9.12.2006 EN Official Journal of the European Union C 300 E/281 Thursday 15 June 2006 Vladimír Špidla (Member of the Commission) answered the oral questions. The following spoke: Iles Braghetto, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Katerina Batzeli, on behalf of the PSE Group, Jean Marie Beaupuy, on behalf of the ALDE Group, Thomas Wise, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, Charles Tannock, on Thomas Wise's remarks, Inés Ayala Sender (standing in for Rosa Miguélez Ramos), Anne Laperrouze, Christa Klaß, Ari Vatanen (standing in for Joseph Daul, Chairman of the AGRI Commit- tee), Astrid Lulling, Werner Langen, Albert Jan Maat, Vladimír Špidla, Astrid Lulling and Inés Ayala Sender, the latter two to put questions to the Commission, which Vladimír Špidla answered. The debate closed. 14. Debate on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law (debate) (For the titles and authors of the motions for resolutions, see Minutes of 13.06.2006, Item 5) 14.1. East Timor Motions for resolution B6-0337/2006, B6-0359/2006, B6-0362/2006, B6-0364/2006 and B6-0367/2006 Raül Romeva i Rueda, Pedro Guerreiro, Anneli Jäätteenmäki, John Bowis, Ana Maria Gomes and Marcin Libicki introduced motions for resolutions. The following spoke: Charles Tannock, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, John Attard-Montalto, on behalf of the PSE Group, Alyn Smith, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Kathy Sinnott, on behalf of the IND/DEM Group, and Vladimír Špidla (Member of the Commission). The debate closed. Vote: Minutes of 15.06.2006, Item 18.1. 14.2. Syria: Human rights violations Motions for resolution B6-0342/2006, B6-0350/2006, B6-0360/2006, B6-0365/2006, B6-0370/2006 and B6-0372/2006 Marios Matsakis, Józef Pinior, Tobias Pflüger, Jana Hybášková and Alyn Smith introduced motions for resol- utions. The following spoke: Bogusław Sonik, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Marek Aleksander Czarnecki, Non- attached Member, Tadeusz Zwiefka, Michael Gahler and Vladimír Špidla (Member of the Commission). The debate closed. Vote: Minutes of 15.06.2006, Item 18.2. 14.3. North Korea: Human rights violations Motions for resolution B6-0341/2006, B6-0361/2006, B6-0363/2006, B6-0366/2006, B6-0368/2006 and B6-0369/2006 István Szent-Iványi, Erik Meijer, Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oedenberg, Bernd Posselt, Bastiaan Belder and Raül Romeva i Rueda introduced motions for resolutions. C 300 E/282 Official Journal of the European Union EN 9.12.2006 Thursday 15 June 2006 The following spoke: Ryszard Czarnecki, Non-attached Member, Koenraad Dillen and Vladimír Špidla (Member of the Commission). The debate closed. Vote: Minutes of 15.06.2006, Item 18.3. 15. Membership of Parliament Terence Wynn had given notice in writing of his resignation as Member of Parliament, with effect from 28.08.2006. Pursuant to Rule 4(1), Parliament established the vacancy with effect from that date and informed the national authorities concerned thereof. 16. Verification of credentials On a proposal from the JURI Committee, Parliament validated the mandates of Donata Gottardi, Marco Cappato, Carlo Casini, Corrado Gabriele, Andrea Losco, Eugenijus Maldeikis, Aldo Patriciello, Gianluca Susta, Armando Veneto and Donato Tommaso Veraldi. 17. Membership of committees and delegations Request from the PPE-DE Group for the following decision to be ratified: — Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee Salvador Garriga Polledo was no longer a member of the delegation. Request from the PSE Group for the following appointments to be ratified: — ECON Committee: Donata Gottardi — JURI Committee: Achille Occhetto — Delegation for relations with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union (including Libya): Donata Gottardi Request from the ALDE Group for the following appointments to be ratified: — Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee: Gianluca Susta — Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan and EU-Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Com- mittees and Delegation for relations with Tadjikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia: Luigi Cocilovo — Delegation for relations with Mercosur: Andrea Losco Request from the UEN Group for the following appointments to be ratified: — ITRE Committee: Eugenijus Maldeikis to replace Sebastiano (Nello) Musumeci — REGI Committee: Sebastiano (Nello) Musumeci to replace Hanna Foltyn-Kubicka — CULT Committee: Hanna Foltyn-Kubicka. These decisions and appointments would be deemed ratified if no comments were made before the approval of these Minutes..