1.         OPENING OF THE SESSION

            by Yavuz MILDON (Turkey, R, EPP/CD), Congress President

2.         AGENDA

      Adoption of the draft agenda

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3.         STATEMENT BY Lluís Maria de PUIG

            President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe

            Debate

4.         LOCAL CONSEQUENCES OF THE RECENT CONFLICT IN SOUTH CAUCASUS

4.1        Introduction by:

·                                 Yavuz MILDON (Turkey, R, EPP/CD), Congress President

·         Thomas HAMMARBERG, Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe

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4.2        Support from European and Regional Authorities

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            Presentation of a draft Resolution by the Rapporteur:
            Dubravka SUICA (Croatia, L, EPP/CD)

            Contributions from:

·         George UGULAVA, Mayor of the City of Tbilisi, Georgia

·         Mamuka ABULADZE, Head of the Georgian delegation to the Congress and Chairman of the National Association of Local Authorities of Georgia

·         Svetlana ORLOVA, Chair of the Federation Council’s Commission on             aid to victims of the humanitarian crisis in South Ossetia, Head of the Russian delegation to the Congress

·         Larissa KHABITSOVA, Chair of the Parliament of the Republic of North Osetia – Alania, Russian Federation

4.3        General debate

4.4        Examination and vote on the draft Resolution by members

            of the Standing Committee[1]

5.         LOCAL DEMOCRACY IN ARMENIA

            Statement by Armen GEVORGYAN, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister  

            for Territorial Administration of Armenia

            Debate

6.         ELECTION PROCEDURE OF THE CONGRESS SECRETARY GENERAL

            Presentation by the Rapporteurs:
            Halvdan SKARD (Norway, L, SOC) and
            Herwig VAN STAA (Austria, R, EPP/CD)
           

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            Debate

            Examination and vote on the draft Resolution by members of the             Standing Committee[2]

7.         CLOSING OF THE SITTING, AROUND 12pm

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At the end of the sitting, in the hemicycle

Official signature of the co-operation agreement between the North-South Centre and the Congress by:

Claude FREY, President of the North-South Centre

Yavuz MILDON (Turkey, R, EPP/CD), Congress President

Award ceremony: Prize of the Regions of the Congress in the Hemicycle

followed by a reception outside the Hemicycle, offered by DEXIA, sponsor of the Prize