Science and Technology

AU 116

STC (01) 1

Original : English

NATO Parliamentary Assembly

DRAFT AGENDA

Conference Hall

Contemporary Art Centre, Vokieciu 2, 2001 Vilnius, Lithuania

Monday 28 May 2001 – 09.45

N.B. Tuesday 29 May at 14.15 – Departure from the President's Palace to Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant

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1. Opening remarks by the Chairman, Mr Pierre Claude Nolin (Canada)

2. Adoption of the draft Agenda [AU 116 STC (01) 1]

3. Adoption of the Minutes of the Science and Technology Committee meeting held in Berlin, Germany, on Sunday 19 November 2000 [AT 278 STC (00) 14]

4. Consideration of the Comments of the Secretary General of NATO, Chairman of the North Atlantic Council, on the Policy Recommendations adopted in 2000 by the NATO Parliamentary Assembly [AU 35 GEN (01) 9]

5. Consideration of the draft Special Report on Depleted Uranium in South-Eastern Europe: Use and Consequences by Mr Lothar Ibrügger (Germany), Special Rapporteur [AU 118 STC (01) 3]

6. Presentation on the Consequences of the Use of Depleted Uranium in the Balkans by Mr Pekka Haavisto, Chairman of the United Nations Environmental Programme on Depleted Uranium (UNEP DU) Assessment Team, Geneva

7. Consideration of the draft General Report on Safeguarding the Nuclear Complex in Russia and the Newly Independent States by Mr Vernon J. Ehlers (United States), General Rapporteur [AU 117 STC (01) 2]

PTO

8. Consideration of the Information Document on The Kyoto Agreement on Greenhouse Gases: Recent Developments by Sir Peter Emery (United Kingdom), Chairman of the Sub-Committee on the Proliferation of Military Technology [AU 122 STC/MT (01) 4]

9. Presentation on Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant by Vice-Minister on Economy

10. Consideration of the draft Interim Report of the Sub-Committee on the Proliferation of Military Technology on Technology and Terrorism by Mr Michael Mates (United Kingdom), Rapporteur [AU 121 STC/MT (01) 3]

11. Consideration of the draft Special Report on Nuclear Safety in Central and Eastern Europe by Mr Oliviu Gherman (Romania), Special Associate Rapporteur [AU 119 STC (01) 4]

12. Discussion on the Future Activities of the Committee

13. Activities of the Sub-Committee on the Proliferation of Military Technology presented by Sir Peter Emery (United Kingdom), Sub-Committee Chairman

14. Any other business

15. Date and place of next meeting

16. Closing remarks by the Chairman

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