15.12.2006   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 307/7


MINUTES OF THE SITTING OF THURSDAY, 22 JUNE 2006

(2006/C 307/04)

(The sitting opened at 9.15 a.m.)

IN THE CHAIR: Mrs KINNOCK

Co-President

1.   Substitutes

The Co-President announced the following substitutes: van den Berg (for Dobolyi), Pomés Ruiz (for Herranz García), Fernández Martín (for López-Istúriz White), Goebbels (for Bullman), Mauro (for Sartori) and Zaleski (for Wieland).

2.   Approval of the minutes of the sittings of Wednesday, 21 June, morning and afternoon

The minutes were approved.

3.   Summary reports from the workshops

M. Schröder on migration and integration.

Mr Goebbels on the non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.

Mr Duguid (Barbados) on public transport in Vienna.

4.   Debate on the situation in Timor-Leste (without resolution)

Mr Amorim (Ambassador of Timor-Leste) made a statement on the situation in his country.

Speakers: Bowis, Jardim Fernandes, Korhola, Ribeiro e Castro, Almada (Cape Verde), de Sousa (Angola), Theodorakis (European Commission) and Jardim Fernandes.

The Assembly decided that the two Co-Presidents would send a letter to the Timor-Leste authorities expressing its concerns and its solidarity.

5.   Vote on amendments to the Rules of Procedure

This item was held over to the next session.

6.   Vote on the motions for resolutions included in the reports submitted by the three standing committees

Report on the problematics of energy in the ACP countries (ACP-EU 3850/06/fin.) — Committee on Economic Development, Finance and Trade. Co-rapporteurs: Nita Deerpalsing (Mauritius) and Nirj Deva.

Amendments 1-5, 7-10, 11 (with oral amendment), 12 (with oral amendment), 13, 14, 15 and 17 were adopted. The amended resolution was adopted unopposed with one abstention.

Report on the role of regional integration in the promotion of peace and security (ACP-EU 3850/06/fin.) — Committee on Political Affairs. Co-rapporteurs: Ateem Garang Deng (Sudan) and Johan Van Hecke.

Amendments 1, 2 (with oral amendment) and 4 (with oral amendment) were adopted. The amended resolution was adopted unopposed with one abstention.

Report on fisheries and their social and environmental aspects in developing countries (ACP-EU 3847/06/fin.) — Committee on Social Affairs and the Environment. Co-rapporteurs: Joses Sanga (Solomon Islands) and Emanuel Jardim Fernandes.

Amendments 1-12, 13 (with oral amendment), 14 (with oral amendment), 15 and an oral amendment to paragraph 41a were adopted. The amended resolution was adopted unopposed with one abstention.

7.   Vote on the urgent motions for resolutions

Urgent motion for a resolution on avian influenza (ACP-EU 3898/06/fin.).

Amendments 1 and 2 were adopted. The amended resolution was adopted unopposed with one abstention.

Urgent motion for a resolution on the situation in Sudan (ACP-EU 3990/06/fin.).

The following raised a point of order (Article 33(1) of the Rules of Procedure): Gahler, Hay Webster (Jamaica), Garang Deng (Sudan), Keita (Mali) and Abdi Said (Djibouti).

Amendments 1, 2 (secret ballot — Article 15 of the Rules of Procedure), 4, 5 (secret ballot), 6 (secret ballot) and an oral amendment inserting paragraph 15a were adopted. The amended resolution was adopted by 34 votes to 29, with 1 abstention.

8.   Other business

The Co-President proposed giving the floor to Mr Polanco (Observer for Cuba), pursuant to Article 4(4) of the Rules of Procedure.

Speaker: Gahler (point of order — Article 33(1) of the Rules of Procedure).

Decision: The Assembly decided to give the floor to Mr Polanco, who made a statement on the situation in his country.

Speakers: Amon-Ago (Côte d'Ivoire), Bowis, Martínez Martínez and Straker (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines), Ribeiro e Castro, Martínez Martínez and Schröder.

Mrs Hay Webster proposed that the Assembly should request observer status at the United Nations.

9.   Date and place of the 12th session of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly

The 12th session would be held from 18 to 23 November 2006 in Bridgetown (Barbados).

(The sitting closed at 12.20 p.m.)

René RADEMBINO-CONIQUET and

Glenys KINNOCK

Co-Presidents

Sir John KAPUTIN and

Dietmar NICKEL

Co-Secretaries General


ANNEX I

ALPHABETICAL LIST OF MEMBERS OF THE JOINT PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY

ACP Representatives

EP Representatives

RADEMBINO-CONIQUET (GABON), Co-President

KINNOCK, Co-President

BENIN (VP)

GAHLER (VP)

CAMEROON (VP)

MANTOVANI (VP)

EQUATORIAL GUINEA (VP)

VERGES (VP)

GHANA (VP)

CARLOTTI (VP)

JAMAICA (VP)

MITCHELL (VP)

KENYA (VP)

JOAN I MARÍ (VP)

NIUE (VP)

LULLING (VP)

SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES (VP)

KAMIŃSKI (VP)

SEYCHELLES (VP)

CORNILLET (VP)

SOLOMON ISLANDS (VP)

MARTÍNEZ MARTÍNEZ (VP)

SWAZILAND (VP)

BOWIS (VP)

ZAMBIA (VP)

GOUDIN (VP)

ANGOLA

AGNOLETTO

ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA

ALLISTER

BAHAMAS

ARIF

BARBADOS

AUBERT

BELIZE

AYLWARD

BOTSWANA

BEREND

BURKINA FASO

BULLMANN

BURUNDI

BUSK

CAPE VERDE

CALLANAN

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

COELHO

CHAD

de VILLIERS

COMOROS

DEVA

CONGO (Republic of the)

DILLEN

CONGO (Democratic Republic of the)

DOBOLYI

COOK ISLANDS

DOMBROVSKIS

CÔTE D’IVOIRE

EK

DJIBOUTI

FERREIRA

DOMINICA

GAUBERT

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

GOMES

ERITREA

GRABOWSKA

ETHIOPIA

GRÖNER

FIJI

HALL

GAMBIA

HAUG

GRENADA

HERRANZ GARCÍA

GUINEA

JARDIM FERNANDES

GUINEA-BISSAU

JÖNS

GUYANA

KACZMAREK

HAITI

KORHOLA

KIRIBATI

KOZLÍK

LESOTHO

KUŁAKOWSKI

LIBERIA

LANGENDRIES

MADAGASCAR

LEHIDEUX

MALAWI

LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE

MALI

LOUIS

MARSHALL ISLANDS (Republic of the)

MARTENS

MAURITANIA

MAYER

MAURITIUS

McAVAN

MICRONESIA (Federated States of)

MORILLON

MOZAMBIQUE

NOVAK

NAMIBIA

PLEGUEZUELOS AGUILAR

NAURU (Republic of)

POLFER

NIGER

RIBEIRO E CASTRO

NIGERIA

ROITHOVÁ

PALAU

ROSATI

PAPUA NEW GUINEA

SARTORI

RWANDA

SCHEELE

SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS

SCHLYTER

SAINT LUCIA

SCHMIDT

SAMOA

SCHNELLHARDT

SÃO TOMÉ AND PRÍNCIPE

SCHRÖDER

SENEGAL

SJÖSTEDT

SIERRA LEONE

SORNOSA MARTÍNEZ

SOMALIA

SPERONI

SOUTH AFRICA

STURDY

SUDAN

VALENCIANO MARTÍNEZ-OROZCO

SURINAME

VAN HECKE

TANZANIA

VAN LANCKER

TIMOR-LESTE

VENETO

TOGO

WIELAND

TONGA

WIJKMAN

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

WILLMOTT

TUVALU

WURTZ

UGANDA

ZÁBORSKÁ

VANUATU

ZANI

ZIMBABWE

 

COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL AFFAIRS

ACP Members

EP Members

NDUWIMANA (BURUNDI), Co-Chairman

CALLANAN, Co-Chairman

LUTUNDULA (CONGO, Democratic Republic of the),VC

JÖNS, VC

DUGUID (BARBADOS), VC

POLFER, VC

ANGOLA

CARLOTTI

BELIZE

COELHO

BENIN

DILLEN

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

DOBOLYI

COOK ISLANDS

GAHLER

DJIBOUTI

GOMES

EQUATORIAL GUINEA

GRABOWSKA

FIJI

GRÖNER

GRENADA

HERRANZ GARCÍA

GUINEA

JONCKHEER

HAITI

KACZMAREK

LIBERIA

KAMINSKI

MAURITANIA

LANGENDRIES

NAMIBIA

LÓPEZ ISTÚRIZ

NIGERIA

LOUIS

NIUE

MANTOVANI

PAPUA NEW GUINEA

MARTÍNEZ MARTÍNEZ

SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES

MORILLON

SUDAN

SARTORI

TOGO

VAN HECKE

TUVALU

WIELAND

UGANDA

WURTZ

ZIMBABWE

ZANI

COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, FINANCE AND TRADE

ACP Members

EP Members

FRANCOIS (SAINT LUCIA), Co-Chairman

SCHLYTER, Co-Chairman

SEBETELA (BOTSWANA), VC

DOMBROVSKIS, VC

DARBO (CHAD), VC

RIBEIRO E CASTRO, VC

ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA

AGNOLETTO

CAMEROON

BEREND

CONGO (Republic of the)

BULLMANN

CÔTE D’IVOIRE

BUSK

ERITREA

CORNILLET

ETHIOPIA

DEVA

GABON

FERREIRA

GHANA

GAUBERT

GUYANA

JOAN I MARI

KENYA

KINNOCK

MALI

KOZLÍK

MAURITIUS

LEHIDEUX

MICRONESIA (Federal States of)

LULLING

PALAU

MAYER

SAMOA

McAVAN

SENEGAL

MITCHELL

SIERRA LEONE

PLEGUEZUELOS AGUILAR

SOUTH AFRICA

ROSATI

SWAZILAND

SPERONI

TANZANIA

STURDY

TONGA

VAN LANCKER

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

de VILLIERS

ZAMBIA

ZĪLE

COMMITTEE ON SOCIAL AFFAIRS AND THE ENVIRONMENT

ACP Members

EP Members

OUMAROU (NIGER), Co-Chairman

SCHEELE, Co-Chairwoman

SANGA (SOLOMON ISLANDS), VC

NOVAK, VC

SITHOLE (MOZAMBIQUE), VC

ARIF, VC

BAHAMAS

ALLISTER

BURKINA FASO

AUBERT

CAPE VERDE

AYLWARD

COMOROS

BOWIS

DOMINICA

EK

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

GOUDIN

GAMBIA

HALL

GUINEA BISSAU

HAUG

JAMAICA

JARDIM FERNANDES

KIRIBATI

KORHOLA

LESOTHO

KUŁAKOWSKI

MADAGASCAR

MARTENS

MALAWI

ROITHOVA

MARSHALL ISLANDS (Republic of)

SCHNELLHARDT

NAURU

SCHRÖDER

RWANDA

SJÖSTEDT

SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS

SORNOSA MARTÍNEZ

SÃO TOMÉ E PRÍNCIPE

VALENCIANO MARTÍNEZ-OROZCO

SEYCHELLES

VENETO

SOMALIA

VERGES

SURINAME

WIJKMAN

TIMOR-LESTE

WILLMOTT

VANUATU

ZÁBORSKÁ


ANNEX II

RECORD OF ATTENDANCE AT THE SESSION 19 TO 22 JUNE IN VIENNA

RADEMBINO-CONIQUET (Gabon), Co-President

KINNOCK, Co-President

DE SOUSA (Angola)

AGNOLETTO (2)  (5)

DUGUID (Barbados)

BEREND

AKPOVI (Benin) (VP)

BOWIS (VP)

SEBETELA (Botswana)

BUSK (2)  (3)  (4)

TAPSOBA (Burkina Faso)

CARLOTTI (VP)

HOPFFER ALMADA (Cape Verde)

CORNILLET (VP) (2)  (3)  (4)

NYASSA (Cameroon) (VP)

DEVA

SORONGOPE-ZOUMANDJI (Central African Republic)

DILLEN (2)  (3)

KAGUER DARBO (Chad)

EVANS (for FERREIRA) (2)  (3)  (4)

OBA APOUNOU (Congo, Republic of the)

FERNÁNDEZ MARTÍN (for LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE)

KOS’ISAKA NKOMBE(Congo, Democratic Republic of the)

GAHLER (VP)

AMON-AGO (Côte d’Ivoire)

GOEBBELS (for BULLMANN)

ABDI SAID (Djibouti)

GOMES (2)  (3)  (4)

NGUEMA OWONO (Equatorial Guinea) (VP)

GOUDIN (VP)

TSEGGAI (Eritrea)

GRABOWSKA

TOGA (Ethiopia)

GRÖNER

CAVUILATI (Fiji) (1)

HALL

MAKONGO (Gabon)

HAUG

NYAN-ALABOSON (Gambia) (1)

JARDIM FERNANDES

DUFU (Ghana) (VP) (1)

JOAN I MARÍ (VP) (4)  (5)

TOP (Guinea)

JÖNS (3)  (5)

BERNARD CHERON (Haiti)

KACZMAREK (2)  (4)  (5)

HAY WEBSTER (Jamaica) (VP)

KORHOLA (2)  (5)

KAMOTHO (Kenya) (VP)

KOZLÍK (2)

TIHELI (Lesotho) (1)

LEHIDEUX (2)  (3)

FANJAVA (Madagascar)

LULLING (VP)

MATOLA (Malawi)

MANTOVANI (VP) (4)  (5)

KEITA (Mali)

MARTENS

DEERPALSING (Mauritius)

MARTÍNEZ MARTÍNEZ (VP)

SITHOLE (Mozambique)

MAURO (for SARTORI)

GEINGOB (Namibia)

MAYER

ALMA (Niger)

McAVAN (4)  (5)

BAWA BWARI (Nigeria)

MITCHELL (VP) (3)  (4)  (5)

AIMO (Papua New Guinea)

MORGANTINI (for WURTZ) (3)  (4)

POLISI (Rwanda)

PLEGUEZUELOS AGUILAR

THOMAS (Saint Kitts and Nevis)

POMES RUIZ (for HERRANZ GARCÍA) (4)  (5)

FRANCOIS (Saint Lucia)

RIBEIRO E CASTRO (4)  (5)

STRAKER (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines) (VP)

ROITHOVÁ (2)  (3)

MENEZES (São Tomé e Príncipe)

SCHEELE

BARRY (Senegal)

SCHLYTER

CONTEH (Sierra Leone)

SCHMIDT

SANGA (Solomon Islands) (VP)

SCHNELLHARDT (2)  (4)  (5)

SITHOLE (South Africa)

SCHRÖDER

 

SORNOSA MARTÍNEZ (4)  (5)

GARANG DENG (Sudan)

SPERONI (2)  (3)

SOMOHARDJO (Suriname)

STURDY (3)  (4)

DLAMINI (Swaziland) (VP)

VAN DEN BERG (for DOBOLYI)

MPOROGOMYI (Tanzania)

VAN HECKE

AMORIM DIAS (Timor-Leste) (1)

VAN LANCKER (2)  (3)  (4)

KPADE (Togo)

WILLMOT

MUGAMBE (Uganda)

ZALESKI (for WIELAND) (4)  (5)

CHULUMANDA (Zambia) (VP)

ZANI

MZEMBI (Zimbabwe)

 

Observer:

Cuba: POLANCO, CASTRO

Also present:

ANGOLA

GRANDE

SERÃO

BARBADOS

HUMPHREY

BENIN

ADEOSSI

ADJAHI

CHACRAN

ZANNOU

BOTSWANA

BATLHOKI

MODISE

BURKINA FASO

KERE

LANKOANDE

TAHO

CAMEROON

AWUDU MBAYA

DANATA

MBAH

OUMAROU

CONGO (Republic of the)

ANDZEMBA

BOUNKOULOU

LEKOBA

CONGO (Democratic Republic of the)

WA MPOMBO

CÔTE D’IVOIRE

AMANI

MOLLE MOLLE

ZOUINGNON

DJIBOUTI

DAWALEH

EQUATORIAL GUINEA

ANDEME ELA

EVUNA ANDEME

MBA BELA

NKA OBIANG MAYE

ERITREA

TEKLE

ETHIOPIA

AHMEDIN

MOHAMED ALI

GEBRE-KIRSTOS

KEBEDE ABERA

YASIN

GABON

MILEBOU AUBUSSOU

MOUBELO

NDIMAL

NGOSSANGA

SANNI

GUINEA

BAUTIGUEL

BOUNTOURABI

DIARSO

HAITI

BEAUPLAN

JACINTHE

LUMERANT

PIERRE

RAYMOND

PRENDERGAST

KENYA

KIOKO

MUTHIGANI

POGHISIO

MALI

ASSARID

BA

DIALLO Baye

DIALLO Djimé

SYLLA

TRAORE

MAURITIUS

GUNESSEE

MOZAMBIQUE

ERNESTO

MIGUEL

NAMIBIA

DE WAAL

KEEJA

NIGER

ABDOURAHAMANE

ISSOUFOU

NIGERIA

ABOUWA GABASAWA

BAITACHI

GARBA

LAWAN

TAMBUWAL

UMELO

PAPUA NEW GUINEA

KARE

RWANDA

BONESHA

SIERRA LEONE

DABOR

SOLOMON ISLANDS

MAGGA

 

SOUTH AFRICA

AHMED

BAPELA

GIBSON

MAGAU

MARTINS

SOOKLAL

THAGE

SUDAN

ALLOBA

BEDRI

MUSTOFA

YAK

SURINAME

ESAJAS

HIWAT

RODGERS

SITAL

SWAZILAND

DLAMINI

ZEEMAN

TANZANIA

ZOKA

TOGO

ATI-ATCHA

KLUTSE

TOBA

UGANDA

ACEMAH

AMONGI

DOMBO

KAGORO

ZAMBIA

KAMANGA

MBEWE

MULENGA

ZIMBABWE

CHAMISA

CHIMBINDI

CHIRINDA

MUCHENGETI

MUTANDIRU

 

ACP-EU COUNCIL

ROJAS

Secretary of State (Dominican Republic), President-in-Office of the ACP Council

WINKLER

Secretary of State in the Federal Ministry for Foreign Affairs (Austria), President-in-Office of the EU Council

FREUNDENSCHUSS-REISCHL

Director-General for Development Cooperation (Austria)

EUROPEAN COMMISSION

MICHEL

Member of the Commission with responsibility for Development and Humanitarian Aid

MANDELSON

Member of the Commission with responsibility for External Trade

ACP-EU MINISTERIAL TRADE COMMITTEE

MILLER

Senior Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (Barbados)

MANDELSON

Member of the Commission with responsibility for External Trade

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (ESC)

AKOUETE

Member

BIRAHIMA

Member

KIRIRO

Member

VEVER

Member

TECHNICAL CENTRE FOR AGRICULTURAL AND RURAL COOPERATION (CTA)

BOTO

ACP SECRETARIAT

KAPUTIN

Co-Secretary-General

EU SECRETARIAT

NICKEL

Co-Secretary-General


(1)  Country represented by a person other than a Member of Parliament.

(2)  Present on 19 June 2006.

(3)  Present on 20 June 2006.

(4)  Present on 21 June 2006.

(5)  Present on 22 June 2006.


ANNEX III

ANNEX OF THE SITTING OF MONDAY, 19 JUNE 2006

Accreditation of non-parliamentarian representatives

FIJI

H.E. Mr Ratu Seremaia Tuinausori CAVUILATI

Ambassador of Fiji, Brussels

LESOTHO

H.E. Mrs Mamoruti TIHELI

Ambassador of Lesotho, Brussels

MAURITANIA

Mr Sidi LAGHDAF

First Counsellor, Embassy of Mauritania, Brussels

SEYCHELLES

H.E. Mr Callixte Francois-Xavier d'OFFAY

Ambassador of Seychelles, Paris

ST KITTS AND NEVIS

Dr Arnold THOMAS

Minister Counsellor, Embassy of St Kitts and Nevis, Brussels

TIMOR-LESTE

Mr José AMORIM

Ambassador of Timor-Leste, Brussels


ANNEX IV

RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED

on the role of regional integration in the promotion of peace and security (ACP-EU 3850/06/fin.)

on the problematics of energy in the ACP countries (ACP-EU 3765/06/fin.)

on fisheries and its social and environmental aspects in developing countries (ACP-EU 3847/06/fin.)

on the situation in Sudan (ACP-EU 3900/06/fin.)

on avian influenza (ACP-EU 3898/06/fin.)