103rd IPU Conference

INTER-PARLIAMENTARY UNION
PLACE DU PETIT-SACONNEX
1211 GENEVA 19, SWITZERLAND

103rd INTER-PARLIAMENTARY CONFERENCE Amman (Jordan), 30 April to 6 May 2000 A G E N D A
Item 1	Election of the President and Vice-Presidents of the 103rd Conference
Item 2	Consideration of possible requests for the inclusion of a supplementary item in the Conference agenda
Item 3	General Debate on the political, economic and social situation in the world
Item 4	Achieving peace, stability and comprehensive development in the world and forging closer political, economic and cultural ties among peoples
Item 5	The dialogue among civilisations and cultures¹
	Under this item, the Conference will discuss dialogue among civilisations and such issues as the role of culture in international cooperation and coexistence; ways of promoting international cultural exchanges; and the preservation of cultural diversity and social pluralism in a globalised world.
Item 6	Support of parliaments for the rights of refugees and persons displaced by war and occupation, and assistance with a view to their repatriation, and for international cooperation to develop and implement strategies to combat the criminal activity of people-smuggling

REQUESTS FOR INCLUSION OF A SUPPLEMENTARY ITEM

The following requests have been presented within the statutory deadline (1 April 2000):

ITEMS PROPOSED	AUTHOR	DATE OF RECEIPT
Parliamentary action against the growing trend of cross-border terrorism, which is a threat to international peace and stability and undermines the established norms of civilised international behaviour	Group of India	24 January
Ethnic separatism	Group of Azerbaijan	28 February
International cooperation to develop and implement strategies to combat people smuggling	Group of Australia	1 March
Contribution of parliaments to the prevention of military coups over democratically elected governments in the world	Group of Namibia	2 March
Support for the Peace Plan for Somalia proposed by the President of the Republic of Djibouti	Group of Djibouti	6 March
Prevention of cross-border terrorism	Group of Bangladesh	22 March
Support of parliaments for the rights of refugees and persons displaced by war and occupation, and assistance with a view to their repatriation	Group of Algeria (on behalf of the Arab Inter-Parliamentary Groups)	25 March
Role of parliaments in achieving international peace and security in general and in the Gulf in particular, and in resolving disputes by means of international law	Group of the United Arab Emirates	27 March
Responding to natural disasters in developing countries	Group of South Africa	28 March
Protection of the rights of migrant workers and migrant populations	Group of Nicaragua	29 March
Establishment of an IPU task force to assist emerging nations in introducing sophisticated information and communication technologies, and to promote the creation of an information clearing centre, with a view to facilitating the establishment of hi-tech industrial zones in developing countries	Group of Israel	29 March
Action by parliaments to halt the use of minors in military operations	Group of Italy	30 March
Parliamentary action to promote international cooperation for combating piracy and armed robbery against ships	Group of Japan	31 March

Procedure to be followed :
Under the terms of the provisions of Conference Rule 11, any request for the inclusion of a supplementary item must receive a two-thirds majority of the votes cast in order to be accepted. When several requests are taken into consideration, only the one having received both the requisite majority and the largest number of positive votes will be accepted.

DETAILED GENERAL PROGRAMME
OF THE CONFERENCE AND RELATED MEETINGS

DATE	MAIN BODIES AND MEETINGS		SUBSIDIARY BODIES
Thursday 27 April Friday and Saturday 28 and 29 April	10 a.m. to 1 p.m. & 3 to 6 p.m.**	Executive Committee*	Afternoon	Gender Partnership Group*
Sunday 30 April	9.30 a.m. to 1 p.m. & 2.30 to 6.30 p.m.**	Meeting of Women Parliamentarians	8 to 9.15 a.m.	Co-ordinating Committee of Women Parliamentarians*
	9.30 a.m. to 1 p.m. & 2.30 to 6.30 p.m.**	Meeting of Women Parliamentarians	9.30 a.m. & 3 p.m.	Human Rights Committee*
	7 p.m.	Inaugural Ceremony
Monday 1 May	9.30 to 11.15 a.m.	Inter-Parliamentary Council	8 a.m.	Steering Committee of the Conference*
	11.30 a.m.	Inter-Parliamentary Conference: Election of President, Amendments to the Statutes, choice of supplementary item, General Debate	8 a.m.	Steering Committee of the Conference*
	3.30 to 6.30 p.m.**	Inter-Parliamentary Conference: General Debate
Tuesday 2 May	9.30 a.m. to 1 p.m. & 2.30 to 6.30 p.m.**	Inter-Parliamentary Conference: General Debate First Committee: Debate on item 4, appointment of the drafting committee	9.30 a.m. & 2.30 p.m.	Human Rights Committee *
			9.30 a.m. & 3 p.m.	Group of Facilitators for Cyprus*
			11 a.m.	Steering Committee of the Conference*
Wednesday 3 May	9.30 a.m. to 1 p.m. & 2.30 to 6.30 p.m.**	Committee supplementary item: Debate on the item, appointment of the drafting committee Fourth Committee Debate on item 5, appointment of the drafting committee	9.30 to 12 noon**	CSCM Co-ordinating Committee*
	9.30 a.m. to 1 p.m. & 2.30 to 6.30 p.m.**		9.30 a.m. & 2.30 p.m.	First Committee: drafting Committee* Human Rights Committee*
	2.30 to 4 p.m.	CSCM Meeting	11 a.m.	Steering Committee of the Conference*
	2.30 to 6 p.m.**	Inter-Parliamentary Conference: General Debate	5 p.m.	Middle East Committee*
Thursday 4 May	9.30 a.m. to 1 p.m. & 2.30 to 6.30 p.m.**	Inter-Parliamentary Conference: General Debate Executive Committee*	9.30 a.m. & 2.30 p.m.	Fourth Committee: drafting committee* Committee supplementary item: drafting committee*
	2.30 p.m.	First Committee: Adoption of the draft resolution, elections	11.30 a.m.	Group of Facilitators for Cyprus*
			2.30 p.m.	Human Rights Committee*
			5 p.m.	Middle East Committee*
Friday 5 May	9.30 a.m.	Fourth Committee: Adoption of the draft resolution, elections Committee supplementary item: Adoption of the draft resolution	9.30 a.m.	Human Rights Committee*
	9.30 a.m. to 10.30 a.m. & 11.30 a.m. to noon	Meeting of Women Parliamentarians	10.30 a.m. to 11.30 a.m.**	Co-ordinating Committee of Women Parliamentarians*
	2.30 p.m.	Inter-Parliamentary Conference: Adoption of resolutions, Closure of the Conference
Saturday 6 May	9.30 a.m. to 2 p.m.**	Inter-Parliamentary Council

* In camera meetings
** The time of the end of the sitting is purely indicative

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