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  • PA - Forthcoming session 14-18 April 2008

    Ivan Ga¹parovic, Angela Merkel and Yulia Tymoshenko to address PACE
    spring session

    Strasbourg, 02.04.2008 - Slovak President Ivan Ga¹parovic, German
    Chancellor Angela Merkel, Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko and
    French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner are among the leading
    personalities to address the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of
    Europe (PACE) during its spring session in Strasbourg (14-18 April
    2008).

    An urgent debate has been requested on the functioning of democratic
    institutions in Armenia, and a current affairs debate on the situation
    in the Middle East.

    Topics to be debated include access to safe and legal abortion in
    Europe, Muslim communities confronted with extremism, child and teenage
    suicide in Europe, and the teaching of European literature, with an
    intervention by French-Lebanese writer Amin Maalouf.

    Slovak Foreign Minister Ján Kubi¹ will present the traditional
    communication from the Committee of Ministers, the Council of Europe's
    executive body, and answer parliamentarians' questions. The Council of
    Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Thomas Hammarberg, will also
    present his annual activity report.

    On the fringe of the session, the Political Affairs Committee will hold
    a public hearing on "The situation in China on the eve of the Olympic
    Games" (Thursday 17 April at 8.30 am), to be attended by a
    representative of the Dalai Lama and human rights organisations working
    in China. The Chinese authorities have also been invited.

    The Assembly will finalise its agenda only at the opening of the
    session.


    Draft agenda

    Monday 14 April (opening at 11.30 a.m.)
    * Opening of the second part of the 2008 Ordinary Session
    * Progress report of the Bureau of the Assembly and the Standing
    Committee, including the observation of elections in Serbia
    <http://assembly.coe.int/Main.asp?link=3 D/Documents/WorkingDocs/Doc08/EDOC11534.htm> , Monaco
    <http://assembly.coe.int/Main.asp?link=3 D/Documents/WorkingDocs/Doc08/EDOC11535.htm> , Armenia, Russia
    <http://assembly.coe.int/MainF.asp?link= 3D/Documents/WorkingDocs/Doc08/FDOC11533.htm> and Montenegro

    * Address by Ivan Ga¹parovic, President of Slovakia


    Tuesday 15 April
    * Election of judges to the European Court of Human Rights
    <http://assembly.coe.int/Main.asp?link=3 D/Documents/WorkingDocs/Doc08/EDOC11529.htm>

    * European Muslim communities confronted with extremism
    <http://assembly.coe.int/Main.asp?lin k=3D/Documents/WorkingDocs/Doc08/EDOC11540.htm>

    * Address by Angela Merkel, Federal Chancellor of Germany
    * Communication from the Committee of Ministers to the Parliamentary
    Assembly presented by Ján Kubi¹, Minister for Foreign Affairs of
    Slovakia, Chairperson of the Committee of Ministers

    * Annual activity report 2007 by the Council of Europe Commissioner for
    Human Rights, and statement by Thomas Hammarberg

    * Abuse of the criminal justice system in Belarus
    <http://assembly.coe.int/Main.asp?link= 3D/Documents/WorkingDocs/Doc07/EDOC11464.htm>

    Wednesday 16 April
    * Possible second round of the election of judges to the European Court
    of Human Rights
    * Access to safe and legal abortion in Europe
    <http://assembly.coe.int/Documents/Worki ngDocs/Doc08/EDOC11537.pdf>

    * Address by Yulia Tymoshenko, Prime Minister of Ukraine
    * Possible current affairs debate
    * Child and teenage suicide in Europe: a serious public health issue
    <http://assembly.coe.int/Main.asp?link=3D /Documents/WorkingDocs/Doc08/EDOC11547.htm>

    * The accession of the European Union/European Community to the European
    Convention on Human Rights
    <http://assembly.coe.int/Main.asp?link=3 D/Documents/WorkingDocs/Doc08/EDOC11533.htm>

    Thursday 17 April
    * Possible urgent debate
    * Address by Bernard Kouchner, Minister of Foreign and European Affairs
    of France
    * Promoting the teaching of European literature
    <http://assembly.coe.int/Main.asp?li nk=3D/Documents/WorkingDocs/Doc08/EDOC11527.htm&gt ; and statement by Amin Maalouf, writer
    * The situation of national minorities in Vojvodina and of the Romanian
    ethnic minority in Serbia
    <http://assembly.coe.int/Main.asp?link=3 D/Documents/WorkingDocs/Doc08/EDOC11528.htm>

    Friday 18 April
    * Immigration from sub-Saharan Africa
    <http://assembly.coe.int/Main.asp?link=3 D/Documents/WorkingDocs/Doc08/EDOC11526.htm>

    * Sustainable development and tourism: towards quality growth
    <http://assembly.coe.int/Main.asp?link=3 D/Documents/WorkingDocs/Doc08/EDOC11539.htm>

    Practical information

    Press conferences:
    PACE President Lluís Maria de Puig will give a press conference on
    Monday 14 April at 10 a.m. in Room 1. Other press conferences will be
    announced on the spot.

    Further details:
    See the Assembly's website, http://assembly.coe.int. Additional
    information may also be found on the Council of Europe web portal,
    http://www.coe.int/PAsession.

    For TV planning Units:
    Videos in broadcast quality summing up PACE highlights can be downloaded
    for free at http://dl.coe.int around two hours after the event.

    Contact:
    PACE Communication Unit: tel. +33 3 88 41 31 93; [email protected]

    For accreditation:
    Directorate of Communication: Danielle Schreiber-Somoza,
    [email protected] t , tel. +33 3 88 41 25 44.

    Press Release
    Parliamentary Assembly Communication Unit
    Ref: 229a08
    Tel: +33 3 88 41 31 93
    Fax :+33 3 90 21 41 34
    [email protected]
    internet: www.coe.int/press

    The Parliamentary Assembly brings together 318 members from the national
    parliaments of the 47 member states.
    President: Lluís Maria de Puig (Spain, SOC) ; Secretary General of the
    Assembly: Mateo Sorinas.
    Political Groups: EPP/CD (Group of the European People's Party); SOC
    (Socialist Group); EDG (European Democratic Group);

    ALDE (Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe); UEL (Group of the
    Unified European Left).

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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