The European Parliament will meet in Strasbourg in plenary session from Monday 23 to Thursday 26 September 2002. The main points on the agenda are as follows: · Status of refugee (draft directive of the Council containing provisions on the attribution of refugee status to stateless citizens of third countries or to persons otherwise in need of international protection, as well as minimum norms on the content of the status of protection (rapporteur: Lambert); · Common procedure for asylum and internal security (rapporteur: Evans);· General discussion on the general budget of the European Union for 2003; · Guidelines on employment (rapporteur: Schmid); · Declarations of the Council and of the Commission Conclusions of the world Simmit on sustainable development (Johannesburg, 26.08/4.09.2002); · Declarations of the Council and of the Commission International Penal Court; · Joint Discussion PESC (common foreign and security policy); · Declarations of the Council and of the Commission Middle East; · Economic partnership accords with the ACP (rapporteur: Boudjenah).
