ORDER OF BUSINESS of the third part of the 2003 Ordinary Session
(23 - 27 June 2003)adopted by the Assembly on 23 June 2003
Strasbourg, 23 June 2003
8.30 a.m.
Bureau of the Assembly
10 a.m.
Political groups
2 p.m.
Committees
3 p.m.
1.
Opening of the third part of the 2003 Ordinary Session
a.
b.
Election of a Vice-President of the Assembly with respect to Lithuania
c.
Changes in the membership of Committees (Comm 2003 5)
d.
Request(s) for debate under urgent procedure
e.
Adoption of the order of business
2.
Progress report of the Bureau of the Assembly and the Standing Committee (Doc. 9835 Part I and Part II)
Rapporteur: Mr Tadeusz Iwiński (Poland, SOC)
Observation of the parliamentary elections in Armenia (25 May 2003) (Doc. 9836)
Rapporteur: Mr Bernard Schreiner (France, EDG)
Debate
3.
Agriculture and enlargement of the European Union (Doc. 9812)
Rapporteur of the Committee on the Environment, Agriculture and Local and Regional Affairs: Mr Marcin Libicki (Poland, EDG)
Deadline for tabling amendments: Monday 23 June at 12 noon.
4.
Challenges for Mediterranean agriculture (Doc. 9807)
Rapporteur of the Committee on the Environment, Agriculture and Local and Regional Affairs: Mr Adolfo Fernández Aguilar (Spain, EPP/CD)
Deadline for tabling amendments: Monday 23 June at 12 noon.
Statement by Mr Franz FISCHLER, Member of the European Commission responsible for Agriculture, Rural Development and Fisheries
Joint debate on items 3 and 4
Vote on two draft resolutions
5.
Areas where the European Convention on Human Rights cannot be implemented (Doc. 9730)
Rapporteur of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights: Mr Christos Pourgourides (Cyprus, EPP/CD)
Deadline for tabling amendments: Monday 23 June at 12 noon.
Debate
Vote on a draft recommendation
7 p.m.
End of the sitting
8.30 a.m.
Committees
10 a.m.
1.
Contribution of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) to economic development in central and eastern Europe (Doc. 9825)
Rapporteur of the Committee on Economic Affairs and Development: Mr Marton Braun (Hungary, EPP/CD)
Deadline for tabling amendments: Monday 23 June at 4 p.m.
Statement by Mr Jean LEMIERRE, President of the EBRD
Debate
Vote on a draft resolution
12 noon
2.
Address by Mr Rudolf SCHUSTER, President of the Slovak Republic
Questions
1 p.m.
End of the sitting
2 p.m.
Committees
3 p.m.
1.
Activities of the International Organization for Migration (IOM), 1998-2002 (Doc. 9814)
Rapporteur of the Committee on Migration, Refugees and Demography: Mr John Wilkinson (United Kingdom, EDG)
Deadline for tabling amendments: Monday 23 June at 4 p.m.
Statement by Mr Brunson McKINLEY, Director General of the IOM
Debate
Vote on a draft recommendation
2.
Rights and fundamental freedoms of Greek Cypriots and Maronites living in the northern part of Cyprus (Doc. 9714)
Rapporteur of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights: Mr Dick Marty (Switzerland, LDR)
Deadline for tabling amendments: Monday 23 June at 4 p.m.
3.
Colonisation by Turkish settlers of the occupied part of Cyprus (Doc. 9799)
Rapporteur of the Committee on Migration, Refugees and Demography: Mr Jaakko Laakso(Finland, UEL)
Deadline for tabling amendments: Monday 23 June at 4 p.m.
Joint debate on items 2 and 3
Vote on a draft resolution
Vote on a draft recommendation
4.
Positive experiences of autonomous regions as a source of inspiration for conflict resolution in Europe (Doc. 9824)
Rapporteur of the Committee on Political Affairs: Mr Andreas Gross (Switzerland, SOC)
Rapporteur of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights (for opinion) (Doc. 9837): Mr Erik Jurgens (Netherlands, SOC)
Rapporteur of the Committee on the Environment, Agriculture and Local and Regional Affairs (for oral opinion): …
Deadline for tabling amendments: Monday 23 June at 4 p.m.
Debate
Vote on a draft resolution
Vote on a draft recommendation
7.30 p.m.
End of the sitting
8.30 a.m.
Political groups
10 a.m. 1. Preferential treatment of national minorities by the kin-state: the case of the Hungarian law of 19 June 2001 on Hungarians living in neighbouring countries ("Magyars") (Doc. 9744 rev.)
Rapporteur of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights: Mr Erik Jurgens (Netherlands, SOC)
Rapporteur of the Political Affairs Committee (for opinion) (Doc. 9813): Mr Latchezar Toshev (Bulgaria, EPP/CD)
Deadline for tabling amendments: Tuesday 24 June at 10 a.m.
Debate
Vote on a draft resolution
2.
Debate under urgent procedure: Threats to the International Criminal Court (Doc. 9844)
Rapporteur of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights: Mr Dick Marty (Switzerland, LDR)
Deadline for tabling amendments: Tuesday 24 June at 7.30 p.m.
Debate
Vote on a ...
1 p.m.
End of the sitting
2 p.m.
Committees
3 p.m.
1.
Migration connected with trafficking in women and prostitution (Doc. 9795)
Rapporteur of the Committee on Equal Opportunities for Women and Men: Mrs Ans Zwerver (Netherlands, SOC) Rapporteur of the Social, Health and Family Affairs Committee (for opinion) (Doc. 9848): Mr Rino Piscitello (Italy, LDR) Rapporteur of the Committee on Migration, Refugees and Demography (for opinion) (Doc. 9809): Mrs Tana de Zulueta (Italy, SOC)
Deadline for tabling amendments: Tuesday 24 June at 3 p.m.
Debate
Vote on a draft resolution
Vote on a draft recommendation
2.
Trafficking in organs in Europe (Doc. 9822)
Rapporteur of the Social, Health and Family Affairs Committee: Mrs Ruth-Gaby Vermot-Mangold (Switzerland, SOC)
Rapporteur of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights (for opinion) (Doc. 9845): Mr Dirk Dees (Netherlands, LDR)
Deadline for tabling amendments: Tuesday 24 June at 3 p.m.
Debate
Vote on a draft recommendation
3.
The situation of Palestinian refugees (Doc. 9808)
Rapporteur of the Committee on Migration, Refugees and Demography: Mr Olav Akselsen (Norway, SOC) Rapporteur of the Political Affairs Committee (for opinion) (Doc. 9847): Mr Margelov (Russia, EDG)
Deadline for tabling amendments: Tuesday 24 June at 3 p.m.
Debate
Vote on a draft recommendation
Vote on a draft resolution
7 p.m.
End of the sitting
8.30 a.m.
Committees
10 a.m.
1.
Debate under urgent procedure: The Council of Europe and the Convention on the future of Europe (Doc. 9846)
Rapporteur of the Committee on Political Affairs: Mr Theodoros Pangalos (Greece, SOC)
Rapporteur of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights (for opinion) (Doc. 9849): Mr Michael Spindelegger (Austria, EPP/CD)
Rapporteur of the Committee on Equal Opportunities for Women and Men (for opinion) (Doc. 9850): Mrs Lydie Err (Luxembourg, SOC)
Deadline for tabling amendments: Wednesday 25 June at 12 noon.
Debate
Vote on …
12 noon 2.
Communication from the Committee of Ministers to the Assembly presented by Mr Nicolae DUDĂU, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Moldova and Chairman-in-Office of the Committee of Ministers Link to the Statutory report Questions (Doc. 9838) (Questions must be tabled by Tuesday 24 June 2003 at 12 noon at the latest)
1 p.m.
End of the sitting
2 p.m.
Committees
3 p.m.
1.
Rapporteur of Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights: Mr George Clerfayt (Belgium, LDR)
Rapporteur of the Political Affairs Committee (for opinion) (Doc. ): …
Rapporteur of the Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee) (for oral opinion): …
Deadline for tabling amendments: Wednesday 25 June at 3 p.m.
Debate
Vote on a draft recommendation
2.
Rights of persons held in the custody of the United States in Afghanistan or Guantanamo Bay (Doc. 9817)
Rapporteur of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights: Mr Kevin McNamara (United Kingdom, SOC)
Deadline for tabling amendments: Wednesday 25 June at 3 p.m.
Debate
Vote on a draft resolution
6 p.m.
End of the sitting
6 p.m.
Joint Committee
8 a.m.
Committees
9 a.m. 1. Environment and human rights (Doc. 9791) Rapporteur of the Committee on the Environment, Agriculture and Local and Regional Affairs: Mrs Cristina Agudo (Spain, SOC)
Rapporteur of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights (for opinion) (Doc. 9833):Mr Erik Jurgens (Netherlands, SOC)
Deadline for tabling amendments: Thursday 26 June at 9 a.m.
Debate Vote on a draft recommendation 2. European air transport policies: crucial choices at a critical time (Doc. 9823) Rapporteur of the Committee on Economic Affairs and Development: Mr Jean-Pierre Masseret (France, SOC)
Deadline for tabling amendments: Thursday 26 June at 9 a.m.
Debate
Vote on a draft resolution
12 noon
Closure of the third part of the 2003 Session
12 noon
Bureau of the Assembly (at the end of the part-session)