Activities of the Assembly’s Bureau and Standing Committee (19 June 2023)
Progress report
| Doc. 15791 Add 2
| 19 June 2023
- Committee
- Bureau of the Assembly
- Rapporteur :
- Mr Iulian BULAI,
Romania, ALDE
1 Decisions of
the Bureau of 19 June 2023 requiring ratification by the Assembly
1.1 References and
transmissions to committees
The Bureau considered and approved the following references:
- A parliamentary sponsorship
programme between the Parliamentary Assembly members and human rights
defenders or the politically oppressed, Doc. 15752, Motion for a resolution: transmission
to the Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy and to the Committee
on Legal Affairs and Human Rights for
consultation
- Ending the abuse of politically motivated prosecutions
by the State prosecution service in Poland, Doc. 15755, Motion for a resolution: transmission
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 framework of
the report on “The honouring
of obligations and commitments by Poland”
- The role of youth revitalising democracy, Doc. 15756, Motion for a resolution: reference
to the Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media for report and to the Committee
on Political Affairs and Democracy for
opinion
- Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement, Doc. 15758, Motion for a resolution: reference
to the Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy for report
- Impact of artificial intelligence on the labour market, Doc. 15759, Motion for a resolution: transmission
to the Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development for information
- Complicity of the Republic of Belarus in the illegal transfer
of Ukrainian children from the occupied territories of Ukraine, Doc. 15769, Motion for a resolution: transmission
to the Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons for information
- On private military companies, mercenaries, foreign fighters
and their impact on human rights, Doc. 15771, Motion for a resolution: reference
to the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights for report
1.2 Election observation
1.2.1 Poland: parliamentary
election (October 2023, tbc)
The Bureau, subject to receiving an invitation, decided to
observe these elections and to set up an ad hoc committee composed
of 20 members (SOC-6; EPP/CD-6; ALDE-4; EC/DA-3; UEL-1), as well
as the two co-rapporteurs of the Monitoring Committee, and to conduct
a pre-electoral mission.
The Assembly is invited to ratify
these Bureau decisions.
2 Other decisions
by the Bureau
2.1 Follow-up to
the Standing Committee meetings (Reykjavik, 15 May 2023, and Riga,
26 May 2023)
The Bureau approved the follow-up proposals made by the Secretary
General of the Assembly.
2.2 Third part-session
of 2023 (Strasbourg, 19-23 June)
2.2.1 Requests for
debates under urgent procedure
The Bureau took note of the requests to hold debates on
- Ensuring
free and safe access through the Lachin Corridor, tabled
by the Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons, decided
to recommend to the Assembly to hold this debate, and to refer the
matter to the Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons
for report;
- Political consequences of the
Russian Federation's aggression against Ukraine, tabled
by the Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy, and War of aggression against Ukraine – Participation
of Russian and Belarusian athletes in the Paris 2024 Olympics?,
tabled by the leaders of the five political groups, decided to recommend
to the Assembly to hold these debates as a joint debate, and to
refer the matter respectively for report to the Committee on Political
Affairs and Democracy and to the Committee on Culture, Science,
Education and Media.
2.2.2 Request for a
current affairs debate
The Bureau took note of the request for a current affairs
debate on Recent political developments
in Poland, tabled by the leaders of the five political
groups, decided to recommend to the Assembly to hold this debate and
that the debate be jointly opened by the co-rapporteurs of the Monitoring
Committee, Mr Pieter Omtzigt and Ms Azadeh Rojhan.
2.2.3 Draft agenda
The Bureau updated the draft agenda.
2.3 Joint Committee
(Strasbourg, 22 June 2023)
The Bureau prepared the meeting of the Joint Committee.
2.4 Petition
The Bureau took note of the letter, considered the information
note from the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights on the
admissibility of the petition, and decided to take no further action
on the petition.
2.5 Election observation
2.5.1 Türkiye: Presidential
and parliamentary elections (14 May 2023)
The Bureau approved the report by the observation mission
(Doc. 15793).
2.5.2 Montenegro: parliamentary
elections (11 June 2023)
The Bureau took note of the statement by the observation mission.
2.6 Progress report
of the Bureau of the Assembly and of the Standing Committee (28
April – 18 June 2023)
The Bureau approved the Progress report (Doc. 15791).
2.7 Communications
The Bureau took note of the communication by the President
of the Assembly, the Secretary General and the Deputy Secretary
General of the Council of Europe. It held an exchange of views with
the Secretary General of the Council of Europe.
2.8 Meetings elsewhere
than Strasbourg and Paris
The Bureau authorised the Sub-committee on the Europe Prize
of the Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
to meet in Bolesławiec, Poland, on 18-19 August 2023.
