Bureau, Presidential Committee and Standing
Committee
Rule 17Standing Committee
17.1. The
Standing Committee shall:
17.1.a. fix
the date of the opening and resumption of ordinary sessions, subject
to the provisions of Rule 1.2.
;
17.1.b. prepare
the work of the Assembly, ensure its continuity of action and, when
the occasion arises, act on its behalf
, in particular by:
- considering and
adopting, on behalf of the Assembly, texts contained in committee
reports placed on its agenda, in accordance with paragraph 4 below
or with Rule 53
on urgent procedure; and
- considering questions
relating to credentials in accordance with the provisions of Rules
6 to 9.
17.2. Before the close of
the first part of an ordinary session, the Assembly shall constitute its
Standing Committee.
17.3. The
membership of the Standing Committee shall be as follows:
17.3.a. President of the
Assembly (who shall be Chairperson of the Standing Committee);
17.3.b. Vice-Presidents
of the Assembly (who shall be the Vice-Chairpersons of the Standing Committee);
17.3.c. The chairpersons
of the political groups or, in their absence, a member representing
the group concerned;
17.3.d. The chairpersons
of national delegations or, in their absence, a member of the delegation
duly designated;
17.3.e. The chairpersons
of the general committees listed in Rule 44.1.
or, in their absence, one of the vice-chairpersons
of the committee concerned.
17.4. The chairpersons of partner
for democracy delegations or, in their absence, a member of the
delegation duly designated shall be invited to attend meetings of
the Standing Committee without the right to vote.
17.5. The Standing
Committee shall be convened by the President of the Assembly whenever
he or she deems it necessary and at least twice a year. It may not
meet when the Assembly is in session. The draft agenda for its meetings
shall be submitted to the Bureau.
17.6. Subject
to any provision to the contrary in this rule or in Rule 41
(Majorities
required) or Rule 53
(Urgent procedure in the Standing Committee),
procedure in the Standing Committee shall be governed by Rule 47
(Procedure
in committee) and Rule 48
(Meetings of committees).
17.7. A
report placed on the draft agenda of a meeting of the Standing Committee
shall be distributed to all members of the Assembly at least two
weeks beforehand.
17.8. During the
adoption of the agenda by the Standing Committee, a report may be
withdrawn and referred to the plenary Assembly if such a request
is made by the chairperson of the committee concerned or by at least
ten members of the Standing Committee and adopted by a two-thirds
majority of the votes cast. This provision shall neither apply to
reports placed on the agenda of the Standing Committee in accordance
with the urgent procedure (Rule 53
), nor to reports submitted to the Standing
Committee by decision of the Assembly.
17.9. All members
of the Standing Committee have the right to vote.
