OSCE PA'S ÅRLIGE SESSION I KIEV: PRAKTIK OG PROCEDURER

1. UDVALGSSEKRETARIAT FOLKETINGET
NOTAT
OSCE's parlamentariske Forsamling
OSCE alm. del - Bilag 47
Offentligt
OSCE PA'S ÅRLIGE SESSION I KIEV: PRAKTIK OG PROCEDURER
Vedlagt omdeles Practical and Procedural Information i forbindelse med
OSCE's Parlamentariske Forsamlings årlige session i Kiev 5. - 9. juli 2007.
Som det fremgår, er der en række krav og tidsfrister, som skal overholdes,
hvis man ønsker at fremsætte ændringsforslag eller forslag til supplerende
resolutioner ("supplementary items"). Krav og tidsfrister er opsummeret i
nedenstående skema.
Forslag Krav Tidsfrist")
Forslag til supplerende resolutions-
udkast (supplementary items)
Skal som minimum være
underskrevet af 20 medlemmer
af OSCE PA fra mindst
forskellige 4 lande
14. juni 2007
Ændringsforslag til rapportørernes
resolutionsudkast (draft resolutions)
Skal som minimum være
underskrevet af 5 medlemmer af
OSCE PA fra mindst 2
forskellige lande
21. juni 2007
Ændringsforslag til supplerende
resolutionsudkast (supplementary
items)
Skal som minimum være
underskrevet af 5 medlemmer af
OSCE PA fra mindst 2
forskellige lande
28. juni 2007
") Hvornår forslag senest skal være OSCE PA Internationale Sekretariat i hænde.
Charlotte Faber og undertegnede vil koordinere og videreformidle forslag til
OSCE PA's Internationale Sekretariat. Af praktiske hensyn vil den interne
tidsfrist for aflevering af forslag til delegationens sekretariat være &I dag
tidligere end de i skemaet anførte tidsfrister.
Udkast til rapporter og resolutionstekster fra forsamlingens 1. og 2 komit
inklusiv underskiftsskemaer til brug for eventuelle ændringsforslag omdeles til
09. maj 2007
Ref • 06-001294-8
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Offentligt
OSCE Alm.del - Bilag 47
OSCE's parlamentariske Forsamling 2006-07
delegationen. jf. alm. del - bilag 48 - 51. Så snart tilsvarende udkast er
modtaget fra 3. komite fordeles disse ligeledes som bilag til delegationen.
Forslag til supplerende resolutioner og ændringsforslag fordeles i første
omgang alene elektronisk. Når der er klarhed over, hvilke supplerende
resolutioner og ændringsforslag, der har opnået den fornødne støtte indenfor
de fastsatte tidsfrister, vil disse også blive fordelt som bilag.
Erfaringerne fra tidligere år viser, at der i tiden frem til de anførte tidsfrister
kan forventes et stort antal henvendelser fra diverse forslagsstillere med
anmodning om støtte fra den danske delegation.
Såfremt man selv ønsker at fremsætte forslag, anbefales det at være ude i
god tid inden udløbet af tidsfristerne. Maj - juni er typisk en travl tid i de fleste
parlamenter, og det kan derfor være forbundet med visse praktiske problemer
at få indsamlet det nødvendige antal underskrifter.
Af de vedlagte informationer er reglerne for valg til posterne i forsamlingen
desuden beskrevet, ligesom det fremgår, hvilket poster der vil være ledige på
sessionen.
med venlig hilsen
Jacob Stahl Otte
delegationssekretær
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PRACTICAL & PROCEDURAL
INFORMATION
KYIV, 5 TO 9 JULY 2007
President
The President will be elected for a period of one year, until the closure of the 2008 Annual Session
(Rule 4(6)). The President may he re-elected only once to the same office (Rule 5(6)). The President,
Mr. Giiran Lennmarker, who was elected at the Brussels Session in 2006 is eligible for re-election.
Therefore there will be election of the President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly.
In accordance with Rule 5(1)"The President shall be elected by secret ballot and each Member entitled
to vote may cast one vote. If, on the first ballot, no candidate has obtained an absolute majority of the
votes cast, a second ballot shal I be held between the two candidates who obtain the most votes in the
first ballot. The candidate who, on the second ballot, obtains the most votes shall be elected. In the
event of a tie, the issue shall be decided by lot."
Vice-Presidents
The Vice-Presidents may be re-elected once to the same office (Rule 5(6)).The Vice-Presidents, Mr
Wolfgang Grossruck (Austria) and Mr Panos Kammenos (Greece) who have been elected once, are
eligible for re-election. The Vice-President, Mrs Nebahat Albayrak (the Netherlands), who has been
elected once has ceased to be a member of the Dutch Delegation.
Therefore, there will be the election ofthree Vice-Presidents who will serve for three years until the end
of the 2010 Annual Session.
The procedure for the election of the Vice-Presidents will be the same as that for the election of the
President (Rule 5(2)). The Assembly will vote on all three positions ofVice-Presidents simultaneously.
The three candidates obtaining the greatest number of votes will serve for three years until the end of
the 2010 Annual Session.
Treasurer
The Treasurer shall hold office from the close ofthe Annual Session in which he is elected, to the close
ofthe second Annual Session thereafter (Rule 4(8)). The Treasurer may be re-elected twice to the same
office (Rule 5(6)).
Mr. Jerry Grafstein was re-elected twice as Treasurer ofthe Assembly. Therefore, there will be election
of the Treasurer in Kyiv.
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IMPORTANT:
Please pay special attention to the Rules of Procedure and the deadlines regarding the submission
of Supplementary and Umenev items and Amendments.
Supplementary Items
I. "The agenda of the Annual Session may be supplemented by an item or a motion on any
matter within the competence of the OSCE, which does not relate directly to subjects proposed
by the General Rapporteurs to the three General Committees. Such supplementary item shall be
in a form ofa draft resolution and it shall be received at the Secretariat at least twenty-one days
before the opening of the first plenary session with signatures of at least twenty Members
representing at least four different countries. The first signatory of a supplementary item will be
its principal sponsor. The Standing Committee shall decide by a two-thirds majority ofthe votes
cast whether to include a supplementary item on the agenda of the Annual Session. The
Standing Committee shall then decide by a majority of the votes cast whether to refer a
supplementary item to the competent Committee or to submit it to the plenary ofthe Assembly.
2. If more than one supplementary item is presented on the same issue, the President may ask
the principal sponsor of the draft resolution which was received first to consult the principal
sponsors ofthe other draft resolutions on the same issue in order to present a compromise draft
resolution. If such a compromise draft resolution is received at the Secretariat at least sixteen
days before the opening ofthe first plenary session with signatures ofthe principal sponsors and
at least half ofthe signatories of each ofthe two or more draft resolutions in question, it shall be
presented to the Annual Session as a supplementary item and all other draft resolutions on the
same issue shall fall. The principal sponsor of the draft resolution, which was received first
shall be the principal sponsor of the compromise draft resolution. Ifthere is no agreement on a
compromise draft resolution, the draft resolution which was received first shall be presented to
the Annual Session and others on the same issue shall fall."
Therefore, a supplementary item must be received at the International Secretariat in Copenhagen not
later than on Thursday, 14 June. A compromise draft resolution must be received at the International
Secretariat in Copenhagen not later than on Tuesday, 19 June.
Amendments:
The Standing Committee approved the Kyiv Programme, including the opening of the Inaugural
Plenary Session ofthe Assembly on Thursday, 5 July. Members are reminded that paragraph 1 ofRule
22 (Amendments) of the Rules of Procedure states:
"Amendments to the draft resolutions presented by the General Rapporteurs or to
supplementary items shall be submitted in writing and signed by at least five Members
representing at least two OSCE countries. Amendments to draft resolutions prepared by the
General Rapporteurs shall be received at the Secretariat with the required signatures at least
fourteen days before the opening of the first plenary session. Amendments to supplementary
items shall be received at the Secretariat with the required signatures at least seven days before
the opening of the first plenary session. The first signatory of an amendment will be its
principal sponsor."
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Urgency
1 Questions of urgency may be placed on the agenda of the Assembly at any time on the
proposal of the Standing Committee, or in the absence of a meeting of the Standing
Committee, on the proposal ofthe Bureau. Such questions of urgency must be pertinent
to the OSCE process and relate to an event, which has taken place or come to public
knowledge less than twenty-four days before the opening of the first plenary session.
2, Such question of urgency shall be in a form ofa draft resolution and it shall be signed by
at least twenty-five Members representing at least ten countries. The first signatory of
the draft resolution shall be the principal sponsor of the question of urgency.
3 In the event of the Standing Committee or the Bureau deciding not to recommend the
inclusion of such an item on the agenda, the proposers shall have the right to appeal in
writing to the Assembly, which may decide by a majority oftwo thirds of the Members
of the Assembly to place the proposal on the agenda.
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III. GENERAL COMMITTEE ON DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS AND
HUMANITARIAN QUESTIONS
Chairman Ms Anne-Marie Lizin Belgium
Vice-Chairman Mrs Cecilia Wigstrom Sweden
Rapporteur Mr Jesus LOpez-Medel Spain
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