Udenrigsudvalget 2013-14, Forsvarsudvalget 2013-14
URU Alm.del Bilag 122, FOU Alm.del Bilag 76
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INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
“CONTRIBUTION OF PARLIAMENTS TO NATO ENLARGEMENT”
27–28 March 2014Seimas of the Republic of LithuaniaVilniusDRAFT PROGRAMME
Thursday, 27 March
Arrival of the participants19.00Dinner hosted by Artūras PAULAUSKAS, Chair of the Seimas Committee onNational Security and Defence, and Prof Benediktas JUODKA, Chair of theSeimas Committee on Foreign AffairsVenue: Old Arsenal, National Museum of Lithuania, Arsenalo g. 3, Vilnius
Friday, 28 March
8.00–9.00Registration of the participantsVenue: Stained Glass Gallery, Building 1 of the SeimasOPENING SESSION
Venue: Hall of the Act of 11 March, Building 1 of the Seimas9.00–9.20Welcome address by President Valdas ADAMKUS (tbc)Welcome address by Prof Benediktas JUODKA, Chair of the SeimasCommittee on Foreign AffairsWelcome address by Artūras PAULAUSKAS, Chair of the Seimas Committeeon National Security and Defence
SESSION I
European States on the road of trans-Atlantic integration after the Cold War: main
achievements and the role of parliaments
Venue: Hall of the Act of 11 March, Building 1 of the SeimasSpeakers:
Dr. h.c. Karl A. LAMERS, Vice-President of the NATO ParliamentaryAssembly
09.30–09.50
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09.50–10.10
Adam SCHIFF, Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Chairman ofthe Baltic Caucus (tbc)Linas LINKEVIČIUS, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic ofLithuania (tbc)Ion MOCIOALCĂ, Chairman of the Committee for Defence, Public Order andNational Security, Chamber of Deputies of Romania (tbc)DebateFamily photoVenue: Hall of the Act of 11 March, Building 1 of the SeimasEnd of the Session
10.10–10.30
10.30–10.50
10.50–12.0012.00–12.15
12.15–13.30
LunchVenue: Stained Glass Gallery, Building 1 of the SeimasPress conferenceVenue: Press Conference Hall, Building 2 of the Seimas
13.15–13.30
SESSION II
Towards the 2014 NATO Summit: prospects and implications of possible NATO
enlargement in view of addressing new security challenges
Venue: Hall of the Act of 11 March, Building 1 of the SeimasSpeakers:
Juozas OLEKAS, Minister of National Defence of the Republic of LithuaniaRepresentative of NATO (tbc)Lieutenant General Arvydas POCIUS, Chief of Defence of the Republic ofLithuaniaBoris TARASIUK, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Cooperation betweenthe Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine and NATO (tbc)Irakli SESIASHVILI, Chairman of the Defence and Security Committee,Parliament of GeogiaDebateEnd of the ConferenceDeparture of participants.
13.30–13.5013.50–14.1014.10–14.30
14.30–14.50
14.50–15.10
15.10–16.0016.00