AS/Pol (2016) OJ 09
22 November 2016
Apoj09_16
Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy
of the meeting which will take place in Paris
on 15 December 2016, from 9.30 am to 6 pm
Council of Europe Office, 55 avenue Kléber, Paris 16th
Metro: Boissière - Tel: + 33 (0)1 44 05 33 60
1. Agenda
[AS/Pol (2016) OJ 09]
Adoption of the agenda
2. Minutes
[AS/Pol (2016) PV 08]
Approval of the minutes of the meeting held in Paris on 7 November 2016
3. Situation in Lebanon and challenges for regional stability and European security
Rapporteur: Mr Tobias Zech, Germany, EPP/CD
[AS/Pol (2016) 17]
Consideration of a draft report and adoption of a draft resolution
4. Corruption as governance regime: a barrier to institutional efficiency and progress
Rapporteur: Mr Michele Nicoletti, Italy, SOC
[AS/Pol/Inf (2016) 21, 2016/2/ECCD/BO - AS/Pol/Inf (2016) 16]
.Consideration of an information note by the Rapporteur on his
fact-finding visit to The Hague on
7-8 November 2016
.Statement by the Rapporteur on his participation in the workshop on Corruption and its trends: a policy challenge, Venice, Italy, 2 December 2016
5. ad hoc Sub-Committee on recent developments in Turkey
[AS/Pol/Inf (2016) 20]
.Statement by the Chairperson
.Consideration of a memorandum on the fact-finding visit to Turkey from 21 to 23 November 2016
6. Call for a Council of Europe Summit to defend and promote democratic security in Europe
Rapporteur: Mr Michele Nicoletti, Italy, SOC
Statement by the Rapporteur
7. The political transition in Egypt
Rapporteur: Mr Jordi Xuclà, Spain, ALDE
[AS/Pol/Inf (2016) …]
Statement by the Rapporteur on his fact-finding visit to Egypt from 4 to 6 December 2016
8. Sub-Committee on External Relations
Statement by the Vice-Chairperson of the Sub-Committee on the meetings held at the United Nations
Headquarters in New York from 7 to 9 December 2016
[AS/Pol/ER (2016) OJ 03rev]
9. Appointment of Rapporteurs
[AS/Pol (2016) WP 09, AS/Pol/Inf (2016) 01rev8]
.Activities of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) (for report)
.The humanitarian crisis in Gaza (for opinion)
10. Open discussion on current issues
11. Authorisations by the Committee
12. Changes in the composition of the Sub-Committees
13. Other business
14. Next meetings
· Strasbourg, during the Assembly’s 1st part-session, 23-27 January 2017
· 6 March 2017 (tbc)
· Strasbourg, during the Assembly’s 2nd part-session, 24-28 April 2017
· 22-23 May 2017 (tbc)
· Strasbourg, during the Assembly’s 3rd part-session, 26-30 June 2017
· 6 September 2017 (tbc)
· Strasbourg, during the Assembly’s 4th part-session, 9-13 October 2017
· 14 November 2017 (tbc)
· 14 December 2017 (tbc)