Programme Outline for a Spring Session
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042 SESA 14 E rev. 4 NATO Parliamentary Assembly 60TH ANNUAL SESSION THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS, 21 - 24 NOVEMBER 2014 World Forum, The Hague, 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 Anouchka van Miltenburg, 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 042 SESA 14 E rev. 4 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 Mark Rutte, Prime Minister of the Netherlands Address by Mr Jens Stoltenberg, 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 2 .