PACE to elect Secretary General of the Council of Europe

The election of the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, an address by the President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, and a joint debate on the “left-to-die boat” and on the large-scale arrival of mixed migratory flows on Italian shores are among the highlights of the forthcoming PACE plenary session in Strasbourg (23-27 June).

Other items on the agenda include reports on violence in and through the media, challenges for the Council of Europe Development Bank, a parliamentary contribution to solving the Western Sahara conflict as well as a report on ‘Towards a better European democracy: facing the challenges of a federal Europe. Elmar Mammadyarov, Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan, will present the communication from the Committee of Ministers.

Monday 23 June

• Doc. 13541 (report on credentials) Examination of credentials of representatives and substitutes
• Doc. 13538 (progress report) Activities of the Assembly’s Bureau and Standing Committee (11 April – 22 June 2014)
• Doc. 13538 Addendum (progress report addendum) Activities of the Assembly’s Bureau and Standing Committee (11 April – 22 June 2014)
• Doc. 13542 (communication) President’s activities between the second and the third part of the 2014 Ordinary session
• Doc. 13517 (election observation report) Observation of the presidential election (13 and 27 April 2014) and of the early parliamentary elections (27 April 2014) in “the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia”
• Doc. 13543 (election observation report) Observation of the early presidential election in Ukraine (25 May 2014)
• Doc. 13537 (parliamentary questions) Parliamentary question to the Chairperson-in-Office of the Committee of Ministers

Tuesday 24 June

• Doc. 13525 (communication) Election of the Secretary General of the Council of Europe
• Doc. 13532 (report) The “left-to-die boat”: actions and reactions
• Doc. 13531 (report) The large-scale arrival of mixed migratory flows on Italian shores
• Doc. 13509 (report) Violence in and through the media
• Doc. 13536 (committee opinion) Violence in and through the media
• Doc. 13528 (report) Evaluation of the implementation of the reform of the Parliamentary Assembly

Wednesday 25 June

• Doc. 13527 (report) Towards a better European democracy: facing the challenges of a federal Europe
• Doc. 13526 (report) Parliamentary contribution to solving the Western Sahara conflict
• Doc. 13544 (committee opinion) Parliamentary contribution to solving the Western Sahara conflict
• Doc. 13522 (report) Identities and diversity within intercultural societies
• Doc. 13530 (report) Integration of migrants: is Europe failing?

Thursday 26 June

• Doc. 13513 (report) Challenges for the Council of Europe Development Bank
• Doc. 13529 (report) Europe’s public administrations in flux: public service under threat?

Friday 27 June

• Doc. 13524 (report) Reinforcement of the independence of the European Court of Human Rights
• Doc. 13511 (report) Child-friendly juvenile justice: from rhetoric to reality
• Doc. 13547 (committee opinion) Child-friendly juvenile justice: from rhetoric to reality