapporteur of the Committee on Economic Affairs and Development (for opinion)

(Doc. 12637): MsHermine Naghdalyan (Armenia, ALDE)

Deadline for tabling amendments: Wednesday 22 June at 3.30 p.m.

Debate and votes on a draft resolution and a draft recommendation

3.

Expansion of democracy by lowering the voting age to 16 (Doc. 12546)

Rapporteur of the Political Affairs Committee: Mr Miloš Aligrudić (Serbia, EPP/CD)

Deadline for tabling amendments: Wednesday 22 June at 3.30 p.m.

Debate and vote on a draft resolution

7.30 p.m.

End of the sitting

Friday 24 June 2011

8.30 a.m.

Bureau of the Assembly

10 a.m.

1.

The progress of the Assembly's monitoring procedure (June 2010 – May 2011)

(Doc. 12634 + Addendum)

Rapporteur of the Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee): Mr Dick Marty (Switzerland, ALDE)

Deadline for tabling amendments: Thursday 23 June at 10.30 a.m.

Debate and vote on a draft resolution

2.a.

Towards a European framework convention on youth rights (Doc. 12629)

Rapporteur of the Committee on Culture, Science and Education:

Ms Elvira Kovács (Serbia, EPP/CD)

Deadline for tabling amendments: Thursday 23 June at 10.30 a.m.

2.b.

Reversing the sharp decline in youth employment (Doc. 12626)

Rapporteur of the Committee on Economic Affairs and Development:

Ms Marija Pejčinović-Burić (Croatia, EPP/CD)

Rapporteur of the Social, Health and Family Affairs Committee (for opinion) (Doc. 12665):

Ms Marietta Karamanli (France, SOC)

Deadline for tabling amendments: Thursday 23 June at 10.30 a.m.

Joint debate

Vote on a draft recommendation (Doc. 12629)

Vote on a draft resolution (Doc. 12626)

1 p.m.

Closure of the third part of the 2011 Ordinary Session

¹ A programme is published separately (AS/Inf (2011) 08).

8 a.m.		Bureau of the Assembly
9.30 a.m.		Political groups
11.30 a.m.	1.	Opening of the third part of the 2011 Ordinary Session a. Statement by the President b. Examination of new credentials (Doc. 12638) c. Election of a Vice-President of the Assembly with respect to Finland d. Changes in the membership of committees (Commissions (2011) 06 + Addendum) e. Request for a current affairs debate on: – "The political and humanitarian consequences of the situation in Syria and Libya" f. Adoption of the agenda g. Approval of the minutes of proceedings of the Standing Committee (Kyiv, 27 May 2011) (AS/Per (2011) PV 02)
	2.	Progress report of the Bureau of the Assembly and the Standing Committee (Doc. 12642 Part I + Addendum and Part II) Rapporteur: Mr Dariusz Lipiński (Poland, EPP/CD) Observation of the early parliamentary elections in "the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" (5 June 2011) (Doc. 12643) Rapporteur of the Ad hoc Committee of the Bureau: Mr Jean-Charles Gardetto (Monaco, EPP/CD) Debate and [possibly] vote
1 p.m.		End of the sitting
2 p.m.		Committees
3 p.m.	1.	Communication from the Committee of Ministers to the Parliamentary Assembly, presented by Mr Kostyantyn Gryshchenko, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Chairman of the Committee of Ministers (CM/AS(2011)5) Questions Written questions (Doc. 12641)
4 p.m.	2.a.	Budgets and priorities of the Council of Europe for the financial years 2012-2013 (Doc. 12622) Rapporteur of the Committee on Economic Affairs and Development: Mr Erol Aslan Cebeci (Turkey, EPP/CD) Deadline for tabling amendments: Monday 20 June at 12 noon
	2.b.	Expenditure of the Parliamentary Assembly for the financial years 2012-2013 (Doc. 12623) Rapporteur of the Committee on Economic Affairs and Development: Mr Erol Aslan Cebeci (Turkey, EPP/CD) Deadline for tabling amendments: Monday 20 June at 12 noon Joint debate Vote on a draft opinion (Doc. 12622) Vote on a draft resolution (Doc. 12623)
5 p.m.		End of the sitting
5.10 p.m.		Political groups

8.30 a.m.		Committees
10 a.m.	1.	Election of a judge to the European Court of Human Rights in respect of France (Doc. 12616) (from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.)
	2.	Request for Partner for Democracy status with the Parliamentary Assembly submitted by the Parliament of Morocco (Doc. 12625) Rapporteur of the Political Affairs Committee: Mr Luca Volontè (Italy, EPP/CD) Rapporteur of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights (for opinion) (Doc. 12646): Mr Arcadio Díaz Tejera (Spain, SOC) Rapporteur of the Committee on Equal Opportunities for Women and Men (for opinion) (Doc. 12647): Ms Nursuna Memecan (Turkey, ALDE) Deadline for tabling amendments: Monday 20 June at 4 p.m. Debate and vote on a draft resolution Statements by: – Mr Abdelwahed Radi, Speaker of the House of Representatives of Morocco – Mr Mohamed Cheikh Biadillah, Speaker of the House of Counsellors of Morocco
12 noon	3.	Address by Mr Viktor Yanukovych, President of Ukraine Questions
1 p.m.		End of the sitting
2 p.m.		Committees
3 p.m.	1.	Election of a judge to the European Court of Human Rights in respect of France (Doc. 12616) (continued) (from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.)
	2.	The situation in Tunisia (Doc. 12624) Rapporteur of the Political Affairs Committee: Ms Anne Brasseur (Luxembourg, ALDE) Deadline for tabling amendments: Monday 20 June at 4 p.m. Debate and votes on a draft resolution and a draft recommendation
	3.a.	Asylum seekers and refugees: sharing responsibilities in Europe (Doc. 12630) Rapporteur of the Committee on Migration, Refugees and Population: Mr Christopher Chope (United Kingdom, EDG) Deadline for tabling amendments: Monday 20 June at 4 p.m.
	3.b.	The interception and rescue at sea of asylum seekers, refugees and irregular migrants (Doc. 12628) Rapporteur of the Committee on Migration, Refugees and Population: Mr Arcadio Díaz Tejera (Spain, SOC) Deadline for tabling amendments: Monday 20 June at 4 p.m. Joint debate Votes on a draft resolution and a draft recommendation (Doc. 12630) Votes on a draft resolution and a draft recommendation (Doc. 12628)
8 p.m.		End of the sitting