List of committees

Bur: Bureau of the Assembly

Per: Standing Committee

Pol: Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy

Jur: Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights

Soc: Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development

Mig: Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons

Cult: Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media

Ega: Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination

Mon: Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee)

Pro: Committee on Rules of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional Affairs

List of political groups

SOC: Socialist Group

EPP/CD: Group of the European People’s Party

EDG: European Democrat Group

ALDE: Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe

UEL: Group of the Unified European Left

NR: Representatives not belonging to a political group

Bureau of the Assembly

Monday: 08:00 – 09:30

Friday: 08:30 – 10:00

Committees

Monday: 14:00 – 15:00

Tuesday: 08:30 – 10:00

Tuesday: 14:00 – 15:30

Wednesday: 14:00 – 15:30

Thursday: 08:30 – 10:00

Thursday: 14:00 – 15:30

Political groups

Monday: 09:30 – 11:30

Monday: 17:00 – 19:00

Wednesday: 08:30 – 10:00

Sitting No. 19 (11:30 – 13:00)

1. Opening of the part-session
1.1. Statement by the President
1.2. Examination of credentials
List of new members:

(Doc. )
1.3. Changes in the membership of committees
1.4. Request(s) for current affairs debate or debate under urgent procedure
1.5. Adoption of the agenda
1.6. Approval of the minutes of proceedings of the Standing Committee (Baku, 23 May 2014)
2. Debate
2.1. Progress report of the Bureau and the Standing Committee
Presentation by:

Mr Jordi XUCLÀ, Spain, ALDE ; Rapporteur, AS/Bur (Doc. )
2.2. Observation of the presidential election (13 and 27 April 2014) and of the early parliamentary elections (27 April 2014) in “the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”
Presentation by:

Mr Stefan SCHENNACH, Austria, SOC ; Rapporteur, (Doc. 13517)
2.3. Observation of the early presidential election in Ukraine (25 May 2014)
Presentation by:

Mr Andreas GROSS, Switzerland, SOC ; Rapporteur, (Doc. )
List of speakers

Sitting No. 20 (15:00 – 17:00)
3. Address
3.1. Communication from the Committee of Ministers to the Parliamentary Assembly
Presentation by:

Mr Elmar MAMMADYAROV, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan, Chairperson of the Committee of Ministers
4. Debate
4.1. Free debate
List of speakers

Sitting No. 21 (10:00 – 13:00)

5. Election
5.1. Secretary General of the Council of Europe
List of candidates:

(Doc. 13525)
6. Joint debate
6.1. The “left-to-die boat”: actions and reactions
Presentation by:

Ms Tineke STRIK, Netherlands, SOC ; Rapporteur, AS/Mig (Doc. 13532)
6.2. The large-scale arrival of mixed migratory flows on Italian shores
Presentation by:

Mr Christopher CHOPE, United Kingdom, EDG ; Rapporteur, AS/Mig (Doc. 13531)
List of speakers
Amendments (deadline for tabling: Monday 23 June, 16:00)
Votes on a draft resolution and a draft recommendation (Doc. 13532)
Votes on a draft resolution and a draft recommendation (Doc. 13531)
7. Address
7.1. Mr Ilham ALIYEV, President of Azerbaijan

Sitting No. 22 (15:30 – 20:00)
8. Election (continued)
8.1. Secretary General of the Council of Europe
9. Debate
9.1. Violence in and through the media
Presentation by:

Sir Roger GALE, United Kingdom, EDG ; Rapporteur, AS/Cult (Doc. 13509)
Ms Maryvonne BLONDIN, France, SOC ; Rapporteur for opinion, AS/Soc (Doc. )
List of speakers
Amendments (deadline for tabling: Monday 23 June, 16:00)
Votes on a draft resolution and a draft recommendation (Doc. 13509)
10. Debate
10.1. Evaluation of the implementation of the reform of the Parliamentary Assembly
Presentation by:

Ms Liliana PALIHOVICI, Republic of Moldova, EPP/CD ; Rapporteur, AS/Pro (Doc. 13528)
List of speakers
Amendments (deadline for tabling: Monday 23 June, 16:00)
Vote on a draft resolution (Doc. 13528)

Sitting No. 23 (10:00 – 13:00)

11. [Possibly 2nd round] Election
11.1. Secretary General of the Council of Europe
List of candidates:

(Doc. 13525)
12. Debate
12.1. Towards a better European democracy: facing the challenges of a federal Europe
Presentation by:

Mr Andreas GROSS, Switzerland, SOC ; Rapporteur, AS/Pol (Doc. 13527)
List of speakers
Amendments (deadline for tabling: Tuesday 24 June, 10:30)
Vote on a draft resolution (Doc. 13527)
13. Ceremony
13.1. Commemoration ceremony of the 100th anniversary of the First World War
(1)
A programme will be
published separately.

Sitting No. 24 (15:30 – 20:00)
14. [Possibly 2nd round] Election (continued)
14.1. Secretary General of the Council of Europe
15. Debate
15.1. Parliamentary contribution to resolving the Western Sahara conflict
Presentation by:

Ms Liliane MAURY PASQUIER, Switzerland, SOC ; Rapporteur, AS/Pol (Doc. 13526)
Ms Maria Teresa BERTUZZI, Italy, SOC ; Rapporteur for opinion, AS/Jur (Doc. )
List of speakers
Amendments (deadline for tabling: Tuesday 24 June, 16:00)
Vote on a draft resolution (Doc. 13526)
16. Joint debate
16.1. Identities and diversity within intercultural societies
Presentation by:

Mr Carlos COSTA NEVES, Portugal, EPP/CD ; Rapporteur, AS/Cult (Doc. 13522)
16.2. Integration of migrants in Europe: the need for a proactive, long-term and global policy
Presentation by:

Ms Marietta KARAMANLI, France, SOC ; Rapporteur, AS/Mig (Doc. 13530)
List of speakers
Amendments (deadline for tabling: Tuesday 24 June, 16:00)
Votes on a draft resolution and a draft recommendation (Doc. 13522)
Vote on a draft resolution (Doc. 13530)

Sitting No. 25 (10:00 – 13:00)
17. Debate under urgent procedure or current affairs debateSubject to a decision by the Assembly.18. Address
18.1. Address by an invited personality [tbc]
Sitting No. 26 (15:30 – 20:00)
19. Debate
19.1. Challenges for the Council of Europe Development Bank
Presentation by:

Mr Tuur ELZINGA, Netherlands, UEL ; Rapporteur, AS/Soc (Doc. 13513)
Statement by:

Mr Rolf WENZEL, Governor of the Council of Europe Development Bank
List of speakers
Amendments (deadline for tabling: Wednesday 25 June, 16:00)
Vote on a draft resolution (Doc. 13513)
20. Debate
20.1. Europe’s public administrations in flux: public service under threat?
Presentation by:
Mr Tiny KOX, Netherlands, UEL ; Rapporteur, AS/Pro (Doc. 13529)

List of speakers
Amendments (deadline for tabling: Wednesday 25 June, 16:00)
Votes on a draft resolution and a draft recommendation (Doc. 13529)

Sitting No. 27 (10:00 – 13:00)
21. Debate
21.1. Reinforcement of the independence of the European Court of Human Rights
Presentation by:

Mr Boriss CILEVIČS, Latvia, SOC ; Rapporteur, AS/Jur (Doc. 13524)
List of speakers
Amendments (deadline for tabling: Thursday 26 June, 10:30)
Votes on a draft resolution and a draft recommendation (Doc. 13524)
22. Debate
22.1. Child-friendly juvenile justice: from rhetoric to reality
Presentation by:

Mr Stefan SCHENNACH, Austria, SOC ; Rapporteur, AS/Soc (Doc. 13511)
Ms Kristien Van VAERENBERGH, Belgium, NR ; Rapporteur for opinion, AS/Jur (Doc. )
List of speakers
Amendments (deadline for tabling: Thursday 26 June, 10:30)
Vote on a draft resolution (Doc. 13511)
23. Closure of the part-session