Doc. 9001

16 March 2001

Agenda for the second part of the 2001 Ordinary Session of the Parliamentary Assembly
(23–27 April 2001)

(adopted by the Bureau on 13 March 2001)

General

— Examination of credentials of Representatives, Substitutes and Special Guests

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

— Election of judges to the European Court of Human Rights

— Changes in membership of committees

— Progress report of the Bureau and the Standing Committee

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

— Statement by the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe

— Statements by eminent guests

Political Affairs

— Situation in the Middle East

— Situation in Kosovo and the neighbouring regions

Legal Affairs and Human Rights

— Opinion on the Council of Europe draft Convention on cyber–crime

— Human rights and the rule of law in Kosovo

Economic Affairs

— Opinion on the budget of the Council of Europe for the financial year 2002

— Opinion on the expenditure of the Parliamentary Assembly for the financial year 2002

— Europe's fight against economic and transnational organised crime: progress or retreat

— Fifteen years after Chernobyl: financing a lasting solution

Social and Health Affairs

— Opinion on the draft additional Protocol to the Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine, on transplantation of organs and tissues of human origin

Migration, Refugees and Demography

— Humanitarian situation of returnees to Kosovo

— Demographic change and sustainable development

Culture, Science and Education

— Protection of the human genome by the Council of Europe

— Cultural situation in Kosovo

— Freedom of expression and information in the media in Europe

Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States

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