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NATO Parliamentary Assembly

60TH ANNUAL SESSION

THE HAGUE, , 21 - 24 NOVEMBER 2014

World Forum, , Netherlands

DRAFT PROGRAMME

Friday 21 November

14.00 - 15.00 Secretaries of Delegation Meeting (Mississippi)

15.00 - 16.30 NATO PA Co-ordination Meeting (for members of the Bureau, Committee and Sub-Committee Chairpersons and Rapporteurs only) (Yangtze)

Evening reserved for embassies and consulates

Saturday 22 November

8.15 - 9.15 Meetings of the political groups* - Alliance of Liberals and Democrats (Yangtze) - Conservative, Christian Democrat and Associates (Mississippi) - Socialist (Amazon)

9.30 - 13.00 Committee Meetings - Committee on the Civil Dimension of Security (Mississippi) - Defence and Security Committee (Amazon) - Economics and Security Committee (Yangtze) - Political Committee (World Forum Theater)

13.00 Break for lunch

14.30 - 18.00 Resumption of the committee meetings (same rooms)

20.00 Dinner for Members of the Standing Committee and Heads of Associate, Regional Partner and Mediterranean Associate Member delegations hosted by Mr Han ten Broeke, Head of the Netherlands Delegation, Mrs Ankie Broekers-Knol, President of the Netherlands Senate, and Mrs , Speaker of the Netherlands House of Representatives, at Oude Zaal, House of Representatives

20.00 Dinner for Secretaries of Delegation of Member, Associate, Regional Partner and Mediterranean Associate Member delegations hosted by Mr Arjen Westerhoff, Secretary of the Netherlands Delegation, at Kantine De Visafslag

______* At the request of the leaders of the political groups PTO

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Sunday 23 November

8.30 - 12.30 Committee Meetings - Committee on the Civil Dimension of Security (Mississippi) - Defence and Security Committee (Amazon) - Political Committee (World Forum Theater) - Science and Technology Committee (Yangtze)

12.30 Break for lunch

13.30 - 16.00 Resumption of the committee meetings (same rooms)

16.30 - 18.30 Standing Committee Meeting (Mississippi)

19.30 Reception for all participants hosted by Mr Jozias Johannes van Aartsen, Mayor of The Hague, and the Netherlands Delegation, at the Atrium, City Hall, The Hague

Monday 24 November

8.45 Seating of delegates in the World Forum Theater

9.00 PLENARY SITTING

Order of speakers to be confirmed

Address by Mr Hugh Bayley, President of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly

Address by Mr , Prime of the Netherlands

Address by Mr , Secretary General of NATO and Chairman of the North Atlantic Council, followed by a question and answer period

Address by Mr Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary General, followed by a question and answer period

Address by Ms Rowinda Appelman, President of the Youth Atlantic Treaty Association

Address by Mr Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, former NATO Secretary General, followed by a question and answer period

Address by Mr Ilkka Kanerva, President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly

Address by Ms Saskia Stuiveling, President of the Netherlands Court of Audit, followed by a question and answer period

Other speakers to be confirmed

Debate and Vote on the Committee Resolutions

Election of Officers of the Assembly

Presentation by the Treasurer, Mr Marc Angel, and vote on the 2015 Draft Budget

17.00 Closure of the Plenary Sitting

International Secretariat November 2014

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