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100th INTER-PARLIAMENTARY CONFERENCE
Moscow (Russian Federation), 6 to 12 September 1998

A G E N D A

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Item 1 Election of the President and Vice-Presidents of the 100th 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 Strong action by national parliaments in the year of the 50th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights to ensure the promotion and protection of all human rights in the 21st century
Item 5 Water: the means required to preserve, manage and make the best use of this essential resource for sustainable development
Item 6 Amendments to the Statutes of the Union
(a) Amendment to Article 20.2 of the Statutes
(b) Introduction of a new Article 22 in the Statutes
Item 7 Action to combat the consumption and illicit trafficking of drugs and organised crime


REQUESTS FOR INCLUSION OF A SUPPLEMENTARY ITEM

The following requests have been presented within the statutory deadline (8 August 1998):

ITEMS PROPOSED AUTHORDATE OF RECEIPT
Action to combat the consumption and illicit trafficking of drugs and organised crimeGroup of Latin American countries9 April
United Nations responsibility in lifting sanctions imposed on Iraq, Libya and SudanGroup of Iraq19 June
Support for Lebanon in its continuous efforts to implement UN Security Council resolution 425 adopted in March 1978Group of Lebanon19 June
Parliamentary action to promote peace and stability in the world by urging governments to adhere to the nuclear non-proliferation regime, in particular by taking urgent measures to accede to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, to sign and ratify the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, and to support the early negotiation of a fissile material cut-off treatyGroup of United Kingdom3 July
Contribution of the world's parliaments to the revitalisation of the Middle East peace processGroup of Egypt
(On behalf of the Arab Inter-Parliamentary Groups)
20 July
Total elimination of nuclear weapons and universality of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) regimesGroup of the Islamic Republic of Iran20 July
Comprehensively banning nuclear testing, halting all present nuclear tests and stopping the proliferation of nuclear weapons and materialGroup of Denmark30 July
Creation of an information clearing centre to facilitate the establishment of hi-industrial zones in developing countries, with the co-operation of the private sector, within an appropriate international organisational frameworkGroup of Israel3 August
Parliamentary action to protest the recent nuclear tests in South Asia, promote international peace and security, and call for all countries to make efforts towards the banning of future nuclear testing by any country, the strengthening of the nuclear non-proliferation regime, and the eventual elimination of nuclear weaponsGroup of Japan6 August
New international orderGroup of Venezuela7 August

Procedure to be followed :

Under the terms of the provisions of Conference Rule 11, any request for the inclusion of a supplementary item must receive a two-thirds majority of the votes cast in order to be accepted. When several requests are taken into consideration, only the one having received both the requisite majority and the largest number of positive votes will be accepted.


DETAILED GENERAL PROGRAMME
OF THE CONFERENCE AND RELATED MEETINGS

DATE MAIN BODIES AND MEETINGS SUBSIDIARY BODIES
Friday and Saturday
8 and 9 October
10 a.m. to 1 p.m. & 3 to 6 p.m.** Executive Committee* Afternoon Gender Partnership Group*
Sunday
10 October
9.30 a.m. to 1 p.m. & 2.30 to 6.30 p.m.** Meeting of Women Parliamentarians 8 to 9.15 a.m. Co-ordinating Committee of Women Parliamentarians*
7 p.m. Inaugural Ceremony 9.30 a.m. & 3 p.m. Human Rights Committee*
Monday
11 October
9.30  to 11.15 a.m. Inter-Parliamentary Council 8 a.m. Steering Committee of the Conference*
11.30 a.m. Inter-Parliamentary Conference:
Election of President, Amendments to the Statutes, choice of supplementary item, General Debate
3.30  to 6.30 p.m. Inter-Parliamentary Conference:
General Debate
2.30  to 4 p.m.* International Humanitarian Law Committee*
4  to 6 p.m.* Sustainable Development Committee*
Tuesday
12 October
9.30 a.m. to 1 p.m. & 2.30 to 6.30 p.m.** Inter-Parliamentary Conference:
General Debate

Committee II:
Debate on item 4, appointment of the drafting committee

9.30 a.m. &
2.30 p.m.
Human Rights Committee *
9.30 a.m. &
3 p.m.
Group of Facilitators for Cyprus*
11 a.m. Steering Committee of the Conference*
Wednesday
13 October
9.30 a.m. to 1 p.m. & 2.30 to 6.30 p.m.** Committee supplementary item:
Debate on the item, appointment of the drafting committee

Committee III
Debate on item 5, appointment of the drafting committee

9.30 to 12 noon** CSCM Co-ordinating Committee*
9.30 a.m. & 2.30 p.m. Committee II: drafting Committee*

Human Rights Committee*

2.30 to 4 p.m. CSCM Meeting 11 a.m. Steering Committee of the Conference*
4 to 6 p.m.** Inter-Parliamentary Conference:
General Debate
5 p.m. Middle East Committee*
Thursday
14 October
9.30 a.m. to 1 p.m. & 2.30 to 6.30 p.m.** Inter-Parliamentary Conference:
General Debate

Executive Committee*

9.30 a.m. & 2.30 p.m. Committee III: drafting committee*

Committee supplementary item: drafting committee*

2.30 p.m. Committee II:
Adoption of the draft resolution, Elections
11.30 a.m. Group of Facilitators for Cyprus*
2.30 p.m. Human Rights Committee*
5 p.m. Middle East Committee*
Friday
15 October
9.30 a.m. Committee III:
Adoption of the draft resolution, Elections
9.30 a.m. Human Rights Committee*
Committee supplementary item:
Adoption of the draft resolution
9.30 a.m. to 12 noon Co-ordinating Committee of Women Parliamentarians*
2.30 p.m. Inter-Parliamentary Conference:
Adoption of resolutions, amendment of the Statutes, Close of the Conference
12.30 p.m. International Humanitarian Law Committee*
Saturday
16 October
9 a.m. to 2 p.m.** Inter-Parliamentary Council

* In camera meetings
** The time of the end of the sitting is purely indicative

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