NATO PA SPRING SESSION TO BE HELD IN
Madeira,
Portugal
25-28 May 2007
Portugal
will host the NATO Parliamentary Assembly's Spring Session, bringing together in
Madeira
some 340 parliamentarians from North
America
and Europe,
from 25 –28
May 2007.
The
Plenary session on Friday 25 will be addressed by NATO PA's President, Jose
LELLO followed by Mr
José SOCRATES, Prime Minister of Portugal. The session will be marked by the
presence of NATO Secretary General Jaap DE HOOP SCHEFFER and the prime Minister
of the FYR of Macedonia*,
Nikola GRUEVSKI.
NATO PA's five committees (Political, Defence and Security,
Science and Technology, Civil Dimension of Security, Economics and Security)
will meet on Saturday 26 and Sunday 27 and be addressed by guest speakers.
The
NATO PA Session will address the major issues on the NATO agenda, notably
operations in Afghanistan,
NATO transformation, relations with partner countries, democratic governance in
the Black Sea Region, NATO-EU operational Co-operation, the NATO burden-sharing
debate, missile proliferation and missile defence systems.
Bringing
together members of parliaments throughout the Atlantic Alliance, the NATO
Parliamentary Assembly has provided for half a century an essential link between
NATO and the parliaments of the NATO nations, helping to build parliamentary and
public consensus in support of Alliance
policies.
At
the same time, it has facilitated parliamentary awareness and understanding of
key security issues and provided greater transparency of NATO policies.
Crucially, it has also helped to maintain and strengthen the transatlantic
relationship which underpins the Alliance.
Since
the end of the Cold War the Assembly has assumed a new role by integrating into
its work parliamentarians from those countries in Central and Eastern Europe
(CEE) and beyond who seek a closer association with NATO. This integration has
provided both political and practical assistance and has contributed to the
strengthening of parliamentary democracy throughout the Euro-Atlantic region,
thereby complementing and reinforcing NATOÂ’s own programme of partnership and
co-operation.
Programme
for the Press (under
construction)
Press
Conferences
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The
NATO PA President's, Jose Lello, press conference will take place in Room 5,
Pavilion B, at the Tecnopolo Conference Center on Friday 25 May at 11:00.
Media accreditation
q
Request
for accreditation form (link
to form)
Media
representatives in Portugal
or abroad who wish to cover the Session meetings should complete the "request
for accreditation" form and send it to the address below. For all information concerning
accreditation or services available to the media also please contact:
AIMS
INTERNATIONAL
Antonio SILVA
Rua Garret, 61 –
3º
1200-203
Lisboa,
Portugal
Tel.: +351 21 324 50
40
Fax: +351 21 324 50 50
antonio.silva@aims-international.com
For
specific questions regarding NATO PA please contact
Roberta
Calorio, Media Relations Co-ordinator
Phone
: + 32(0)2 50 48 154
Fax :
+ 32 2513 59 23
e-mail
: press@nato-pa.int
Place
du Petit Sablon 3, 1000 Brussels,
Belgium
Switchboard:
+ 32 (0) 2 513 59 23
website:
http:// www.nato-pa.int
News
and information is routinely places on the NATO PA website. Check the ‘Latest
NewsÂ’ File