120th IPU ASSEMBLY Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), 5-10 April 2009 AGENDA OF THE ASSEMBLY Item 1 Election of the President and Vice-Presidents of the 120th Assembly Item 2 Consideration of possible requests for the inclusion of an emergency item in the Assembly agenda Item 3 General debate on the political, economic and social situation in the world with the overall theme of Parliaments: Building Peace, Democracy and Development in times of crisis Item 4 Advancing nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament, and securing the entry into force of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty: The role of parliaments (Standing Committee on Peace and International Security) Item 5 Climate change, sustainable development models, and renewable energies (Standing Committee on Sustainable Development, Finance and Trade) Item 6 Freedom of expression and the right to information (Standing Committee on Democracy and Human Rights) Item 7 Approval of the subject items for the 122nd Assembly and appointment of the Rapporteurs Item 8 Amendments to the Statutes and Rules of the Inter-Parliamentary Union Item 9 The role of parliaments in mitigating the social and political impact of the international economic and financial crisis on the most vulnerable sectors of the global community, especially in Africa

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REQUESTS FOR INCLUSION OF AN EMERGENCY ITEM

Items proposed Author Date of receipt Accompanying documents The responsibility of States to prevent cross-border terrorism from territories under their control India 19 March [English] [French] The establishment of an international fact finding committee on the Israeli military attacks against Gaza and the international role of parliamentarians in achieving Middle East peace, security and stability United Arab Emirates 19 March [English] [French] The situation in Gaza Oman, on behalf of the Arab Inter Parliamentary Union 23 March [English] [French] The global fight against organized crime based on cooperation and joint and shared responsibility Mexico 24 March [English] [French] The negative impact of the international economic and financial crisis on the most vulnerable sectors of the global community, especially in Africa Venezuela 31 March [English] [French] Parliamentary action to ensure the free supply of humanitarian aid to Gaza and the prosecution of perpetrators of war crimes in Gaza Islamic Republic of Iran 2 April [English] [French] The role of parliaments in respect of the G20 agreement to mitigate the social and political impact of the global economic crisis on the world’s most vulnerable Canada, on behalf of the Twelve Plus Group 5 April [English] [French]

Title and code Available versions Summary record of the 184th session of the Governing Council CL/184/SR.1 (29 June 2009) [English] [French] Complete text of the Results brochure [English] [French] Detailed deliberations of the 120th Assembly [English] [French] Texts of resolutions adopted by the 120th Assembly [English] [French] Detailed deliberations of the 184th session of the Governing Council [English] [French] Council resolutions on human rights cases [English] [French] Report on the activities of the Inter-Parliamentary Union in 2008 [English] [French] Convocation of the 120th IPU Assembly A/120/C.1 (5 December 2008) [English] [French] Speakers' pre-registration form (general debate) [English] [French] Vacancies to be filled during the 120th Assembly A/120/Inf.1 (2 March 2009) [English] [French] Convocation of the 184th session of the Governing Council CL/184/C.1 (23 December 2008) [English] [French] Convocation of the Fourteenth Meeting of Women Parliamentarians FEM/14/C.1 (24 February 2009) [English] [French] Convocation of the First Standing Committee (Peace and International Security) C-I/120/C (28 January 2009) [English] [French] Convocation of the Second Standing Committee (Sustainable Development, Finance and Trade) C-II/120/C (28 January 2009) [English] [French] Convocation of the Third Standing Committee (Democracy and Human Rights) C-III/120/C (28 January 2009) [English] [French] First Standing Committee - Amendments to the revised draft resolution C-I/120/DR-am (22 March 2009) [English] [French] [English] [French] First Standing Committee - Report prepared by the co-Rapporteurs C-I/120/R-rev (15 December 2008) [English] [French] [English] [French] First Standing Committee - Revised draft resolution prepared by the co-Rapporteurs C-I/120/DR-rev (26 February 2009) [English] [French] [English] [French] First Standing Committee - Preliminary draft resolution prepared by the co-Rapporteurs C-I/120/DR-pre (15 December 2008) [English] [French] [English] [French] Summary Records of the panel discussion held during the 119th Assembly (October 2008) on the subject item "Advancing nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament, and securing the entry into force of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban-Treaty: The role of parliaments" [English] [French] Second Standing Committee - Amendments to the revised draft resolution C-II/120/DR-am (22 March 2009) [English] [French] [English] [French] Second Standing Committee - Report prepared by the co-Rapporteurs C-II/120/R-rev (15 December 2008) [English] [French] [English] [French] Second Standing Committee - Revised draft resolution prepared by the co-Rapporteurs C-II/120/DR-rev (16 February 2009) [English] [French] [English] [French] Second Standing Committee - Preliminary draft resolution prepared by the co-Rapporteurs C-II/120/DR-pre (15 December 2008) [English] [French] [English] [French] Summary Records of the panel discussion held during the 119th Assembly (October 2008) on the subject item "Climate change, sustainable development models, and renewable energies" [English] [French] Third Standing Committee - Amendments to the revised draft resolution C-III/120/DR-am (22 March 2009) [English] [French] [English] [French] Third Standing Committee - Report prepared by the co-Rapporteurs C-III/120/R-rev (23 December 2008) [English] [French] [English] [French] Third Standing Committee - Revised draft resolution prepared by the co-Rapporteurs C-III/120/DR-rev (16 February 2009) [English] [French] [English] [French] Third Standing Committee - Preliminary draft resolution prepared by the co-Rapporteurs C-III/120/DR-pre (19 December 2008) [English] [French] [English] [French] Summary Records of the panel discussion held during the 119th Assembly (October 2008) on the subject item "Freedom of expression and the right to information" [English] [French]

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DOCUMENTOS EN ESPAÑOL (La traducción es responsabilidad de la Secretaría del GRULAC) DOCUMENTS IN SPANISH (Translation under the responsibility of the GRULAC Secretariat)

Date Plenary sittings Committees In camera sittings Other events     10.00 - 13.00 Executive Committee Conference Room 3, ground floor       15.00 - 17.00 Executive Committee Conference Room 3, ground floor 17.00- 18.00 Gender Parnership Group Conference Room 3, ground floor       10.00 - 13.00 Executive Committee Conference Room 3, ground floor     15.00 - 17.00 Executive Committee Conference Room 3, ground floor     09.30 - 13.00 Meeting of Women Parliamentarians Conference Room 2, ground floor 08.00 - 09.15 Coordinating Committee of Women Parliamentarians Conference Room 1, ground floor 10.00 - 13.00 Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians Conference Room 4, ground floor   14.30 - 18.30 Meeting of Women Parliamentarians Conference Room 2, ground floor 15.00 - 18.00 Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians Conference Room 4, ground floor 15.00 - 18.00 Committee on Middle East Questions Conference Room 3, ground floor 14.00 - 15.00 Meeting of the Network of Secretaries and Advisers to delegations Conference Room 5, ground floor 19.30 - 20.30 * * * * * Inaugural Ceremony of the 120th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union * * * * * Millennium Hall 09.00 - 10.00 Governing Council: election of the President of the Assembly, Questions relating to Members and Report on the activities of the Executive Committee Conference Room 1, ground floor 10.15 - 13.00 Assembly: election of the President, followed by plenary debate Conference Room 1, ground floor 09.00 - 13.00 First Standing Committee (Peace and Security): presentation of the Report(s) of the rapporteurs and of the draft resolution; debate, and possible designation of a drafting committee Conference Room 2, ground floor 08.00 - 09.00 Assembly Steering Committee Caucus 6, ground floor 09.00 - 10.00 ASGP Executive Committee Caucus 3, ground floor 11.00 - 13.00 ASGP Meeting Africa Hall, ECA Building 14.30 - 18.30 Assembly: continuation of the plenary debate and at 16.30 consideration of requests for the inclusion of an emergency item Conference Room 1, ground floor 14.00 - 16.00 First Standing Committee (Peace and Security): continuation of the debate or drafting committee Conference Room 2 or Large Briefing Room, ground floor 16.30 - 18.30 Third Standing Committee (Democracy and Human Rights): presentation of the Report(s) of the rapporteurs and of the draft resolution; debate Conference Room 2, ground floor 14.30 - 18.30 Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians Conference Room 4, ground floor 16.30 - 18.30 First Committee: start or continuation of drafting committee Large Briefing Room, ground floor 15.00 - 18.00 ASGP Meeting Africa Hall, ECA Building 09.00 - 12.00 Assembly: continuation of the plenary debate Conference Room 1, ground floor 12.00 – 13.00 Panel discussion on Countdown to 2015 Conference Room 1, ground floor 09.00 - 13.00 Third Standing Committee (Democracy and Human Rights): continuation of the debate and possible designation of a drafting committee Conference Room 2, ground floor 09.00 - 13.00 First Committee: start or continuation of drafting committee Large Briefing Room, ground floor 09.30 - 13.00 Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians Conference Room 4, ground floor Group of Facilitators for Cyprus Conference Room 3, ground floor 09.00 - 10.00 ASGP Executive Committee Caucus 3, ground floor 10.00 - 13.00 ASGP Meeting Africa Hall, ECA Building 16.30 - 18.30 Assembly: continuation of the plenary debate Conference Room 1, ground floor 14.30 - 18.30 Second Standing Committee (Sustainable Development, Finance and Trade): presentation of the Report(s) of the rapporteurs and of the draft resolution; debate Conference Room 2, ground floor 14.30 - 16.30 First Committee: continuation and end of drafting committee Large Briefing Room, ground floor 14.30 - 18.30 Possible drafting committee on the emergency item Conference Room 3, ground floor Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians Conference Room 4, ground floor 15.00 - 18.00 ASGP Meeting Africa Hall, ECA Building   09.00 - 11.00 Second Standing Committee (Sustainable Development, Finance and Trade): continuation of the debate and possible designation of a drafting committee or start of drafting committee Conference Room 2 or Conference Room 6, ground floor 09.30 - 12.30 Panel on Adolescent girls: The girls left behind? Conference Room 1, ground floor 09.00 - 13.00 Third Committee: start of drafting committee Caucus 1, ground floor 09.30 - 13.00 Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians Conference Room 4, ground floor 11.00 - 13.00 Second Committee: start or continuation of drafting committee Conference Room 6, ground floor 11.30 - 13.00 Possible drafting committee on the emergency item Conference Room 3, ground floor     14.30 - 17.00 Panel on Managing Diversity Conference Room 1, ground floor 15.30 - 18.30 First Standing Committee: adoption of the report(s) and draft resolution Conference Room 2, ground floor 14.30 - 15.30 Meeting of the Bureau of the First Standing Committee Large Briefing Room, ground floor 14.30 - 17.30 Second Committee: continuation and end of drafting committee Conference Room 6, ground floor Third Committee: continuation and end of drafting committee Caucus 1, ground floor International Humanitarian Law Committee Conference Room 3, ground floor 17.30 - 18.30 Meeting of the Bureau of the Second Standing Committee Conference Room 6, ground floor Meeting of the Bureau of the Third Standing Committee Caucus 1, ground floor   09.00 - 13.00 Assembly: continuation of the plenary debate Conference Room 1, ground floor 09.00 - 11.00 Third Standing Committee: adoption of the report(s) and draft resolution Conference Room 2, ground floor 11.00 - 13.00 Second Standing Committee: adoption of the report(s) and draft resolution Conference Room 2, ground floor 10.00 - 12.00 Executive Committee Conference Room 3, ground floor 12.00 - 13.00 Gender Partnership Group Conference Room 3, ground floor 09.00 - 10.00 ASGP Executive Committee Caucus 3, ground floor 10.00 - 13.00 ASGP Meeting Africa Hall, ECA Building 14.30 - 18.30 Assembly: continuation and end of the plenary debate Conference Room 1, ground floor 14.00 - 17.00 Committee on the Human Rights of Parliamentarians Conference Room 4, ground floor 14.30 - 17.00 Coordinating Committee of Women Parliamentarians Conference Room 2, ground floor 17.00 - 19.00 Committee on Middle East Questions Conference Room 3, ground floor 15.00 - 18.00 ASGP Meeting Africa Hall, ECA Building 10.00 - 13.00 Governing Council (including the reports of some subsidiary bodies, such as the Human Rights Committee) Conference Room 1, ground floor   09.00 - 10.00 ASGP Executive Committee Caucus 3, ground floor 10.00 - 13.00 ASGP Meeting Africa Hall, ECA Building 15.00 - 16.00 Governing Council: continuation Conference Room 1, ground floor 16.00 - 18.00 Assembly: closing session – reports of the Committees, and adoption of the resolutions and decisions Closure of the 120th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union Conference Room 1, ground floor     15.00 - 18.00 ASGP Meeting Africa Hall, ECA Building