107th INTER-PARLIAMENTARY CONFERENCE Marrakech (Morocco), 17 - 23 March 2002 A G E N D A Item 1 Election of the President and Vice-Presidents of the 107th 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 The role of parliaments in developing public policy in an era of globalisation, multilateral institutions and international trade agreements Item 5 Ten years after Rio: global degradation of the environment and parliamentary support for the Kyoto Protocol Item 6 Terrorism – a threat to democracy, human rights and civil society: the contribution of parliaments to combating international terrorism and addressing its causes in order to maintain international peace and security Item 7 The role of parliaments in supporting implementation of resolution 1397 adopted by the United Nations Security Council on 12 March 2002 and particularly the paragraph in which the Council expresses its attachment to "a vision of a region in which two states, Israel and Palestine, live side by side within secure and recognised borders"

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REQUESTS FOR INCLUSION OF A SUPPLEMENTARY ITEM The following requests have been presented within the statutory deadline (16 February 2002):

ITEMS PROPOSED	AUTHOR	DATE OF RECEIPT
Urgent need for parliamentary action to halt desertification that threatens vast areas of agricultural and forest lands worldwide, especially in sub-Saharan Africa, and the need to encourage international efforts to combat this hazard	Kuwait	2 January
Terrorism: a threat to democracy	India	2 January
The vital role of parliaments in combating international terrorism and organised crime, in particular the production and trafficking of drugs, as a prerequisite for maintaining peace and security in the world	Islamic Republicof Iran	7 January
The reform of the UN System	Iraq	15 January
Terrorist activities directed against Cuba from the territory of the United States	Cuba	25 January
Combating terrorism: The role of Parliaments and of civil society	Germany(supported by Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Hungary, Norway and United Kingdom)	4 February
The role of parliamentarians in the conclusion of an international treaty on terrorism which defines terrorism, its elements and methods to combat it, in order to secure international peace and security	Egypt	7 February
The war against indiscriminate terrorism	Israel	12 February
Foreign debt and policies to benefit developing countries: Legal, economic and financial aspects	Italy	14 February
Responding to natural disasters in developing countries	South Africa	15 February

GENERAL TIMETABLE OF THE CONFERENCE AND RELATED MEETINGS Marrakech, Thursday 14 - Saturday 23 March 2002
Thursday 14	9.30 a.m. – 1 p.m.	Executive Committee *
	3 - 6 p.m.	Executive Committee *
	6 – 7 p.m.	Gender partnership Group *
Friday 15	8.30 – 9.30 a.m.	Gender partnership Group *
	9.30 a.m. – 1 p.m.	Executive Committee *
	3 – 6 p.m.	Executive Committee *
Saturday 16	8.30 – 9.30 a.m.	Gender partnership Group *
	9.30 a.m. – 1 p.m.	Executive Committee *
	3 – 6 p.m.	Executive Committee *
Sunday 17	8 - 9.15 a.m.	Coordinating Committee of Women Parliamentarians *
	9.30 a.m – 12.30 p.m.	Committee for Sustainable Development *
	9.30 a.m – 1 p.m.	Meeting of Women Parliamentarians Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians *
	2.30 - 6.30 p.m.	Meeting of Women Parliamentarians Committee for Sustainable Development *
	3 p.m.	Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians *
	7 p.m.	Inaugural Ceremony of the 107th Conference and related meetings
Monday 18	8 a.m.	Steering Committee of the Conference *
	9 - 9.30 a.m.	Inter-Parliamentary Council (Election of Conference President, Questions relating to Members and Report on the activities of the Executive Committee)
	9.45 a.m. – 1 p.m.	Conference: Election of the President, followed by the General Debate
	2.30 - 6.30 p.m.	Conference: General Debate 3 p.m.: vote on supplementary item
	4 - 6.30 p.m.	Committee on Middle East Questions * International Humanitarian Law Committee *
Tuesday 19	8.30 - 9.30 a.m.	Mediterranean Women Parliamentarians' Task Force
	9.00 a.m. – 1 p.m.	Conference: General Debate First Committee: Debate on item 4, appointment of the drafting committee Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians *
	9.30 a.m. – 12 noon	CSCM Coordinating Committee *
	10.30 a.m. - 12 noon	Group of Facilitators for Cyprus *
	10.30 a.m.	Steering Committee of the Conference *
	12 noon - 1 p.m.	Committee for Sustainable Development *
	2.30 - 6.30 p.m.	Inter-Parliamentary Council (Debate on the IPU reform) First Committee: Debate on item 4, appointment of the drafting committee Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians *
Wednesday 20	8.30 a.m.	International Humanitarian Law Committee *
	9.30 a.m – 1 p.m.	Committee to debate the supplementary item (if the agenda includes one): debate on the item, appointment of the drafting committee Fourth Committee : Debate on item 5, appointment of the drafting committee First Committee: drafting committee item 4 * Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians *
	10.30 a.m. – 1 p.m.	Panel on "The Worst Forms of Child Labour"
	10.30 a.m.	Steering Committee of the Conference * (if necessary)
	2.30 - 6.30 p.m.	Conference: General Debate Fourth Committee: Debate on item 5, appointment of the drafting committee First Committee: drafting committee item 4 * Meeting of Parties to the CSCM Process Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians *
Thursday 21	9 a.m. – 1 p.m.	Conference: General Debate Executive Committee * Fourth Committee: drafting committee item 5 * Committee to debate the supplementary item (if the agenda includes one): drafting committee item 6 *
	2.30 – 4.30 p.m.	Conference: continuation and end of the General Debate Executive Committee * First Committee: adoption of a draft resolution, elections Committee to debate the supplementary item (if the agenda includes one): drafting committee item 6 * Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians *
	4.30 p.m. **	Fourth Committee: drafting committee item 5 *
	4.30 – 6.30 p.m.	Inter-Parliamentary Council (debate on the IPU Reform)
	5 – 7 p.m.	Committee on Middle East Questions *
Friday 22	9.30 a.m.	Fourth Committee: adoption of a draft resolution, elections Committee to debate the supplementary item (if applicable): adoption of a draft resolution Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians *
	9.30 - 10.30 a.m.	Meeting of Women Parliamentarians
	10.30 a.m.	Coordinating Committee of Women Parliamentarians (until 11.30 approx.) *
	11.30 - 12.00 a.m.	Meeting of Women Parliamentarians
	12.15 - 1.00 p.m.	Coordinating Committee of Women Parliamentarians *
	2.30 p.m.	Conference: Reports of the Study Committees and votes on the draft resolutions Closure of the 107th Conference
Saturday 23	9 a.m. – 2 p.m. ***	Inter-Parliamentary Council
N.B. The timetable of the 107th Conference and related meetings has been adjusted following the decision taken by the IPU Council in Ouagadougou last September to resume the debate on the IPU reform at the 107th Conference in Marrakech. The Council will therefore hold two additional sittings: on Tuesday 19 from 2.30 to 6.30 p.m. and on Thursday 21 from 4.30 to 6.30 p.m. * In camera meetings ** If the Executive Committee completes its agenda in the morning, the drafting committee on item 5 will resume its work at 3.30 p.m. *** The time of the end of the sitting is purely indicative