INTER-PARLIAMENTARY UNION PLACE DU PETIT-SACONNEX 1211 GENEVA 19, SWITZERLAND

104th INTER-PARLIAMENTARY CONFERENCE Jakarta (Indonesia), 15 - 21 October 2000 A G E N D A
Item 1	Election of the President and Vice-Presidents of the 104th 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	The prevention of military and other coups against democratically elected governments and against the free will of the peoples expressed through direct suffrage, and action to address grave violations of the human rights of parliamentarians
Item 5	Financing for development and a new paradigm of economic and social development designed to eradicate poverty
Item 6	Amendments to the Statutes and Rules of the Union
Item 7	Are embargoes and economic sanctions still ethically acceptable, do they still work, and are they suited to achieving their purpose in an ever more globalised world?
Item 8	Bringing an end to the tension and violence in the Middle East, protecting civilians in accordance with the Fourth Geneva Convention, and action to save the peace process in accordance with the relevant United Nations resolutions

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.

ITEM PROPOSED	AUTHOR	DATE OF RECEIPT
The role of parliamentarians in bringing an end to the tension and confrontation in the Middle East, and action to save the peace process	Morocco	3 October
Striving for respect for the Geneva Conventions : security and protection of Palestinian civilians	Algeria	11 October
Bringing an end to Israeli acts of violence against Palestinian citizens and action to save the peace proces	Indonesia	14 October

Procedure to be followed :

Under the terms of Conference Rule 11.2(b), "a request for the inclusion of an emergency supplementary item relating to an event of particular international importance occurring during the 30 days preceding the Conference ... shall, in so far as feasible, be admissible. Such a request must receive a four-fifths majority of the votes cast in order to be accepted."

Should the Conference decide to add this emergency item to its agenda, the Steering Committee will make a proposal regarding the procedure to be followed for the preparation of a draft resolution on this subject.

DATE	MAIN BODIES AND MEETINGS		SUBSIDIARY BODIES
Thursday, Friday and Saturday 12, 13 and 14 October	10 a.m. to 1 p.m. & 3 to 6 p.m.	Executive Committee*	6 to 7 p.m. & 8 to 9 a.m	Gender Partnership Group*
Sunday 15 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 16 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, choice of supplementary item
	3.30  to 6.30 p.m.	Inter-Parliamentary Conference: General Debate	5 p.m. to 6.30 p.m.*	International Humanitarian Law Committee*
Tuesday 17 October	9.30 a.m. to 1 p.m. & 2.30 to 6.30 p.m.**	Inter-Parliamentary Conference: General Debate Second Committee: Debate on item 4, appointment of the drafting committee	9.30 a.m. & 2.30 p.m.	Human Rights Committee *
			9.30 a.m.	CSCM Co-ordinating Committee*
			11 a.m.	Steering Committee of the Conference*
			3 p.m.	Group of Facilitators for Cyprus*
			4  to 6 p.m.**	Sustainable Development Committee*
Wednesday 18 October	9.30 a.m. to 1 p.m.	Committee supplementary item: Debate on the item, appointment of the drafting committee	9.30 a.m.	Group of Facilitators for Cyprus*
	9.30 a.m. to 1 p.m. & 2.30 to 6.30 p.m.**	Third Committee Debate on item 5, appointment of the drafting committee	9.30 a.m. & 2.30 p.m.	Second Committee: drafting Committee* Human Rights Committee*
	2.30 to 4 p.m.	CSCM Meeting	11 a.m.	Steering Committee of the Conference*
	2.30 to 6 p.m.**	Inter-Parliamentary Conference: General Debate	5 p.m.	Middle East Committee*
Thursday 19 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.	Third Committee: drafting committee* Committee supplementary item: drafting committee*
	2.30 p.m.	Second Committee: 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 20 October	9.30 a.m.	Third Committee: Adoption of the draft resolution, Elections Committee supplementary item: Adoption of the draft resolution	9.30 a.m.	Human Rights Committee*
			9.30 a.m. to 12 noon**	Co-ordinating Committee of Women Parliamentarians*
	2.30 p.m.	Inter-Parliamentary Conference: Amendments to the Statutes and Rules, Adoption of resolutions, Close of the Conference
Saturday 21 October	9.30 a.m. to 2 p.m.**	Inter-Parliamentary Council

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