NATO PA 2010 Spring Session of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly LR Saeimas mājas lapa
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NATO PA 2010 Draft programme

NATO PA 2010 Draft programme

Riga, Latvia, 28 May-1 June 2010
International Exhibition Centre
Riga, Latvia


Friday 28 May

15.00 - 16.00 Meeting of the Secretaries of Delegation (Hall C)

Evening reserved for embassies and consulates


Saturday 29 May

8.00 - 9.00
                                

Meetings of the political groups*
- Conservative, Christian Democrat and Associates (Hall B)
- Alliance of Liberals and Democrats (Hall C)
- Socialist (Hall A)

9.15 - 13.00
                              

Committee Meetings
- Political Committee (Hall A)
- Economics and Security Committee (Hall B)
- Science and Technology Committee (Hall C)

13.00                           Break for lunch
14.00 - 17.30

Resumption of committee meetings (same rooms)

19.30       
Dinner for the Members of the Standing Committee and the Heads of Associate Delegations, hosted by Mrs Vaira Paegle, Head of the Latvian Delegation and Mr Nils Ušakovs, Mayor of Riga, at the House of Blackheads
20.00 Dinner for the Secretaries of Delegation, hosted by Ms Sandra Paura, Secretary of the Latvian Delegation, at the Museum of Latvian Railway History


Sunday 30 May

9.00 - 13.00

Committee Meetings
- Committee on the Civil Dimension of Security (Hall C)
- Defence and Security Committee (Hall A)

13.00                        Break for lunch
13.15 Ceremony marking the donation of books by Heads of Delegation to the Latvian National Library (Hall 2)
14.30 - 17.30 Resumption of the committee meetings (same rooms)
19.30 Reception for all participants hosted by Mr Gundars Daudze, Speaker of the Saeima, at  the Saeima Residence


Monday 31 May

8.45                         Standing Committee “family photo” (Hall A)
9.00 - 10.00 Meeting of the Standing Committee (Hall C)
10.00 - 11.45 NATO - Russia Parliamentary Committee Meeting
(for members of the Standing Committee and the leaders of the Russian Federation Delegation only) (Hall C)
12.15                       Departure of the Standing Committee from the Exhibition Centre to Jekaba Square
12.15                        Departure of other participants from the hotels to Jekaba Square
12.30 Ceremony marking the gift of a ‘Riga Session’ flowerbed to the city
  EXCURSION
13.00

Departure from Jekaba Square for one of the following*
Open-Air Museum
Visit to Rundāle Palace and Bauska Castle
Sigulda and Turaida
Līgatne Nature Trails and the Underground Bunker

19.00 Return to the session hotels


Tuesday 1 June

8.45                             Seating of delegates in Hall A
9.00

PLENARY SITTING

Address by Hon. John Tanner, President of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly

Address by Mr Gundars Daudze, Speaker of the Saeima

Address by Mr Valdis Dombrovskis, Prime Minister of Latvia, followed by a question and answer period

Gen. Abdul Rahim WARDAK, Defence Minister of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan

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

Address by General Egon Ramms, Commander, Allied Joint Force Command Brunssum, followed by a question and answer period

13.00                    Close of the meeting


*
At the request of the leaders of the political groups

 
 
Date Title
28.05.2010
15.00 - 16.00
Meeting of the Secretaries of Delegation
29.05.2010
08.00 - 09.00
Meetings of the political groups*
29.05.2010
09.15 - 13.00
Committee Meetings
29.05.2010
13.00
Break for lunch
29.05.2010
14.30 - 18.00
Resumption of committee meetings
29.05.2010
19.30
Dinner for the Members of the Standing Committee and the Heads of Associate Delegations
29.05.2010
20.00
Dinner for the Secretaries of Delegation
30.05.2010
09.00 - 13.00
Committee Meetings
30.05.2010
13.00
Break for lunch
30.05.2010
13.15
Ceremony marking the donation of books by Heads of Delegation to the Latvian National Library
30.05.2010
14.00 - 17.30
Resumption of the committee meetings
30.05.2010
19.30
Reception for all participants
31.05.2010
08.45
Standing Committee “family photo”
31.05.2010
09.00 - 10.00
Meeting of the Standing Committee
31.05.2010
10.00 - 11.45
NATO - Russia Parliamentary Committee Meeting

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