Activities of the Assembly’s Bureau and Standing Committee (28 June-29 September 2024)
Progress report
| Doc. 16045
| 26 September 2024
- Committee
- Bureau of the Assembly
- Rapporteur :
- Mr Iulian BULAI,
Romania, ALDE
1 Introduction
At its meeting on 28 June, the Bureau appointed me as rapporteur
for this report, which covers its activities over the period from
the last Bureau meeting of the third part-session of 2024 (Friday
28 June) to the pre-session Bureau meeting of the fourth part-session
of 2024 (Monday 30 September).
The present report includes the decisions taken at the Bureau
meetings of 28 June in Strasbourg and 6 September in Paris. Chapter
2 presents a list of decisions which do not require ratification.
Chapter 3 presents a list of decisions taken by the Bureau over
the reported period that require ratification at the opening of
the fourth part-session of the Assembly.
An addendum to this report will be issued after the Bureau
meeting of 30 September, which will include decisions to be ratified
on the same day. Another addendum will be issued after the Bureau
meeting of 4 October. It will only include the decisions to be ratified
by the Assembly on the same day, notably the references and transmissions,
which will have been approved by the Bureau.
The report of the Committee on the Election of Judges to the
European Court of Human Rights presenting the conclusions of the
committee on the lists of candidates submitted by Cyprus, Poland
and Slovenia, is published as Addendum 2 to this report.
The Bureau will hold its next meetings in Strasbourg on Friday
4 October at 8.30 am, then on Thursday, 28 November in Luxembourg
and on Friday, 13 December in Paris. The next meeting of the Standing Committee
will be held in Luxembourg on 29 November.
2 Activities of the Bureau since the
last part-session and decisions not requiring ratification by the Assembly
2.1 Third
part-session of 2024 (Strasbourg, 24-28 June)
2.1.1 Follow-up
to adopted texts
On 28 June, the Bureau approved the follow-up proposals made
by the Secretary General of the Assembly to texts adopted by the
Assembly, namely:
- Resolution 2553 (2024) Strengthening a youth perspective
in the work of the Parliamentary Assembly: instructed
the Secretary General of the Parliamentary Assembly to prepare a
memorandum on modalities to implement the “PACE-Youth Participation
Mechanisms”; and decided to seize the Committee on Rules of Procedure,
Immunities and Institutional Affairs for
report on “Modification of various provisions of the
Assembly’s Rules of Procedure” to ensure that the Assembly’s Rules
of Procedure and complementary texts are amended in line with the
decisions contained in paragraph 8 of the Resolution and its sub-paragraphs.
- Resolution
2556 (2024) Legal and human rights aspects
of the Russian Federation’s aggression against Ukraine:
decided to refer the matter to the Committee on Legal Affairs and
Human Rights for a new report on
“Legal and human rights aspects of the Russian Federation’s war
of aggression against Ukraine”.
- Resolution
2561 (2024) Challenges to democracy in
Georgia: decided to refer the matter to the Committee
on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States
of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee) to be taken into account in the
preparation of its report on “The honouring of obligations and commitments
by Georgia”.
- Current affairs debate on War
in Gaza: ensuring the release of the hostages, the implementation
of an immediate ceasefire and the provision of humanitarian aid:
decided to refer the matter to the Committee on Political Affairs
and Democracy to be taken into account in
the preparation of its report on “Situation in the Middle East”.
2.2 Fourth
part-session of 2024 (Strasbourg, 30 September – 4 October)
2.2.1 Requests for debates under urgent
procedure
On 6 September, the Bureau took note of the requests presented
by the leaders of the political groups to hold debates on Deteriorating situation of human rights, Rule
of Law and democracy in Azerbaijan; and Missing persons due to the war of aggression
of the Russian Federation against Ukraine: prisoners of war and
civilians in captivity.
2.2.2 Draft agenda
On 6 September, the Bureau drew up the preliminary draft agenda.
2.3 References and transmissions to committees
2.3.1 Extension of references
On 28 June, the Bureau considered and approved the references
and transmissions to committees as presented in Doc. 16007 Add.3, ratified by the Assembly the same day. It also approved
the following requests for extension of references:
- Civil
society and the Parliamentary Assembly: towards greater transparency
and engagement Doc. 15330: extension until 31 December 2024;
- The need for renewed, effective
and inclusive multilateralism, Doc. 15332: extension until 27 September 2025;
- The Parliamentary Assembly
should support Kazakhstan to continue its democratic reforms, Doc. 15569: extension until 10 October 2025;
- Foreign interference: a threat
to democratic security in Europe, Doc. 15605: extension until 25 November 2025.
On 6 September, the Bureau approved the following request
for extension of reference:
- Analysis and guidelines to guarantee the right
to housing and to decent housing, Doc. 15566 (Reference 4670 of 10 October 2022 – validity: 10 October
2024): extension until 10 October 2025.
2.4 Election observation
2.4.1 Parliamentary Assembly Network of
Election Observers
On 28 June 2024, the Bureau considered and approved the terms
of reference of the Parliamentary Assembly Network of Election Observers
presented in Doc. 16007
Add.3, ratified by the Assembly the same day.
2.4.2 Republic of Moldova: Presidential
election and Constitutional Referendum (20 October 2024)
On 28 June and 6 September, the Bureau approved the updated
list of members of the ad hoc committee to observe these elections
(Appendix 1).
2.4.3 Georgia: Parliamentary elections (26 October 2024)
On 28 June and 6 September, the Bureau approved the updated
list of members of the ad hoc committee to observe these elections
(Appendix 2).
2.4.4 Bulgaria: Early parliamentary elections
(27 October 2024)
On 6 September, the Bureau decided to observe these elections
and to set up an ad hoc committee composed of 20 members (SOC: 6;
EPP/CD: 6; EC/DA:4; ALDE:3; UEL: 1) as well as the co-rapporteurs
of the monitoring committee; given the very short timeframe since
the last early parliamentary elections of 9 June 2024, decided to
maintain the same list of members and the same chairperson of the
ad hoc committee, Mr Oleksii Goncharenko (Ukraine, EC/DA), while
filling the previously vacant seats (Appendix 3).
2.4.5 Uzbekistan: Parliamentary elections
(27 October 2024)
On 6 September, the Bureau decided not to observe these elections.
2.5 Communications
On 6 September, the Bureau took note of the communications
by the President of the Assembly, the Secretary General and the
Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe, and held an exchange
of views with the Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe.
2.6 Follow-up to the Reykjavík Summit
On 6 September, the Bureau heard a presentation by the Director
of Committees – Human Dignity and Sustainable Development, Louise
Barton, and took note of the information provided.
2.7 Ad hoc committee of the Bureau to
participate in the European Holocaust Memorial Day for Roma and
Sinti (Auschwitz-Birkenau, Poland, 2 August 2024)
On 28 June, the Bureau approved the list of members of the
ad hoc committee to participate in the event and designated the
President of the Assembly as its chairperson (Appendix 4).
2.8 Ad hoc committee of the Bureau to
participate in the conference of the European Parliamentary Technology
Assessment network (EPTA), on the theme “Artificial Intelligence
and Democracy”, in Oslo, on 21 October 2024
On 28 June, the Bureau took note of the letter by the Vice-President
of the Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy and decided
to set up an ad hoc committee of the Bureau to participate in the
conference of the European Parliamentary Technology Assessment network
(EPTA), on the theme “Artificial Intelligence and Democracy”, in
Oslo, on 21 October 2024.
2.9 Ad hoc committee of the Bureau to
participate in the Council of Europe Parliamentary Conference on
"Promoting safety, integrity, equality and inclusion in sport" (Athens,
4-5 November 2024)
On 28 June, the Bureau approved the list of members of the
ad hoc committee to participate in the Conference and designated
the President of the Assembly as its chairperson (Appendix 5).
2.10 World Forum for Democracy (Strasbourg,
6-8 November)
On 28 June, the Bureau approved the list of members of the
ad hoc committee to participate in the Forum (Appendix 6).
2.11 Meetings of the Standing Committee
and the Bureau in 2025
On 6 September, the Bureau approved the proposals contained
in the memorandum prepared by the Secretariat as set out in Appendix
7.
2.12 European Committee for the Prevention
of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT)
On 28 June, the Bureau considered and approved the list of
candidates in respect of the Slovak Republic, which was subsequently
transmitted to the Committee of Ministers.
2.13 Václav Havel Human Rights Prize
On 6 September, the Bureau took note of the shortlist made
by the Selection Panel at its meeting in Prague on 26-27 August
2024, consisting of (in alphabetical order): Akif Gurbanov (Azerbaijan),
María Corina Machado (Venezuela) and Babutsa Pataraia (Georgia).
2.14 Meetings elsewhere than Strasbourg
and Paris
On 28 June, the Bureau authorised the Committee on Legal Affairs
and Human Rights to meet in Yerevan on 9-10 December 2024.
On 13 September, following a written consultation, the Bureau
authorised the Sub-Committee on the Western Balkans (of the Committee
on Political Affairs and Democracy) to meet in Belgrade on 10-11
October 2024.
2.15 Issues raised by committees
2.15.1 Committee on Political Affairs and
Democracy
On 6 September, the Bureau authorised Mr Lulzim Basha (Albania,
EPP/CD), in his capacity as rapporteur for follow-up on “Support
for the reconstruction of Ukraine”, to participate in a hearing
of the Sub-committee on Europe of the Foreign Affairs Committee
of the House of Representatives of the United States, in Washington (United
States), between the 16 and the 30 September 2024 (date to be confirmed),
at no cost to the Assembly.
3 Decisions of the Bureau requiring
ratification by the Assembly
3.1 Modalities of participation of a representative
delegation of Belarusian democratic forces in the work of the Assembly
On 6 September, the Bureau heard a presentation by the Director
of Committees – Democracy and Rule of Law, Sonia Sirtori. It took
note of the memorandum prepared by the Secretary General of the
Assembly and approved the proposals for the implementation of paragraph
12.3 of Resolution 2530 (2024), subject to ratification by the Assembly
through the Progress report (Appendix 8).
3.2 References and transmissions to committees
On 6 September, the Bureau considered and approved the following
references and transmissions to committees:
- Role of the Council of Europe
in countering the sanctions’ evasion and creating a Register of
entities assisting the Russian Federation in circumventing restrictive
measures, motion for a resolution, Doc. 16014: transmission to the Committee on Legal Affairs and
Human Rights and to the Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy for information; (to be taken into
account in the follow-up to the reports on “Legal and human rights
aspects of the Russian Federation’s aggression against Ukraine”, Doc. 15998, Resolution
2556 (2024), Recommendation
2279 (2024) and “The role of sanctions in countering the Russian
Federation’s war of aggression against Ukraine”, Doc. 16000, Resolution
2557 (2024));
- Fighting back against transnational
repression, motion for a resolution, Doc. 16017: reference to the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human
Rights for report.
Appendix 1 – List of
members of the ad hoc committee for the observation of the Presidential
election and the Constitutional Referendum in the Republic of Moldova
(20 October 2024)
Chairperson /
Présidente: Ms / Mme Thórhildur
Sunna ÆVARSDÓTTIR, Iceland / Islande
Socialists, Democrats
and Greens Group / Groupe des socialistes, démocrates et verts (SOC)
- Ms / Mme Thórhildur
Sunna ÆVARSDÓTTIR, Iceland / Islande Note*
- Ms / Mme Petra BAYR, Austria
/ Autriche
- Mr / M. Jone BLIKRA, Norway / Norvège
- Mr / M. Constantinos EFSTATHIOU, Cyprus / Chypre
- Ms / Mme Sascha FAXE, Denmark
/ Danemark
- Mr / M. Stefan SCHENNACH, Austria / Autriche
Substitutes / Suppléant·e·s
- Mr / M. Yunus EMRE,
Türkiye
- Ms / Mme Edite ESTRELA, Portugal
- Ms / Mme Aurora FLORIDIA, Italy
/ Italie
- Mr / M. Antonio GUTIÉRREZ LIMONES, Spain / Espagne
Group of the European
People’s Party (EPP/CD) / Groupe du Parti populaire européen (PPE/DC)
- Mr / M. Corneliu-Mugurel
COZMANCIUC, Romania / Roumanie
- Mr / M. Pablo HISPÁN, Spain / Espagne
- Mr / M. Jan Filip LIBICKI, Poland / Pologne
- Mr / M. Chris SAID, Malta / Malte *
- ZZ
- ZZ
Substitutes / Suppléant·e·s
- Mr / M. Christian BUCHMANN,
Austria / Autriche
- Ms / Mme Belén HOYO, Spain
/ Espagne
- Mr / M. Cristian-Augustin NICULESCU-ȚÂGÂRLAȘ, Romania
/ Roumanie
- Mr / M. Georgios STAMATIS, Greece / Grèce
European Conservatives
Group and Democratic Alliance (EC-DA) / Groupe des Conservateurs européens
et Alliance démocratique (CE-AD)
- Mr / M. Oleksii GONCHARENKO,
Ukraine*
- Mr / M. Andrew PERCY, United Kingdom / Royaume-Uni
- Mr / M. José María SÁNCHEZ GARCÍA, Spain / Espagne
- Mr / M. Harald WEYEL, Germany / Allemagne
Substitutes / Suppléant·e·s
- Mr / M. Armen GEVORGYAN,
Armenia / Arménie
- Ms / Mme Pauline LATHAM, United
Kingdom / Royaume-Uni
Alliance of Liberals
and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) / Alliance des démocrates et des
libéraux pour l’Europe (ADLE)
- Ms / Mme Valentina
GRIPPO, Italy / Italie*
- Mr / M. Petri HONKONEN, Finland / Finlande
- Ms / Mme Yuliia OVCHYNNYKOVA,
Ukraine
Substitutes / Suppléant·e·s
- Mr / M. Mehmet AKALIN,
Türkiye
- Mr / M. Alfred HEER, Switzerland / Suisse
- Mr / M. Arminas LYDEKA, Lithuania / Lituanie
- Ms / Mme Lucia PLAVÁKOVÁ, Slovak
Republic / République slovaque
- Ms / Mme Rian VOGELS, Netherlands
/ Pays-Bas
Group of the Unified
European Left (UEL) / Groupe pour la gauche unitaire européenne
(GUE)
- Ms / Mme Laura
CASTEL, Spain / Espagne *
Substitutes / Suppléant·e·s
- Ms / Mme Nina
KASIMATI, Greece / Grèce
Co-rapporteur·e·s
AS/Mon (ex officio)
- Mr / M. Pierre-Alain
FRIDEZ, Switzerland / Suisse – SOC *
- Ms / Mme Zanda KALNIŅA-LUKAŠEVICA,
Latvia / Lettonie – EPP/CD / PPE/DC *
Accompanying person
- XXX, accompanying/accompagnant
Mr / M. Jan Filip LIBICKI
Secretariat of political
groups / Secrétariat des groupes politiques
- Ms / Mme Marianna
NTALLA, SOC
Appendix 2 – List of
members of the ad hoc committee for the observation of the Parliamentary elections
in Georgia (26 October 2024)
Chairperson /
Président: Mr / M. Iulian BULAI, Romania / Roumanie
Socialists, Democrats
and Greens Group / Groupe des socialistes, démocrates et verts (SOC)
- Ms / Mme Aysu
BANKOĞLU, Türkiye
- Mr / M. Yves CRUCHTEN, Luxembourg
- Ms / Mme Aurora FLORIDIA, Italy
/ Italie
- Mr / M. Pierre-Alain FRIDEZ, Switzerland / Suisse
- Mr / M. Antonio GUTIÉRREZ LIMONES, Spain / Espagne
- Mr / M. Didier MARIE, France
- Ms / Mme Anna-Kristiina MIKKONEN,
Finland / Finlande
- Mr / M. Andrea ORLANDO, Italy / Italie
- Mr / M. Frank SCHWABE, Germany / Allemagne Note*
Substitutes / Suppléant·e·s
- Ms / Mme Sibel
ARSLAN, Switzerland / Suisse
- Mr / M. Jone BLIKRA, Normay / Norvège
- Mr / M. Christophe CHAILLOU, France
- Mr / M. Yunus EMRE, Türkiye
- Ms / Mme Blerina GJYLAMETI,
Albania / Albanie
- Ms /Mme Franziska KERSTEN,
Germany / Allemagne
- Mr / M. Namik TAN, Türkiye
Group of the European
People’s Party (EPP/CD) / Groupe du Parti populaire européen (PPE/DC)
- Ms / Mme Boriana
ÅBERG, Sweden / Suède
- Ms / Mme Deborah BERGAMINI,
Italy / Italie
- Mr / M. Christophe BRICO, Monaco
- Ms / Mme Linda Hofstad HELLELAND,
Norway / Norvège
- Mr / M. Pablo HISPÁN, Spain / Espagne
- Mr / M. Reinhold LOPATKA, Austria / Autriche
- Mr / M. Nicos TORNARITIS, Cyprus / Chypre
- Mr / M. Emanuelis ZINGERIS, Lithuania / Lituanie*
Substitutes / Suppléant·e·s
- Mr / M. Corneliu-Mugurel
COZMANCIUC, Romania / Roumanie
- Mr / M. Chris SAID, Malta / Malte
- Mr / M. Georgios STAMATIS, Greece / Grèce
European Conservatives
Group and Democratic Alliance (EC-DA) / Groupe des Conservateurs européens
et Alliance démocratique (CE-AD)
- Mr / M. Simone BILLI,
Italy / Italie *
- Lord David BLENCATHRA, United Kingdom / Royaume-Uni
- Mr / M. Armen GEVORGYAN, Armenia / Arménie
- Mr / M. Oleksii GONCHARENKO, Ukraine
- Ms / Mme Olena KHOMENKO, Ukraine
- Mr / M. Fabio PIETRELLA, Italy / Italie
Substitutes / Suppléant·e·s
- Mr / M. José María SÁNCHEZ
GARCÍA, Spain / Espagne
- Mr / M. Harald WEYEL, Germany / Allemagne
Alliance of Liberals
and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) / Alliance des démocrates et des
libéraux pour l’Europe (ADLE)
- Mr / M. Iulian BULAI,
Romania / Roumanie *
- Mr / M. Olivier BITZ, France
- Ms / Mme Béatrice FRESKO-ROLFO,
Monaco
- Ms / Mme Yevheniia KRAVCHUK,
Ukraine
- Mr / M. Ryszard PETRU, Poland / Pologne
Substitutes / Suppléant·e·s
- Mr / M. Arminas LYDEKA,
Lithuania / Lituanie
- Ms / Mme Rian VOGELS, Netherlands
/ Pays-Bas
- Ms / Mme Lucia PLAVÁKOVÁ, Slovak
Republic / République slovaque
- Mr / M. Damien COTTIER, Switzerland / Suisse
Group of the Unified
European Left (UEL) / Groupe pour la gauche unitaire européenne
(GUE)
- Ms / Mme Nina
KASIMATI, Greece / Grèce
- Mr / M. Andrej HUNKO, Germany / Allemagne *
Co-rapporteur·e·s
AS/Mon (ex officio)
- Mr / M. Claude KERN,
France – ALDE / ADLE
- Ms / Mme Edite ESTRELA, Portugal
– SOC *
Accompanying person
/ personne accompagnante
- Lady Tara BLENCATHRA,
accompanying/accompagne Lord David BLENCATHRA
Secretariat of political
groups / Secrétariat des groupes politiques
- Ms / Mme Denise
O’HARA, EPP/CD
Appendix 3 – List of
members of the ad hoc committee to observe the Early parliamentary
elections in Bulgaria (27 October 2024)
Chairperson /
Président: Mr / M. Oleksii GONCHARENKO, Ukraine
Socialists, Democrats
and Greens Group / Groupe des socialistes, démocrates et verts (SOC)
- Mr. / M. Saša MAGAZINOVIĆ,
Bosnia and Herzegovina / Bosnie-Herzégovine
- Ms / Mme Kate OSBORNE, United
Kingdom / Royaume-Uni
- Mr / M. Yunus EMRE, Türkiye
- ZZ
- ZZ
- ZZ
Group of the European
People’s Party (EPP/CD) / Groupe du Parti populaire européen (PPE/DC)
- Mr / M. Corneliu-Mugurel
COZMANCIUC, Romania /Roumanie
- ZZ
- ZZ
- ZZ
- ZZ
- ZZ
European Conservatives
Group and Democratic Alliance (EC/DA) / Groupe des conservateurs européens
et Alliance démocratique (CE/AD)
- Mr / M. Oleksii GONCHARENKO,
Ukraine
- Mr / M. Morten WOLD, Norway / Norvège
- ZZ
- ZZ
Alliance of Liberals
and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) / Alliance des démocrates et des
libéraux pour l’Europe (ADLE)
- Mr / M. Mehmet AKALIN,
Türkiye
- Mr / M. Damien COTTIER, Switzerland / Suisse
- ZZ
Group of the Unified
European Left (UEL) / Groupe pour la gauche unitaire européenne
(GUE)
- Ms / Mme Sevilay
ÇELENK ÖZEN, Türkiye
Co-rapporteur·e·s
AS/Mon (ex officio)
- Ms / Mme Deborah
BERGAMINI, Italy/ Italie, EPP/CD / PPE/DC
- Ms / Mme Thórhildur Sunna ÆVARSDÓTTIR,
Iceland / Islande – SOC
Venice Commission
/ Commission de Venise
- Mr / M. Michael JANSSEN,
Legal Advisor / Conseiller juridique
- Ms / Mme Katharina PABEL, Austria
/ Autriche, representative of the Venice Commission / représentante de
la Commission de Venise
Appendix 4 – List of
members of the ad hoc committee to participate in the European Holocaust Memorial
Day for Roma and Sinti (Auschwitz-Birkenau, Poland, 2 August 2024)
Chairperson /
Président: Mr / M.Theodoros ROUSOPOULOS (Greece, EPP/CD / Grèce,
PPE/DC)
Bureau of the Assembly
/ Bureau de l’Assemblée
- Ms / Mme Elisabetta
GARDINI (Italy, EC/DA / Italie, CE/AD)
Committee on Political
Affairs and Democracy / Commission des questions politiques et de
la démocratie
- Mr / M. Yuriy KAMELCHUK
(Ukraine, EPP/CD / PPE/DC)
Committee on Migration,
Refugees and Displaced Persons / Commission des migrations, des
réfugiés et des personnes déplacées
- Mr / M. Pierre-Alain
FRIDEZ (Switzerland, SOC / Suisse, SOC)
- Mr / M. Oleksii GONCHARENKO (Ukraine, EC/DA / CE/AD)
- Ms / Mme Sandra ZAMPA (Italy,
SOC / Italie, SOC)
Committee on Equality
and Non-Discrimination / Commission sur l'égalité et la non-discrimination
- Ms / Mme Petra
BAYR (Austria, SOC / Autriche, SOC)
- Mr / M. Georgios STAMATIS (Greece, EPP/CD / Grèce, PPE/DC)
Committee on Rules
of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional Affairs / Commission
du Règlement, des immunités et des affaires institutionnelles
- Mr / M. Paul GAVAN (Ireland,
UEL / Irlande, GUE)
Appendix 5 – List of
members of the ad hoc committee to participate in the Council of
Europe Parliamentary Conference on "Promoting safety, integrity,
equality and inclusion in sport" (Athens, 4-5 November 2024)
Chairperson /
Président: Mr / M.Theodoros ROUSOPOULOS (Greece, EPP/CD / Grèce,
PPE/DC)
Bureau of the Assembly
/ Bureau de l’Assemblée
- Ms / Mme Elisabetta
GARDINI (Italy, EC/DA / Italie, CE/AD)
Committee on Legal
Affairs and Human Rights / Commission des questions juridiques et
des droits de l'homme
- Ms / Mme Domenica
SPINELLI (Italy, EC/DA / Italie, CE/AD)
- Mr / M. Sergiy VLASENKO (Ukraine, EPP/CD / PPE/DC)
Committee on Social
Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development / Commission des questions sociales,
de la santé et du développement durable
- Mr Vladimir ĐORĐEVIĆ
(Serbia, NR / Serbie, NI)
- Mr / M. Joseph O'REILLY (Ireland, EPP/CD / Irlande, PPE/DC)
- Ms / Mme Minna REIJONEN (Finland,
EC/DA / Finlande, CE/AD)
- Ms / Mme Liliana TANGUY (France,
ALDE / France, ADLE)
Committee on Migration,
Refugees and Displaced Persons / Commission des migrations, des
réfugiés et des personnes déplacées
- Ms / Mme Meryem
GÖKA (Türkiye, NR / NI)
- Ms / Mme Pelin YILIK (Türkiye,
NR / NI)
Committee on Culture,
Science, Education and Media / Commission de la culture, de la science,
de l’éducation et des médias
- Mr / M. Mehmet AKALIN
(Türkiye, ALDE / ADLE)
- Mr / M. Constantinos EFSTATHIOU (Cyprus, SOC / Chypre,
SOC)
- Ms / Mme Seda GÖREN BÖLÜK (Türkiye,
NR / NI)
- Ms / Mme Valentina GRIPPO (Italy,
ALDE / Italie, ADLE)
- Mr / M. Andries GRYFFROY (Belgium, NR / Belgique, NI)
- Ms / Mme Linda Hofstad HELLELAND
(Norway, EPP/CD / Norvège, PPE/DC)
- Mr / M. Mogens JENSEN (Denmark, SOC / Danemark, SOC)
- Ms / Mme Mia KARAMEHIĆ-ABAZOVIĆ
(Bosnia and Herzegovina, NR / Bosnie-Herzégovine, NI)
- Ms / Mme Yevheniia KRAVCHUK
(Ukraine, ALDE / ADLE)
- Ms / Mme Luz MARTINEZ SEIJO
(Spain, SOC / Espagne, SOC)
- Ms / Mme Denisa Elena NEAGU
(Romania, ALDE / Roumanie, ADLE)
- Mr / M. Fabio PIETRELLA (Italy, EC/DA / Italie, CE/AD)
- Ms / Mme Catia POLIDORI (Italy,
EPP/CD / Italie, PPE/DC)
- Mr / M. Stefan SCHENNACH (Austria, SOC / Autriche, SOC)
- Ms / Mme Eka SEPASHVILI (Georgia,
EC/DA / Géorgie, CE/AD)
- Mr / M. Pavlo SUSHKO (Ukraine, EC/DA / CE/AD)
- Mr / M. Kim VALENTIN (Denmark, ALDE / Danemark, ADLE)
- Ms / Mme Zeynep YILDIZ (Türkiye,
NR / NI)
Committee on Equality
and Non-Discrimination / Commission sur l'égalité et la non-discrimination
- Ms / Mme Aysu
BANKOĞLU (Türkiye, SOC)
- Mr / M. Roland Rino BÜCHEL (Switzerland, ALDE / Suisse,
ADLE)
- Mr / M. Yuriy KAMELCHUK (Ukraine, EPP/CD / PPE/DC)
- Ms / Mme Ester MIELI (Italy,
EC/DA / Italie, CE/AD)
- Mr / M. Georgios STAMATIS (Greece, EPP/CD / Grèce, PPE/DC)
Committee on Rules
of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional Affairs / Commission
du Règlement, des immunités et des affaires institutionnelles
- Ms / Mme Ingjerd
Schie SCHOU (Norway, EPP/CD, Norvège, PPE/DC)
Appendix 6 – List
of members of the ad hoc committee to participate in the 2024 World
Forum for Democracy (Strasbourg, 6-8 November)
Chairperson /
Président∙e: …
Committee on Political
Affairs and Democracy / Commission des questions politiques et de
la démocratie
- Ms / Mme Zanda
KALNIŅA-LUKAŠEVICA (Latvia, EPP/CD / Lettonie, PPE/DC)
- Mr / M. George PAPANDREOU (Greece, SOC / Grèce, SOC)
Committee on Legal
Affairs and Human Rights / Commission des questions juridiques et
des droits de l'homme
- Mr / M. Yunus EMRE (Türkiye,
SOC)
- Mr / M. Saša MAGAZINOVIĆ (Bosnia and Herzegovina, SOC
/ Bosnie-Herzégovine, SOC)
Committee on Social
Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development / Commission des questions sociales,
de la santé, et du développement durable
- Ms / Mme Larysa
BILOZIR (Ukraine, ALDE / ADLE)
- Mr / M. Stefan SCHENNACH (Austria, SOC / Autriche, SOC)
Committee on Migration,
Refugees and Displaced Persons / Commission des migrations, des
réfugiés et des personnes déplacées
- Mr / M. Pierre-Alain
FRIDEZ (Switzerland, SOC / Suisse, SOC)
- Ms / Mme Pelin YILIK (Türkiye,
NR / NI)
Committee on Culture,
Science, Education and Media / Commission de la culture, de la science,
de l’éducation et des médias
- Ms / Mme Seda
GÖREN BÖLÜK (Türkiye, NR / NI)
- Ms / Mme Yevheniia KRAVCHUK
(Ukraine, ALDE / ADLE)
Committee on Equality
and Non-Discrimination / Commission sur l'égalité et la non-discrimination
- Ms / Mme Petra
BAYR (Austria, SOC / Autriche, SOC)
- Ms / Mme Sevilay ÇELENK ÖZEN
(Türkiye, UEL / GUE)
- Mr / M. Yuriy KAMELCHUK (Ukraine, EPP/CD / PPE/DC)
- Ms / Mme Mariia MEZENTSEVA
(Ukraine, EPP/CD / PPE/DC)
- Mr / M. Georgios STAMATIS (Greece, EPP/CD / Grèce, PPE/DC)
- Mr / M. Francesco VERDUCCI (Italy, SOC / Italie, SOC)
Committee on the
Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the
Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee) / Commission pour le respect
des obligations et engagements des Etats membres du Conseil de l'Europe
(commission de suivi)
- Ms / Mme Valentina
GRIPPO (Italy, ALDE / Italie, ADLE)
- Mr / M. Serhii SOBOLIEV (Ukraine, EPP/CD / PPE/DC)
Committee on Rules
of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional Affairs / Commission
du Règlement, des immunités et des affaires institutionnelles
- Mr / M. Paul GAVAN (Ireland,
UEL / Irlande, GUE)
Appendix 7 – Meetings
of the Standing Committee and the Bureau in 2025
|
Monday 27 January, 8
am Strasbourg (part-session)
|
Bureau
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Friday 31 January, 8.30
am Strasbourg (part-session)
|
Bureau
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Thursday 6 March, 9.30
am, Paris
|
Bureau
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Monday 7 April, 8 am,
Strasbourg (part-session)
|
Bureau
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Friday 11 April, 8.30
am, Strasbourg (part-session)
|
Bureau
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Thursday 22 May, 3 pm,
Malta
|
Bureau
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Friday 23 May, 9 am,
Malta
|
Standing
Committee
(CM Presidency)
|
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Monday 23 June, 8 am,
Strasbourg (part-session)
|
Bureau
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Friday 27 June, 8.30
am, Strasbourg (part-session)
|
Bureau
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Friday 5 September, 9.30
am, Paris
|
Bureau
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Monday 29 September,
8 am, Strasbourg (part-session)
|
Bureau
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Friday 3 October, 8.30
am, Strasbourg (part-session)
|
Bureau
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Thursday 20 or 27 November,
3 pm, Chișinău
|
Bureau
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Friday 21 or 28 November,
9.30 am, Chișinău
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Standing
Committee
(CM Presidency)
|
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Friday 12 December, 9.00
am, Paris
|
Bureau
|
Appendix 8 – Modalities
of participation of a representative delegation of Belarusian democratic
forces in the work of the Assembly
Proposals for the
implementation of paragraph 12.1 of Resolution 2530 (2024)
With a view to implementing paragraph 12.1 of Resolution 2530
(2024) “A democratic future for Belarus”, it is proposed that the
Bureau decide to invite the Belarusian democratic forces to designate
a delegation to participate in the work of the Assembly and its
bodies, according to the modalities and conditions set out below:
- the delegation of the Belarusian
democratic forces shall be composed of 3 representatives and 3 substitutes
to be designated by the Coordination Council amongst its members;
- the delegation shall be composed to ensure a fair representation
of the political parties, groups or factions within the Coordination
CouncilNote and to include
at least the same percentage of the under-represented sex as is
present in the Coordination Council;
- the Coordination Council shall transmit to the President
of the Assembly no less than one week before the opening of the
session the list of the members of its delegation, appointed for
the duration of the entire session. The list should be submitted
to the Bureau for approval and subject to ratification by the Assembly
through the Progress report;
- as a transitional measure for 2024, following elections
held in May 2024, the Coordination Council shall transmit the list
of members of its delegation to the President of the Assembly no
less than one week before the opening of the first part-session
of the Assembly following the Bureau decision as ratified by the
Assembly through its Progress report;
- following future elections to the Coordination Council,
appointments to the Assembly shall be made within six months of
the election. The existing delegation shall expire at the opening
of the first sitting of the Assembly or meeting of the Standing
Committee following the appointment of the new delegation by the
Coordination Council or following the expiry of the six-month period
after the election date;
- members of the delegation shall have the right to participate
in the work of committees (including sub-committees and ad hoc sub-committees)
and networks during part-sessions, with the exception of the Committee
on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States
of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee), the Committee on
Rules of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional Affairs, and the
Committee on the Election of Judges to the European Court of Human
Rights;
- members of the delegation participating in the above-mentioned
meetings may speak if authorised by the chairperson. They shall
not have the right to vote;
- secretaries of the delegation may attend the meetings
of committees of the Assembly, except those of the Monitoring Committee,
the Committee on Rules of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional
Affairs, and the Committee on the Election of Judges to the European
Court of Human Rights;
- members of the delegation of Belarusian democratic forces
may participate in the work of political groups according to the
conditions established by the groups;
- the Bureau shall take stock of the implementation of this
decision in one year time, or before should it be considered necessary.
This may include modalities for the presence of the representative
delegation of Belarusian democratic forces in the Assembly chamber.
