C 77 E/90 Official Journal of the European Union EN 26.3.2004 Wednesday 24 September 2003 11. Explanations of vote Written explanations of vote: Explanations of vote submitted in writing under Rule 137(3) appear in the verbatim report of proceedings for this sitting. Oral explanations of vote: Report McCarthy A5-0238/2003: Nuala Ahern, Brian Crowley, Hiltrud Breyer, Jean-Maurice Dehousse, Daniela Raschhofer Report Jonckheer A5-0302/2003: Agnes Schierhuber Report Andersson A5-0259/2003: Carlo Fatuzzo, Francesco Enrico Speroni Report Gil-Robles Gil-Delgado and Tsatsos A5-0299/2003: Carles-Alfred Gasòliba i Böhm, Jean-Maurice Dehousse, Bernd Posselt, Francesco Enrico Speroni, Robert Goebbels 12. Corrections to votes Corrections to votes were submitted by the following Members: Report Brok A5-0306/2003 amendment 10 for: Paul Coûteaux, Fodé Sylla against: Marie Anne Isler Béguin, Lissy Gröner, W.G. van Velzen amendment 4 for: Fodé Sylla abstention: Walter Veltroni, Philip Claeys, Koenraad Dillen recommendation against: Fodé Sylla abstention: Geneviève Fraisse Report McCarthy A5-0238/2003 amendments 52, 54/rev and 68 (identical) against: Christa Klaß amendment 69 for: Klaus Hänsch, Marie-Thérèse Hermange, Olga Zrihen, Othmar Karas against: Hans-Gert Poettering, Godelieve Quisthoudt-Rowohl amendments 55/rev, 97 and 108 (identical) for: Marie Anne Isler Béguin, Pervenche Berès, Hubert Pirker, Olga Zrihen article 4, paragraph 1 amendment 16 cp against: Béatrice Patrie, Bernard Poignant, Othmar Karas, Michel Rocard article 4, paragraph 2 amendment 16 cp for: Nicole Thomas-Mauro abstention: Hubert Pirker article 4, paragraph 3 amendment 16 cp for: Christoph Werner Konrad amendment 70 for: Gilles Savary, Marie-Thérèse Hermange, Seán Ó Neachtain amendment 60 for: Marie-Thérèse Hermange, Bárbara Dührkop Dührkop 26.3.2004 EN Official Journal of the European Union C 77 E/91 Wednesday 24 September 2003 amendment 72 for: Marie-Thérèse Hermange amendment 76, second part for: Marie-Thérèse Hermange abstention: Charlotte Cederschiöld amendment 71, first part for: Fodé Sylla, Marie-Thérèse Hermange amendment 71, second part against: Charlotte Cederschiöld, José Ribeiro e Castro, Fodé Sylla amendments 115 and 34 (identical) for: Riitta Myller, Johanna L.A. Boogerd-Quaak amended proposal abstention: Frédérique Ries, Geneviève Fraisse legislative resolution for: Lone Dybkjær abstention: Frédérique Ries, Geneviève Fraisse Report Jonckheer A5-0302/2003 amendment 17 against: Charlotte Cederschiöld article 15, paragraph 1, point (b), indent 2 amendment 11 cp for: Gary Titley legislative resolution against: Marie-Thérèse Hermange, Alexander Radwan Report Andersson A5-0259/2003 amendment 8 against: Olga Zrihen, Struan Stevenson paragraph 14 for: Olga Zrihen amendment 9 for: Olga Zrihen amendment 5 against: Bernard Poignant amendment 6 against: Charlotte Cederschiöld resolution (as a whole) for: Marie-Hélène Gillig against: Marie Anne Isler Béguin abstention:Olga Zrihen Report José María Gil-Robles Gil-Delgado and Dimitris Tsatsos A5-0299/2003 amendment 78 for: Pernille Frahm amendment 79 for: Pernille Frahm abstention: Geneviève Fraisse paragraph 11, first part for: Alonso José Puerta, José Javier Pomés Ruiz against: Philip Bushill-Matthews, Torben Lund C 77 E/92 Official Journal of the European Union EN 26.3.2004 Wednesday 24 September 2003 paragraph 11, second part for: Alonso José Puerta, José Javier Pomés Ruiz against: Torben Lund abstention: Feleknas Uca amendment 27 for: Nicholas Clegg, Koenraad Dillen, Philip Claeys against: Christa Prets abstention: Arlette Laguiller, Armonia Bordes, Chantal Cauquil amendment 21 against: Rainer Wieland, Christoph Werner Konrad, Christa Prets, Sylvia-Yvonne Kaufmann, Alexander Radwan, Othmar Karas abstention: Arlette Laguiller, Armonia Bordes, Chantal Cauquil, Philip Claeys, Koenraad Dillen paragraph 13, first part for: Fodé Sylla, Christa Prets against: Konstantinos Alyssandrakis, Efstratios Korakas, Ilka Schröder paragraph 13, second part against: Rainer Wieland, Konstantinos Alyssandrakis, Jürgen Schröder paragraph 13, third part against: Konstantinos Alyssandrakis, Lone Dybkjær, Ilka Schröder abstention: Arlette Laguiller, Armonia Bordes, Chantal Cauquil paragraph 13, fourth part against: Konstantinos Alyssandrakis, Ilka Schröder abstention: Arlette Laguiller, Armonia Bordes, Chantal Cauquil paragraph 14 for: Ursula Schleicher amendment 16 for: Marie-Thérèse Hermange abstention: Efstratios Korakas paragraph 16, first part for: Charlotte Cederschiöld, Alexander Radwan against: Anna Terrón i Cusí, Torben Lund abstention: Fodé Sylla paragraph 16, second part abstention: Fodé Sylla paragraph 17 for: Lone Dybkjær against: Torben Lund abstention: Arlette Laguiller, Armonia Bordes, Chantal Cauquil paragraph 18, indent 3 for: Marie-Hélène Descamps against: Christopher Heaton-Harris, Christopher Heaton-Harris paragraph 18, indent 8 abstention: Arlette Laguiller, Armonia Bordes, Chantal Cauquil paragraph 19 against: Nuala Ahern paragraph 22 for: Sylvia-Yvonne Kaufmann, Othmar Karas against: Struan Stevenson amendment 72 against: Charlotte Cederschiöld 26.3.2004 EN Official Journal of the European Union C 77 E/93 Wednesday 24 September 2003 amendment 73 for: Philip Claeys, Koenraad Dillen against: Frédérique Ries abstention: Arlette Laguiller, Armonia Bordes, Chantal Cauquil amendment 88 abstention: Arlette Laguiller, Armonia Bordes, Chantal Cauquil paragraph 28, indent 1 abstention: Arlette Laguiller, Armonia Bordes, Chantal Cauquil amendment 82 for: Ilda Figueiredo against: Joan Colom i Naval amendment 7 against: Glyn Ford, Linda McAvan, Göran Färm abstention: Arlette Laguiller, Armonia Bordes, Chantal Cauquil paragraph 28, indent 3 (original text) against: Göran Färm amendment 7, paragraph 28, indent 3 against: Göran Färm paragraph 28, indent 3 for: Jacques Santer against: Ewa Hedkvist Petersen abstention: Arlette Laguiller, Armonia Bordes, Chantal Cauquil amendment 75 for: Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou against: Jonas Sjöstedt, Esko Olavi Seppänen amendment 19 against: Emmanouil Mastorakis amendment 20 abstention: Arlette Laguiller, Armonia Bordes, Chantal Cauquil paragraph 32 for: Geneviève Fraisse against: Cristiana Muscardini abstention: Arlette Laguiller, Armonia Bordes, Chantal Cauquil amendment 93 (CA) for: Ulla Margrethe Sandbæk against: Patricia McKenna amendment 13 for: Paul Coûteaux against: Elisabeth Schroedter, Charlotte Cederschiöld abstention: Arlette Laguiller, Armonia Bordes, Chantal Cauquil amendment 23 for: Ingo Friedrich, Mariotto Segni abstention: Paul Coûteaux resolution (as a whole) for: Astrid Thors, Alexander Radwan abstention: Geneviève Fraisse, Elizabeth Montfort * ** C 77 E/94 Official Journal of the European Union EN 26.3.2004 Wednesday 24 September 2003 Christian Foldberg Rovsing made a declaration of financial interest and therefore did not take part in the vote on the McCarthy report A5-0238/2003. END OF VOTING TIME (The sitting was suspended at 14.00 and resumed at 15.00.) IN THE CHAIR: José PACHECO PEREIRA Vice-President 13. Approval of Minutes of previous sitting The Minutes of the previous sitting were approved. 14. Middle East (statements followed by debate) Council and Commission statements: Middle East The following spoke: Roberto Antonione (President-in-Office of the Council) and Pascal Lamy (Member of the Commission), who each made statements. The following spoke: Hans-Gert Poettering, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Emilio Menéndez del Valle, on behalf of the PSE Group, Graham R. Watson, on behalf of the ELDR Group, Francis Wurtz, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Jan Dhaene, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, Gerard Collins, on behalf of the UEN Group, Bastiaan Belder, on behalf of the EDD Group, Philippe Morillon, Ioannis Souladakis, Claudio Mar- telli, Nelly Maes and Ulla Margrethe Sandbæk IN THE CHAIR: Giorgos DIMITRAKOPOULOS Vice-President The following spoke: Johannes (Hannes) Swoboda, Joan Vallvé, John Walls Cushnahan, François Zimeray, Nicholson of Winterbourne, Markus Ferber, Giovanni Claudio Fava, Jean-Thomas Nordmann, Charles Tan- nock, Willy C.E.H. De Clercq and Cristina Gutiérrez-Cortines. The debate closed. 15. Official welcome On behalf of Parliament, the President welcomed Abdou Diouf, former President of Senegal and Secretary- General of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie, to the official gallery. 16. Outcome of the World Trade Organisation Ministerial (Cancun, 10-14 Sept- ember 2003) (statements followed by debate) Council and Commission statements: Outcome of the World Trade Organisation Ministerial (Cancun, 10-14 September 2003). The following spoke: Adolfo Urso (President-in-Office of the Council), Pascal Lamy (Member of the Com- mission) and Franz Fischler (Member of the Commission), who each made statements. The following spoke: W.G. van Velzen, on behalf of the PPE-DE Group, Margrietus J. van den Berg, on behalf of the PSE Group, Elly Plooij-van Gorsel, on behalf of the ELDR Group, Philippe A.R. Herzog, on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group, Caroline Lucas, on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group, and Seán Ó Neachtain, on behalf of the UEN Group..