Doc. 8417

11 May 1999

Agenda for the third part of the 1999 Ordinary Session of the Parliamentary Assembly
(21-25 June 1999)

adopted by the Bureau of the Assembly on 6 May 1999

General

— Examination of credentials of new Representatives, Substitutes and Special Guests

— Changes in the membership of committees

— Progress report of the Bureau and the Standing Committee

— Communication from the Committee of Ministers to the Assembly (statutory report)

— Statements by eminent guests

— Election of the Secretary General of the Council of Europe

— Election of judge(s) to the European Court of Human Rights (possibly)

Political Affairs

— Relations with the United Nations

Economic Affairs

— Activities of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in 1998

Social Affairs

— Additional Protocol to the European Convention on Human Rights concerning fundamental social rights

— Protection of human rights and dignity of the terminally ill and the dying

— Social functions of cooperatives, mutual insurance companies and associations which form the basis of Europe's social economy

Legal Affairs and Human Rights

— Illegal activities of sects

— European democracies facing up to terrorism

Culture and Education

— Second-chance schools

Rules of Procedure

— General revision of the Rules of Procedure of the Assembly

Equal Opportunities for Women and Men

— Equal representation in political life

Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States

— Honouring of obligations and commitments of Ukraine as a member state of the Council of Europe

— Honouring of obligations and commitments of Latvia as a member state of the Council of Europe