Doc. 8586 revised

17 December 1999

Agenda for the first part of the 2000 Ordinary Session of the Parliamentary Assembly
(24-28 January 2000)

Updated by the Bureau of the Assembly on 13 December 1999

General

— Examination of credentials of Representatives, Substitutes and Special Guests

— Election of the President of the Assembly

— Election of the Vice-Presidents of the Assembly

— Appointment of members of committees

— Progress report of the Bureau and the Standing Committee

— Communication by the Secretary General

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

— Statements by eminent guests

Political Affairs

— Threat posed to democracy by extremist parties and movements in Europe

— Situation in Belarus

Economic Affairs

— Democracy and economic development

— Economic consequences of the recent earthquakes in Turkey and Greece

Social Affairs

— International adoption

— Health security for Europe's populations

— Social consequences of the earthquakes in Turkey

Legal Affairs and Human Rights

— Charter of fundamental rights of the European Union and accession of the Community to the European Convention on Human Rights

— Draft Protocol No. 12 to the European Convention on Human Rights

Culture and Education

— Non-formal education

— Draft Convention on the promotion of a transnational long-term voluntary service for young people

Science and Technology

— New technologies in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)

Migration and Refugees

— Restrictions on asylum in the member states of the Council of Europe and the European Union

— Clandestine migration from the south of the Mediterranean into Europe

Agriculture

—Ban on antibiotics in food production

Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States

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