Parliamentary Assembly Assemblée parlementaire

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COMMITTEE ON THE HONOURING OF OBLIGATIONS AND COMMITMENTS BY MEMBER STATES OF THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE (MONITORING COMMITTEE)

Hearing on frozen conflicts jointly organised by the Monitoring Committee and the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP)

Berlin, 5-6 November 2007

(German , Marie-Elisabeth-Lüders-Haus, Adele-Schreiber-Krieger-Str. 1, 10117 Berlin Room 3.101, Tel. +49 30 227-31487/-31483, Fax: +49 30 227-30487)

Provisional list of participants

PARLIAMENTARIANS

MEMBERS OF THE MONITORING COMMITTEE OF THE PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY OF THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE

Mr Eduard LINTNER , Deputy, EPP/CD, Germany, Chairperson of the Monitoring Committee Ms Hanne SEVERINSEN , Member of the Folketing, ALDE, Denmark, First Vice-Chairperson of the Committee, Chairperson of the Delegation of Denmark to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Vice-Chairperson of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Mr Aydin ABBASOV , Deputy, SOC, Azerbaijan Mr Pedro AGRAMUNT , Deputy, EPP/CD, Spain, co-rapporteur on Monaco Mr József BERÉNYI , Deputy, EPP/CD, Slovakia, Mr Luc Van den BRANDE , Senator, EPP/CD, Belgium, co-rapporteur on Russia, Chairperson of the Group of the European People's Party of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Mr Mevlüt ÇAVU ŞOĞLU , Deputy, EDG, Turkey, co-rapporteur on Bosnia and Herzegovina, Chief Whip of the European Democrat Group to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Mr Sergej CHELEMENDIK , Deputy, EDG, Slovakia Mr Valeriu COSARCIUC , Deputy, ALDE, Moldova Ms Herta DÄUBLER-GMELIN , Deputy, SOC, Germany Mr Juris DOBELIS , Deputy, EDG, Latvia, Vice-Chairperson of the European Democrat Group to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Ms Josette DURRIEU , Senator, SOC, France, co-rapporteur on Moldova, Deputy Chairperson of the Delegation of France to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Auditor of the Socialist Group to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe

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Mr Mátyás EÖRSI , Deputy, ALDE, Hungary, co-rapporteur on Georgia, Chairperson of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Mr Marcel GLESENER , Deputy, EPP/CD, Luxemburg, Vice-Chairperson of the Delegation of Luxembourg to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Vice-Chairperson of the Group of the European People's Party to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Mrs Gultakin HAJIYEVA , Deputy, EPP/CD, Azerbaijan Mr Michael HANCOCK , Deputy, ALDE, United Kingdom, Vice-Chairperson of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Mr Davit HARUTIUNYAN , M.P., EDG, Armenia, Chairperson of the Delegation of Armenia to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Mr Andres HERKEL , Member of the Riigikogu, EPP/CD, Estonia, co-rapporteur on Azerbaijan, Chairperson of the Delegation of Estonia to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Mr Serhiy HOLOVATY , Deputy, ALDE, Ukraine, co-rapporteur on Montenegro, Vice-Chairperson of the Delegation of Ukraine to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Vice-Chairperson of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Mr Kastriot ISLAMI , Deputy, SOC, co-rapporteur on Georgia Mr Miloš JEVTI Ć, Member of Parliament, SOC, Serbia Ms Evguenia JIVKOVA , Member of Parliament, SOC, Bulgaria Mr Konstantin KOSACHEV , Member of the State Duma, EDG, Russian Federation, Chairperson of the Delegation of the Russian Federation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Mr Jaakko LAAKSO , Member of Parliament, UEL, Finland Mrs Sabine LEUTHEUSSER-SCHNARRENBERGER , Deputy, ALDE, Germany, Vice-Chairperson of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Mr Mikhail MARGELOV , Member of the Council of the Federation, EDG, Russian Federation, Vice- Chairperson of the Delegation of the Russian Federation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Chairperson of the European Democrat Group to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Mr Bernard MARQUET , Member of the National Council, ALDE, Monaco, Vice-Chairperson of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Mr Miloš MEL ČÁK , Deputy, SOC, Czech Republic Mr John PRESCOTT , Deputy, SOC, United Kingdom, Chairperson of the Delegation of the United Kingdom to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Mr Andrea RIGONI , Deputy, ADLE, Italy, Chairperson of the Delegation of Italy to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Mr Dario RIVOLTA , Deputy, EPP/CD, Italy, Vice-Chairperson of the Group of the European People's Party to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Mr Armen RUSTAMYAN , Member of Parliament, SOC, Armenia, Vice-Chairperson of the Delegation of Armenia to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Mr Kimmo SASI , Member of Parliament, EPP/CD, Finland, co-rapporteur on Bosnia and Herzegovina Mr Samad SEYIDOV , Deputy, EDG, Azerbaijan, Chairperson of the Delegation of Azerbaijan to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Vice-Chairperson and Auditor of the European Democrat Group to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Mr Leonid SLUTZKY , Member of the State Duma, SOC, Russian Federation, co-rapporteur on Monaco, Vice-Chairperson of the Delegation of the Russian Federation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Ms Elena TEVDORADZE , Deputy, ALDE, Georgia Mr Egidijus VAREIKIS , Deputy, EPP/CD, Lithuania, co-rapporteur on Moldova, Vice-Chairperson of the Delegation of Lithuania to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Vice- Chairperson of the Group of the European People's Party to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Mr Andrej ZERNOVSKI , M.P., ALDE, ''the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia'' Mr Emanuelis ZINGERIS , Deputy, EDG, Lithuania

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MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL DELEGATIONS TO THE PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY OF THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE

Mr Andris B ĒRZINŠ , Deputy, ALDE, Latvia, member of the Political Affairs Committee and of the Social, Health and Family affairs Committee, Chairperson of the Delegation of Latvia to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Mr Giorgi BOKERIA , Deputy, ALDE, Georgia, third Vice-Chair of the Political Affairs Committee, Chairperson of the Delegation of Georgia to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Vice-Chairperson of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Ms Angelika GRAF , Deputy, SOC, Germany, member of the Committee on Migration, Refugees and Population Mr Holger HAIBACH , Deputy, EPP/CD, Germany, Member of the Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights, Auditor of the Group of the European People's Party to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Mr Joachim HÖRSTER , Deputy, EPP/CD, Germany, Vice-President of the Parliamentary Assembly, Chairperson of the Delegation of Germany to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Vice-Chairperson of the Group of the European People's Party to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Ms Natalia NAROCHNITSKAYA , Member of the State Duma, UEL, Russian Federation, Member of the Political Affairs Committee Ms Mirosslava N ĔMCOVÁ , Deputy, EDG, Czech Republic, Member of the Political Affairs Committee and of the Committee on Culture, Science and Education Lord RUSSELL-JOHNSTON , Member of the House of Lords, ALDE, United Kingdom, Member of the Political Affairs Committee, Honorary President of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Mr Rainer STEENBLOCK , Deputy, SOC, Germany, Member of the Committee on the Environment, Agriculture and Local and Regional Affairs and of the Political Affairs Committee Mr Vladimir ŢURCAN , Deputy, SOC, Moldova, Substitute in the Committee on Rules of Procedure and Immunities

OTHER PARLIAMENTARY REPRESENTATIVES

Mr Otary ARSHBA , Russian Federation Mr Chingiz ASADULLAYEV , Azerbaijan Mr Asim MOLLAZADA , Azerbaijan Mr Zahid ORUJOV , Azerbaijan

HOST COUNTRY

MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT

Mr Thomas BAREISS , CDU/CSU-group, Member of the Committee on the Affairs of the European Union Mr , SPD-Group, Former Secretary of state at the German Ministry of Defence Mr , CDU/CSU-group, Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs Mr , Vice-Chairman of the CDU/CSU-Group, Coordinator of the German-Russian Intersocietal Cooperation at the German Foreign Office Mr , CDU/CSU-group, Speaker of the CSU-regional group on Foreign Affairs, Defence, Affairs of the EU, Economic Cooperation and Development, Human Rights and Humanitarian Aid; Member of the Committee on the Affairs of the European Union Mr Gert WEISSKIRCHEN , SPD-group, Speaker for foreign policy of the SPD-group and Member of the German delegation at the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Mr Karl-Georg WELLMANN , DU/CSU-Group, Member of the Committee on Foreign Policy

MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS

Mr Dieter BODEN

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Mrs Margit HELLWIG-BÖTTE Mr Johannes REGENBRECHT Mr Thomas SCHULTZE

SECRETARIAT OF THE BUNDESTAG

Mr Christoph BECKER , Assistant, Office MP Mr Hans-Henner BECKER , Secretary of Delegation Ms Anna COMINA , Assistant, Office MP Marieluise Beck Mr Rainer DORNSEIFER , Legal Assistant, Referent Council of Europe/WEU Mr Fabian FAULENBACH , Assistant, Office MP Gert Weisskirchen Mr Markus GIESECKE , Assistant, Office MP Gert Weisskirchen Mrs Irene HAHN , Assistant, Office MP Rainer Steenblock Mr Uwe HIKSCH , Assistant, Office MP Hakki Keskin Ms Ilija KALININ , Assistant, Office MP Andreas Schockenhoff Mr Heiko LANGNER , Assistant, Office MP Hakki Keskin Mrs Lilli RISTO , Secretary of Delegation Mr Alexander SCHWAN , Trainee

GUESTS

Mr Gayane APINYAN Mr Fritjof von NORDENSKJÖLD , former Ambassador, German Society for Foreign Policy Mr Zeno REICHENBECHER , Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology Mr Jürgen SCHMITZ Mr Eckart STRATENSCHULTE

MINISTRIES

Mr Araz AZIMOV , Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Azerbaijan Mr Tofig MUSAYEV , Head of the Department of Foreign Policy Planning and Strategic Research of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Azerbaijan Mr David BAKRADZE , State Minister for Conflict Settlement, Georgia Mr Valery KENYAYKIN , Ambassador at large, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Russian Federation Mr Varujan NERSISYAN , Member of Nagorno Karabakh conflict negotiation group, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Armenia Mr Valery NESTERUSHKIN , Ambassador at large, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Russian Federation Mr Vasilii ŞOVA , Minister of Reintegration, Moldova

EXPERTS

Mr Jonathan COHEN , Co-Director, Caucasus Programme Mr Svante CORNELL , Research Director of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute & Silk Road Studies Programme Mr Bruno COPPIETERS , Professor of Political science, University of Brussels Mr Uwe HALBACH , German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP) Mr Sergey MARKEDONOV , Head of the Department of inter-ethnic relations, Institute of Political and Ministry Analysis Mr Kálmán MIZSEI , EU Special Representative for Moldova Mr Nicu POPESCU , Research fellow, European Council on Foreign Relations, London Office Mr Peter SEMNEBY , EU Special Representative in South Caucasus Mr James SHERR , Fellow, Advanced Research & Assessment Group, Defence Academy of the United Kingdom

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Mr Vladimir SOCOR , Senior Research Fellow, Jamestown Foundation Mr Stefan WOLFF , Professor of Political Science, School of Politics and International Relations

SECRETARIES OF NATIONAL DELEGATIONS

Mr Xavier DUPRIEZ , Principal Administrator, European Affairs Directorate, Senate, France Ms Estera MKRTUMYAN , Chief Specialist to the External Relations Department, Armenia Ms Marija STEFANOVA , Co-secretary, Advisor to the International Co-operation Department, "the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" Ms Anna TSITSINA , Assistant of Mr Margelov Mr Ilias UMAKHANOV , Assistant of Mr Margelov

COMMITTEE OF MINISTERS

Mr Eberhard KÖLSCH , Permanent Representative of Germany, Chairman of the Rapporteur Group on Democracy (GR-DEM) Mr Per SJÖGREN , Permanent Representative of Sweden, Chairman of the Monitoring Group (GT- SUIVI.AGO)

PERMANENT REPRESENTATIONS TO THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE

Mr Zaur AKHMADOV , Deputy to the Permanent Representative, Azerbaijan Ms Jamila ALIYEVA , Azerbaijan Mr Arif MAMMADOV , Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative of Azerbaijan Ms Ba şak TU Ğ, Deputy to the Permanent Representative, Turkey

NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS

Mr Mehmet BALCI , Programme Director, Geneva Call Mr David DARCHIASHVILI , Executive Director, Open Society Georgia Foundation Mr Dennis SAMMUT , Executive Director, LINKS

OTHER PARTICIPANTS

Mr Aureliu CIOCOI , Councillor, Embassy of Moldova in Germany Mr Igor CORMAN , Ambassador of Moldova in Germany Ms Silvia DANIELAK , University of Maastricht Mr Levan DUCHIDZE , Ambassador of Georgia in Germany Ms Marianne MIKKO , Head of Moldova delegation in European Parliament Mr Mark FAWCETT , Team coordinator of the EU Special Representative in South Caucasus

MEMBERS OF COUNCIL OF EUROPE SECRETARIAT

SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVES OF THE SECRETARY GENERAL

Mr Igor GAON , Special Representative of the Secretary General for Georgia Mr Vladimir RISTOVSKI , Special Representative of the Secretary General for Moldova

SECRETARIAT OF THE PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY

Political and Legal Affairs Directorate

Ms Jane DINSDALE , Director

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Political Affairs Committee

Ms Agnieszka NACHILO , Secretary to the Committee

Committee on the Honouring of Obligations and Commitments by Member States of the Council of Europe (Monitoring Committee)

Mrs Caroline RAVAUD , Head of the Secretariat Mrs Despina CHATZIVASSILIOU , Secretary to the Committee Mrs Ivi-Triin ODRATS , Deputy Secretary to the Committee Mr Artemy KARPENKO , Deputy Secretary to the Committee Ms Martine FRITSCH , Archivist Ms Anne-Marie KLEIN , Assistant

Communication Unit

Ms Nathalie BARGELINI , Principal administrative assistant

DIRECTORATE OF POLITICAL ADVICE AND CO-OPERATION

Ms Claudia LUCIANI, Head of Division I

EUROPEAN COMMISSION FOR DEMOCRACY THROUGH LAW (V ENICE COMMISSION )

Mr Thomas MARKERT , Deputy Secretary of the Commission

OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS

Mr Alexandre GUESSEL , Deputy to the Director of the Office

INTERPRETERS

Ms Christina BALAS M. Olaf BROSIG Ms Helen FERGUSON Ms Catherine GAY M. Vladislav GLASUNOV Ms Anna KREISEL Ms Eliana MAGGIO GRAW Ms Louise MAYER Ms Annick REPELLIN-HOLZGREVE Ms Natalya YENA

MINUTES WRITERS

Ms Céline LAMY Mr Richard LEBARON

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