PLACE DU PETIT-SACONNEX
1211 GENEVA 19, SWITZERLAND
| INTER-PARLIAMENTARY UNION PLACE DU PETIT-SACONNEX 1211 GENEVA 19, SWITZERLAND |
| 105th INTER-PARLIAMENTARY CONFERENCE Havana (Cuba), 1 - 7 April 2001 A G E N D A |
 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
The following requests have been presented within the statutory deadline (2 March 2001):
| ITEMS PROPOSED | AUTHOR | DATE OF RECEIPT |
| Contribution of the world's parliaments to the struggle against terrorism, in conformity with resolution 55/158 of the United Nations General Assembly | Cuba | 4 January |
| The right of States to appeal to an international juridical body against Security Council resolutions on global economic sanctions under Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter | Iraq | 11 January |
| The urgent need for parliamentarians to take an uncompromising look at the worst forms of child labour, to consider counter-measures enforceable by the entire international community and to awaken public opinion as the first step towards the prohibition and elimination of such labour | Japan | 21 January |
| The role of parliaments in ensuring equitable socio-economic development of land-locked developing countries | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 21 January |
| Safety in shipping and ways to curb the rise in acts of piracy and ecological disasters | France | 22 January |
| Parliamentary actions and initiatives to promote effective support measures for disaster-stricken countries | Spain | 28 January |
| Parliamentary action to combat international terrorism and organised crime, in particular the production and trafficking of drugs, as a prerequisite for international peace and security at the dawn of the third millennium | Islamic Republic of Iran | 1 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.
| ITEM PROPOSED | AUTHOR | DATE OF RECEIPT |
| International action to meet the emergency situation in Afghanistan, compounded by the recent destruction of cultural heritage by the Taliban | Germany | 30 March |
Procedure to be followed :Under the terms of Conference Rule 11.2(b), "a request for the inclusion of an emergency supplementary item relating to an event of particular international importance occurring during the 30 days preceding the Conference ... shall, in so far as feasible, be admissible. Such a request must receive a four-fifths majority of the votes cast in order to be accepted."
Should the Conference decide to add this emergency item to its agenda, the Steering Committee will make a proposal regarding the procedure to be followed for the preparation of a draft resolution on this subject.
| DATE | MAIN BODIES AND MEETINGS | SUBSIDIARY BODIES | ||
| Thursday 29 March Friday and Saturday 30 and 31 March |
10 a.m. to 1 p.m. & 3 to 6 p.m.** | Executive Committee* | 8 to 9 a.m. & 6 to 7 p.m. | Gender Partnership Group* |
| Sunday 1 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. | Coordinating Committee of Women Parliamentarians* |
| 9.30 a.m. & 3 p.m. | Human Rights Committee* | |||
| 7 p.m. | Inaugural Ceremony | |||
| Monday 2 April |
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, choice of supplementary item |
3 p.m. | Middle East Committee* | |
| 3.30 to 6.30 p.m.** | Inter-Parliamentary Conference: General Debate |
5 to 6.30 p.m.** | International Humanitarian Law Committee* | |
| Tuesday 3 April |
9.30 a.m. to 1 p.m. & 2.30 to 6.30 p.m.** | Inter-Parliamentary Conference: General Debate First Committee: |
8.30 to 9.30 a.m. | Mediterranean Women Parliamentarians' Task Force* |
| 9.30 a.m. & 2.30 p.m. | Human Rights Committee* | |||
| 9.30 a.m. to 12 noon** | CSCM Coordinating Committee* | |||
| 11 a.m. | Steering Committee of the Conference* | |||
| 3 p.m. | Group of Facilitators for Cyprus* | |||
| Wednesday 4 April |
9.30 a.m. to 1 p.m. | Committee supplementary item: Debate on the item, appointment of the drafting committee |
8.30 a.m. | Middle East Committee* |
| 9.30 a.m. to 1 p.m. & 2.30 to 6.30 p.m.** | Fourth Committee Debate on item 5, appointment of the drafting committee |
9.30 a.m. & 2.30 p.m. | 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 |
11.30 a.m. & 2.30 p.m. | First Committee: drafting Committee* | |
| Thursday 5 April |
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. | International Humanitarian Law Committee* | |
| 2.30 p.m. | Human Rights Committee* | |||
| 5 p.m. | Middle East Committee* | |||
| Friday 6 April |
9.30 a.m. | Fourth Committee: Adoption of the draft resolution, elections Committee supplementary item: |
9.30 a.m. | Human Rights Committee* |
| 9.30 a.m. to 12 noon** | Coordinating Committee of Women Parliamentarians* | |||
| 2.30 p.m. | Inter-Parliamentary Conference: Amendments to the Statutes and Rules, adoption of resolutions, closure of the Conference |
|||
| Saturday 7 April |
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
