Assembly of Western European Union
The interim European Security and Defence Assembly
"Revising the European security concept
- Responding to new risks"
COLLOQUY
German Bundestag, Berlin, Wednesday 2 and Thursday 3 May 2001
DRAFT PROGRAMME
|
Wednesday 2 May
| 09.00 |
Registration opens (East
entrance, Reichstag Building) |
| 10.00-12.00 |
Architectural tour of Old
and New Berlin (buses from and to the Reichstag
building) |
| (12.00 |
Meetings of certain
political groups) |
| 14.30 |
Opening addresses
(Hemicycle of the Bundestag)
- Mr Klaus Bühler,
MdB, President of the Assembly
- Dr Friedbert Pflüger,
MdB, Chairman of the Bundestag Committee on European
Affairs
- Dr Walter
Stützle, State Secretary for Defence, German Defence
Ministry
- Ambassador Roland
Wegener, Deputy Secretary-General of WEU
|
| 15.00 |
First sitting
Chairman: Mr Klaus Bühler, MdB,
President of the Assembly
Challenges to Europe's
Security
- Types and areas of risk
- Mr Mircea Geoana,
Minister for Foreign Affairs of Romania, Chairman-in-Office of the
OSCE
- Development and proliferation of
weapons of mass destruction and their means of delivery
- Dr Harald
Müller, Peace Research Institute, Frankfurt
Debate
|
| 16.45 |
Second Sitting
Chairman: Mr Jim Marshall, MP,
Chairman of the Political Committee
Political responses to the
challenges
- Conflict prevention and civilian crisis
management
- Ambassador Anders
Oljelund, Permanent Representative of Sweden to the WEU
Council, representing Mrs Anna Lindh, Minister for Foreign Affairs
of Sweden (EU Presidency)
- Mr Lars-Erik Lundin,
Head of the European Commission Security Policy Unit, representing
Mr Chris Patten, European Commissioner
- Development of non-proliferation and
armaments control regimes
- Ambassador Rolf
Ekèus, Chairman, Governing Board, Stockholm
International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), Member of UN
Secretary-Generals Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters
- Earth observation as a means for
conflict prevention and crisis management
- Mr Fernando Davara,
Director, WEU Satellite Centre
Debate
|
| 18.15 |
Close of
sitting |
| 18.30 |
Leave the Reichstag by
coach |
| 19.15 |
Dinner and cruise at the
invitation of Mr Wolfgang Thierse MdB, President of the German
Bundestag |
| 21.15 |
Return to hotels (scheduled
arrival circa 22.00) |
Thursday 3 May
| 09.00 |
Third Sitting
Chairman: Mr Dieter Schloten, MdB,
Chairman of the Defence Committee
Military responses to the
challenges
- Military crisis management
- General Rainer
Schuwirth, Director General, EU Military Staff
- General Holger
Sammet, Policy Branch Chief, SHAPE
Debate
|
| 09.45 |
- Missile defence and the future of
deterrence - towards a renewed arms race?
- Personal Representative of the US Secretary of
Defence
- Colonel General Valery
Manilov, First Deputy Chief-of-Staff of the Russian Armed
Forces
- Mr Pascal Boniface,
Director, Instititut de relations internationales et
stratégiques (IRIS), Paris
Debate
|
| 12.30 |
Close of the
sitting |
| 13.00-14.15 |
Buffet lunch under the
Reichstag Dome hosted by Mr Klaus Bühler MdB, President of the
Assembly |
| 14.30 |
Fourth sitting
Chairman: Mr Klaus Bühler, MdB,
President of the Assembly
Towards a new European security
concept
- European cooperation
- Mr Franciscus Gerardus de
Grave, Minister for Defence of the Netherlands,
Co-Chairman-in-office of the WEU Council
- Mr Herbert Scheibner,
Minister for Defence of Austria
- Mr Emile Blanc,
Chairman of Eurodéfense, Chairman of France Conversia
- Russia's place in Europe
- Dr Dimitri O.
Rogozin, Chairman of the International Affairs Committee,
State Duma of the Russian Federation
Debate
- Transatlantic cooperation
- H.E. Ambassador Sergio
Balanzino, Deputy Secretary-General of NATO, Brussels
- Mr Markus Meckel,
Vice-President of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly
Debate
|
| 16.15 |
- The role of the United
Nations
- Mr Jean-Marie
Guehenno, Deputy Secretary-General of the United
Nations
- A concept for European Defence
Procurement
- General Renzo Romano,
Chairman of the WEAG
- The case for an inclusive approach
- Prof. Dr. Rob de
Wijk, Royal Military Academy, Breda
General debate
|
| c.
17.15 |
Conclusions
- Mr Karl-Heinz Hornhues,
MdB, Rapporteur for the Political Committee
|
| 17.45 |
"Envoi" by Mr Klaus
Bühler, MdB, President of the Assembly |
| 18.00 |
End of the
colloquy |
Point of contact in the AWEU/iESDA in
Paris:
Dr Eike BURCHARD, Clerk Assistant
Tel.: (33 1) 53.67.22.00; fax: (33 1) 53.67.22.01
