Brussels, 10/11/2004 (Agence Europe) - The Assembly of the Western European Union inter-parliamentary European Security and Defence Assembly, to be held from 29 November to 1 December in Paris, will provide an opportunity to discuss European security policy, amongst other things, fifty years after the modified Treaty of Brussels was signed, plus the European Constitution and transatlantic relations. Here is the full agenda.
Monday 29 November
speech by President of the Assembly
report by Antonio Nazaré Pereira (Federated group, Portugal) on European security policy fifty years after the modified Treaty of Brussels was signed
report by Lord Russell Johnson (Liberal, Scotland) on European Constitution: parliamentary follow-up and public opinion
speech by Bernard Bot, Dutch Foreign Minister, on behalf of the Presidency of the WEU/EU Council
speech by Javier Solana, the EU's representative for CFSP and Secretary General of the WEU/EU.
Tuesday 30 November
report by Antonio Braga (Socialist, Portugal) on the Assembly's expenditure in 2003
reports by Cristina Lucyga (Social Democrat, Germany) on the budgets of WEU ministerial bodies for 2004 and the Assembly's draft budget for 2005
report by Jean-Pierre Masseret (French Socialist) and Marco Zacchera (Federated group, Italy) on stability and security in the Caucasus
speech by the Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan, Elmar Mammadyarov
report by Edward O'Hara (Labour, UK) on cooperation in acquisitions of defence systems in Europe
report by Philippe Monfils (Liberal, Belgium) on transatlantic cooperation in defence technology
speech by Luc Frieden, Luxembourg's defence Minister, on behalf of future Presidency of the WEU/EU Council
speech by NATO Deputy Secretary General, Alessandro Minuto Rizzo
report by Antonio Braga on unmanned combat air vehicles and military aeronautics of the future
report by Renzo Gubert (Federated group, Italy) on the space dimension of ESDP
Wednesday 1 December
report by Elvira Cortajarena Iturrioz (Socialist, Spain) on inter-parliamentary cooperation between the Mediterranean countries
speech by George Iacovou, Cypriot Foreign Minister
report by Stef Goris (Liberal, Belgium) on the EU and peace-keeping in Africa
speech by Olivier Kamitatu, president of the Assembly of the Democratic Republic of Congo
election of the President of the Assembly (the political groups have agreed on Stef Goris to replace Armand De Decker, who has become a Minister)
report by Elsa Papdimitriou (Federated group, Greece) on the new challenges for transatlantic cooperation in security matters
report by John Wilkinson (Federated group, UK) on the deployment of European forces in the Balkans
speech by the President of the Republic of Albania, Alfred Moisiu.