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SPRING SESSION

BRATISLAVA, , 31 MAY - 3 JUNE 2019

Bratislava Castle

DRAFT PROGRAMME

Friday 31 May

14.30 - 15.30 Secretaries of Delegation Meeting (Music Hall)

15.30 - 17.30 Standing Committee Meeting (Knight’s Hall)

17.30 - 18.30 Meeting of the Working Group on Education and Communication about NATO (for members of the working group only) (Music Hall)

Evening reserved for embassies and consulates

Saturday 1 June

8.15 - 9.15 Meetings of the political groups* - Alliance of Liberals and Democrats (Music Hall) - Conservative, Christian Democrat and Associates (Knight’s Hall) - Socialist (Winter Riding Hall)

9.30 - 13.00 Committee Meetings - Defence and Security Committee (Winter Riding Hall) - Economics and Security Committee (Knight’s Hall) - Science and Technology Committee (Music Hall)

13.00 Break for lunch

14.30 - 18.00 Resumption of the Committee Meetings (same rooms)

19.45 Dinner for Members of the Standing Committee and Heads of Associate, Regional Partner and Mediterranean Associate Member delegations hosted by Mr Martin Fedor, Head of the Slovak Delegation, at the Historical Building of the National Council of the Slovak Republic

20.00 Dinner for Secretaries of Member, Associate, Regional Partner and Mediterranean Associate Member delegations hosted by Ms Barbora Škápíková, Secretary of the Slovak Delegation, on the Rivers Club Boat

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* At the request of the leaders of the political groups

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Sunday 2 June

9.00 - 13.00 Committee Meetings - Committee on the Civil Dimension of Security (Knight’s Hall) - Political Committee (Winter Riding Hall)

13.00 Break for lunch

14.30 - 18.00 Resumption of the Committee Meetings (same rooms)

20.00 Reception for all participants hosted by Mr , Speaker of the National Council of the Slovak Republic (TBC), at Červený Kameň Castle

Monday 3 June

8.45 Seating of delegates (Winter Riding Hall)

9.00 - 13.00 PLENARY SITTING

Address by Ms Madeleine Moon, President of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly

Address by Mr , President of the Slovak Republic

Address by Mr Andrej Danko, Speaker of the National Council of the Slovak Republic

Address by Mr , Prime Minister of the Slovak Republic

Address by Ambassador Alejandro Alvargonzález, Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs and Security Policy, NATO, followed by a question and answer period

Other speakers to be confirmed

Presentation and Vote on the Financial Documents

13.00 Closure of the Plenary Sitting

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