Economics And Security

AU 101

EC (01) 4

Original: English

NATO Parliamentary Assembly

DRAFT AGENDA

Town Hall, Vilnius, Lithuania, Monday 28 May 2001 – 9.45 am

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NB: Tuesday 29 May 14.15

Committee visit to Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant, Depart from President's Palace

1. Opening remarks by the Chairman, Mr Jos van Gennip (Netherlands)

2. Adoption of the draft Agenda [AU 101 EC (01) 4]

3. Adoption of the Minutes of the Economics and Security Committee meeting held in Berlin on Saturday 18 November 2000 [AT 259 EC (00) 13]

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

5. Presentation by Mr Petras Austervicius, Director of the European Committee, Government of Lithuania and Chief Negotiator for the EU Accession, followed by discussion

6. Presentation by a Speaker from European Commission, followed by discussion

7. Presentation by Mr Larry Siedentop, Keble College, Oxford University, followed by discussion

8. Consideration of the draft Interim Report of the Sub-Committee on East-West Economic Co‑operation and Convergence on Securing Continental Prosperity and Stability: The Prospects for EU Enlargement [AU 105 EC/EW (01) 5] by Mr Harry Cohen (United Kingdom), Rapporteur

9. Consideration of the draft Interim Report of the Sub-Committee on East-West Economic Co‑operation and Convergence on The Serbian Economy: Reconstruction and Transition Challenges for post-Milosevic Serbia [AU 104 EC/EW (01) 4] by Mr Harry Cohen (United Kingdom), Rapporteur

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10. Consideration of the draft Interim Report of the Sub-Committee on Transatlantic Economic Relations on Managing the Politics of Transatlantic Trade: Institutional and Political Challenges to Managing the North-American - EU Trade Relationship [AU 107 EC/TER (01) 4] by Mr John Tanner (United States) and Mr Rui Gomes Da Silva (Portugal), Co-Rapporteurs

11. Presentation of the draft General Report on Energy and Economic Security: The Importance of Energy in Transatlantic Economic and Strategic Security [AU 102 EC (01) 5] by Mr Paul Helminger (Luxembourg), General Rapporteur

12. Discussion of future activities of the Committee and the Sub-Committees

13. Date and place of next meeting

14. Closing remarks

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