Page 1
DRAFT
Doc.GA25/OB/05
Istanbul, 6 May 2005
G E N E R A L A S S E M B L Y
TWENTY FIFTH SESSION
Tuesday, 7 - Thursday, 9 June 2005
KYIV
ORDER OF BUSINESS
Monday, 6 June 2005
♦ Arrival of participants
Accommodation:
Hotel “Nationalny”
Tel: + 380 44 255 98 88
Fax: + 380 44 255 89 97
Address: Lipskaya Str, 9
Hotel “Kyiv” Tel: + 380 44 253 01 55
Fax: + 380 44 253 30 90
Address: Grushevskogo Ave, 26/1
♦ Registration: Hotels “Nationalny”, “Kyiv”
♦ Meeting places:
Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine
Tuesday, 7 June 2005
10:00 BUREAU OF THE ASSEMBLY: The Thirty Second Meeting
♦ Meeting place:
Conference Hall, Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine
13:00 Lunch
15:00 STANDING COMMITTEE : The Twenty Fifth Meeting
♦ Meeting place:
Conference Hall, Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine
20:00 Working Dinner hosted by Mr. Volodymyr LYTVYN, PABSEC President, Chairman of
the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, for the Presidents of Parliaments, Members of the
PABSEC Standing Committee, Heads of the Delegations – observers, guests,
leadership of the Organisation of the BSEC.
Place: “…………………….”
20:00 Dinner for all other participants
Place: “…………………….”
Page 2
Wednesday, 8 June 2005
PLENARY SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
♦ Meeting place:
Session Hall, Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine
10:00 ITEM 1
Opening Ceremony of the Twenty Fifth Plenary Session of the
General Assembly
♦ Opening speech by Mr. Volodymyr LYTVYN, PABSEC President, Chairman of
the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.
♦ Address by H.E. Mr. Victor YUSHCHENKO, President of Ukraine.
♦ Address by Mr. Andrey STRATAN, Chairman-in-Office of the Organisation of the
Black Sea Economic Cooperation, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of
Moldova.
10:30 Family Photo
Coffee Break
FIRST SITTING
10:50 ITEM 2 Matters of Procedure
a) Adoption of the Agenda
(Doc.GA25/AG/05)
b) Adoption of the Order of Business
(Doc.GA25/OB/05)
c) Examination of New Credentials
(Doc.GA25/CRED/05)
e) Approval of the Minutes of the Twenty Fourth Plenary Session of the General
Assembly held in Antalya on 24-25 November 2004 (Doc.GA24/MIN/05)
f) Progress Report of the Parliamentary Assembly
(Doc.GA25/PROG/05)
11:15 ITEM 3 General debates: The Enlargement of the European Union and the Black Sea
Region: New Models of Cooperation
• Statements by Speakers/Heads of national delegations
13:30 Lunch
SECOND SITTING
♦
♦
♦
14:30 ITEM 4
Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation - BSEC
a) The Twelfth Meeting of the Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the BSEC
Member-States, 25 April 2005, Komotini.
Komotini Statement of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Member-States of
the Organisation of the BSEC
b) The Ministerial Meetings of the BSEC Member-States on the BSEC during the
Hellenic Chairmanship-in Office
Joint Declaration on Combating Trafficking in Human Beings of the
Ministers of Interior / Public Order
Joint Declaration on Institutional Renewal and Good Governance of the
Ministers in Charge of Public Administration and the Ministers of Justice
Page 3
♦
♦
♦
♦
Joint Declaration on the Connection of the Black Sea Transport Network
with the Trans-European Transport Network within the framework of
the Euro-Asian Transport Links
Rhodos Declaration of the Ministers of Tourism
Alexandroupolis Declaration on Energy Cooperation in the BSEC Region
c) The Conference “Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation - European
Union“, 8 April 2005, Athens.
(Doc.GA25/REP/EU-BSEC/05)
Conclusions of the Conference
Debate
15:15 ITEM 5
Economic, Commercial, Technological and Environmental Affairs
a) Report on “Economic aspects of resolving environmental problems in the PABSEC
Member countries”
(Doc. GA25/EC24/REP/05)
Rapporteur: Mr. Filippos TSALIDIS, Member the Economic, Commercial
Technological and Environmental Affairs Committee – Greece.
Debate
Vote
b) Recommendation 81/2005 on “Economic aspects of resolving environmental problems
in the PABSEC Member countries”
(Doc. GA25/EC24/REC81/05)
Rapporteur: Mr. Ali TEMUR, Chairman of the Economic, Commercial,
Technological and Environmental Affairs Committee – Turkey
Debate
Vote
16:15 Coffee Break
16:30
ITEM 6 Elections of the PABSEC Secretary General
Vote
17:00
ITEM 7 Elections of the Deputies of the PABSEC Secretary General
Vote
17:30 ITEM 8 Elections of the three Vice-Presidents and the Treasurer of the PABSEC.
Vote
20:00 Dinner hosted by Mr. Volodymyr LYTVYN, PABSEC President, Chairman of
the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.
Place: “…………………”
THIRD SITTING
Thursday, 9 June 2005
09:00 ITEM 9 Legal and Political Affairs
a) Report on “ Institution of Ombudsman in the PABSEC Member-countries”
(Doc. GA25/LC25/REP/05)
Rapporteur: Mr. Murtuz GURBANLY, Member of the Legal and Political
Affairs Committee – Azerbaijan.
Debate
Vote
b) Recommendation 82/2005 on “Institution of Ombudsman in the PABSEC Member-
countries”
(Doc. GA25/LC25/REC82/05)
Page 4
Rapporteur: Mr. Borislav RALCHEV, Chairman of the Legal
and Political Affairs Committee – Bulgaria.
Debate
Vote
10:00 Coffee Break
10:30 ITEM 10
Cultural, Educational and Social Affairs
a) Report on “Cooperation in the sphere of cultural tourism in the Black Sea Region”
(Doc.GA25/CC24/REP/5)
Rapporteur: Mr. Tevhit KARAKAYA, Member of the Cultural,
Educational and Social Affairs Committee – Turkey.
Debate
Vote
b) Recommendation 83/2004 on “Cooperation in the sphere of cultural tourism in the
Black Sea Region”
(Doc. GA25/CC24/REC83/05)
Rapporteur: Mr. Jan HUSARIK, Chairman of the Cultural, Educational and Social
Affairs Committee – Serbia and Montenegro.
Debate
Vote
c) Changes in the Appendixes I and II of the PABSEC Rules of Procedure
(Doc. GA25/RULES/05)
Debate
Vote
11:15 ITEM 11 Financial Matters
♦
Auditing Report for the Financial Year 2004 (Doc. GA 25/AUDIT04/05)
Rapporteur: Mr. Mykola YANKOVSKI, Chairman of the Draft Budget and Auditing
Committee - Ukraine.
Debate
Vote
11:45 Coffee Break
FOURTH SITTING
12:00 ITEM 12 The 2005 Autumn Session of the General Assembly
Date, venue and agenda
ITEM 13 Rotation of the Presidency
♦
Speech by Mr. Servet PELUMBI, the Twenty Fourth PABSEC President,
Speaker of the Parliament of Albania.
ITEM 14 Closing of the General Assembly
♦
Speech by Mr. Volodymyr LYTVYN, the Twenty Third PABSEC President,
Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.
12:30 Press-Conference
13:00 Lunch
19:00 Reception hosted Mr. Oleg SALMIN, Head of the PABSEC Ukrainian Delegation
Place: “……………………”
Friday, 10 June 2005
Page 5
Departure of the participants