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16 October 2008 - MEDIA ADVISORY - NATO PA's 54th Annual Session

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The Spanish Parliament will host the NATO Parliamentary Assembly's 54th Annual Session from 14 to 18 November, bringing together in Valencia some 340 parliamentarians from North America and Europe.

The Plenary session on Tuesday 18 November will be addressed by José LELLO, NATO PA's President, Jaap DE HOOP SCHEFFER, NATO Secretary General, General John CRADDOCK, Supreme Allied Commander Europe Amre MOUSSA, Secretary General of the League of Arab States, Kanat SAUDABAYEV, Secretary of State of Kazakhstan, Mikheil SAAKASHVILI, President of Georgia and other high ranking officials.  The plenary meeting will also debate resolutions drafted by NATO PA's five committees addressing, among other topics, NATO’s ongoing operations, economic reconstruction in Afghanistan, energy security, NATO-Russia Relations and Kosovo.

The Committees (Political, Defence and Security, Science and Technology, Civil Dimension of Security, Economics and Security) will meet on Saturday 15 and Sunday 16 November. As usual, they will deal with a broad range of topics and will be addressed by speakers from government, academia and NATO.

ADDRESS OF THE SESSION
 
 Palacio de Congresos
 Avenida Cortes Valencianas, 60
 46015 Valencia, Spain

PROGRAMME FOR THE MEDIA

A programme for the media is available at  http://www.nato-pa.int/default.asp?SHORTCUT=1601

PRESS BRIEFING, AUDITORIUM 3, GROUND LEVEL

NATO Parliamentary Assembly President, José LELLO (Portugal), the head of the Spanish Delegation to the NATO PA, Jesus CUADRADO and NATO PA Secretary General David HOBBS, will welcome the press and give a detailed press briefing on Friday 14 November at 11:00.

MEDIA ACCREDITATION AND ENQUIRIES

Media representatives based in Spain who wish to cover the session meetings should contact:

María Rosario Rodriguez Garcia
Head of the Press Department, Congreso de los Diputados
Madrid, Spain
E-mail: rosario.rodriguez@sgral.congreso.es

All questions concerning services to the press should be addressed to the host country press service.

Media representatives outside of Spain should contact:

Roberta Calorio
Press and Media Relations Officer, NATO Parliamentary Assembly
Place du Petit Sablon 3, B - 1000 BRUSSELS
Switchboard: + 32 (0) 2 513 28 65
website: http:// www.nato-pa.int
Direct line: + 32 2 50 48 154
Fax: + 32 2 513 59 23
e-mail : press@nato-pa.int

News and information on the Session is routinely placed on the NATO PA website.

 


 

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