21.   Then there was the idea of a European social convention, raised last December by former prime minister Edouard Balladur.

22.   Russia has pledged to sign the protocol of the European convention on human rights concerning the death penalty within three years.

23.   Saunders argued that he had been deprived of a fair trial as guaranteed by article six of the European convention of human rights.

24.   She also said she would push for application of a European convention that would allow Agca to apply for transfer to a jail in Turkey.

25.   Subsequent debates will concern the recent elections in Bosnia-Hercegovina, the situation in Albania, and a European convention on bioethics.