Brussels, 08/06/2001 (Agence Europe) - The agenda of the plenary session to open in Strasbourg on Monday has also been slightly changed. Thus, at a request by the EPP Group, there was deferral of the vote on the resolution by Eva Klamt (CDU, Germany) on the proposal of decision relating to combating the trade in human beings. Only the amendments will be voted. The postponement of the decision is intended to put pressure on the Council which, according to the EPP-ED Group, would follow examination of the text without taking the opinions of the EP into account.
Furthermore: on 12 June, Commissioner Pascal Lamy will issue a communication on the proposal of regulation on the generalised system of preferences for the period 2002-2004; and at night session, discussions will be on the report by Bill Miller (British Labour) on the definitive cessation of the functions of officials at the European Commission and on the report by Malcolm Harbour (British conservative) on universal services in the field of telecommunications, as well as that by Astrid Lulling (EPP, Luxembourg) on structural statistics on enterprise and by Janelly Fourtou (EPP-Ed, France) on silicone breast implants; on 13 June, there will be a solemn session with Boris Trajkowsky, President of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia; - and on 14 June, topical issues will be devoted to the convention on biological and poisonous weapons, the situation in the Central African Republic, Nepal, Angola and human rights.