European Conference of Presidents of Parliaments May 30-31, 2006 Tallinn, Estonia

31.05.2006

EUROPEAN CONFERENCE OF PRESIDENTS OF PARLIAMENTS
CONFÉRENCE EUROPÉENNE DES PRÉSIDENTS DE PARLEMENT

Tallinn, 30.-31.05. 2006

PARTICIPATION LIST - LISTE DES PARTICIPANTS

ALBANIA / ALBANIE

• Kuvendi Popullor
• Mrs Jozefina TOPALLI, President
• Mr Neritan CEKA, MP
• Mr Ylli PANGO, MP
• Mr Albert KUSHTI, Secretary General
• Ms Linda IHSANI, Counsellor
• Ms Suela RUSETI, Counsellor

ANDORRA / ANDORRE

• Consell General
• Mr Joan GABRIEL, President
• Mr Valentí MARTI, Secretary General
• Mrs Elisenda VIVES, Protocol

AZERBAIJAN

• Milli Mejlis
• Mr Ogtay ASADOV, Chairman
• Mr Ali HUSEYNOV, Chairman of the Standing Commission on Legal Affairs
• Mrs Gultakin HAJIYEVA, MP, Deputy Chairperson of the Standing Commission of the Parliament on
  • International and Inter-Parliamentary Relations
• Mr Safa MIRZAYEV, Head of staff (Secretary General)
• Mr Rashid IBRAHIMOV, Head of International Relations Department
• Mr Ruslan ISMAYILOV, Aide to the Chairman
• Mr Firudin HAJIYEV, General Manager
• Mr Akif NASIROV, Head of the Press Department
• Mr Rafail GAMBAROV, Chief adviser of the TV Centre Department
• Mr Ilkin Mammadov, Attsche, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Mr Jamil MUSAYEV, Adviser of the TV Centre Department

AUSTRIA / AUTRICHE

• Bundesrat
• Mrs Sissy ROTH-HALVAX, Speaker
• Mr Christian HÜTTERER, Secretary of the delegation

BELGIUM / BELGIQUE

• Chambre des Représentants
• Mr Herman DE CROO, President
• Mr Robert MYTTENAERE, Secretary General
• Mr Marc JOLLING, Assistant to the International Relations Service
• Sénat
• Mr Luc BLONDEEL, Secretary General

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA / BOSNIE-HERZEGOVINE

• Dom Naroda
• Mr Goran MILOJEVIĆ, Speaker
• Mr Aljoša ČAMPARA, Secretary General
• Mr Samir ĆOROVIĆ, Head of Protocol
• Ms Edina HRNJIĆ, Co-secretary of Bosnian delegation to PACE
• Predstavnički Dom
• Mr Martin RAGUŽ, Speaker

BULGARIA / BULGARIE

• Narodno Sobranie
• Mr Georgi PIRINSKI, Chairman
• Mrs Iliana IOTOVA, MP, Chairman of the European Affairs Committee
• Mr Ognyan AVRAMOV, Secretary General
• Mrs Veronica ANTOVA, Director of the International Relations Department
• Mrs Savina GOLEMINOVA, Advisor to the Chairman

CROATIA / CROATIE

• Hrvatski Sabor
• Mr Vladimir ŠEKS, Speaker
• Mr Frano MATUŠIĆ, Head of the Croatian Delegation to the PACE
• Mr Josip SESAR, Secretary General
• Mr Boris ABRAMOVIĆ, Head of the Speaker's Office
• Mr Igor Šribar, Secretary of the Croatian Delegation to the PACE
• Ms Barbara TARTAGLIA, Adviser
• Mr Stepan VUKAS, Adviser
• Mr Igor ŠRIBAR, Secretary of the Croatian Delegation to the PACE

CZECH REPUBLIC / RÉPUBLIQUE TCHÈQUE

• Poslanecká Snemovna
• Mr Petr KYNŠTETR, Secretary General
• Ms Jana SCHNEEWEISSOVA, Secretary of the National Delegation to the PACE
• Senát
• Mr Jiři LIŠKA, Vice-President
• Mr František PŘIHODA, MP
• Mr Josef ZOSER, MP
• Mr František JAKUB, Secretary General
• Ms Eva HELLOVA, Protocol Official

DENMARK / DANEMARK

• Folketinget
• Mr Henrik TVARNØ, Secretary General
• Mr Peter JUUL LARSEN, Head of EU Department
• Ms Mette VESTERGAARD, Counsellor

ESTONIA / ESTONIE

• Riigikogu
• Mr Toomas VAREK, Speaker
• Mr Enn EESMAA, MP
• Mr Marko MIHKELSON, MP
• Mr Toomas ALATALU, MP
• Mr Küllo ARJAKAS, MP
• Mr Andres HERKEL, MP
• Mr Sergei IVANOV, MP
• Ms Kristiina OJULAND, MP
• Mr Juhan PARTS, MP
• Mr Janno REILJAN, MP
• Mrs Katrin SAKS, MP
• Mrs Ela TOMSON, MP
• Mr Heiki SIBUL, Secretary General
• Mrs Merle PAJULA, Head of the Foreign Relations Department

FINLAND / FINLANDE

• Eduskunta
• Mr Paavo LIPPONEN, Speaker
• Mr Seppo TIITINEN, Secretary General
• Mr Tapio PEKKOLA, Spokesman to the Speaker
• Mrs Gunilla CARLANDER, Counsellor of the International Affairs
• Mrs Katriina Kuusinen, Head of the International Department

FRANCE

• Assemblée nationale
• Mr Yves BUR, Deputy Speaker
• Mr Bernard SCHREINER, President of the French delegation of the PACE
• Mr Jean-Pierre BLOCH, Director of European Affairs
• Mr Jean-Luc LALA, Secretary of the French delegation to the PACE
• Mr Thierry VANEL, Chief of Protocol
• Sénat
• Mr Jean-Claude GAUDIN, Vice-President
• Mr Jean LAPORTE, Director of the European Affairs Service

GEORGIA / GÉORGIE

• Sakartvelos Parlamenti
• Mrs Nino BURJANADZE, Chairperson
• Mr David BAKRADZE, Chairman of Committee on European Integration
• Mrs Irina KURDADZE, MP, Head of the Cabinet of Chairperson
• Mrs Nino NAKASHIDZE, Deputy Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee
• Ms Tea TEVDORASHVILI, Deputy Head of the Cabinet of Chairperson
• Ms Thea GOGUADZE, Advisor to the Chairperson
• Mr Shalva LAZARIASHVILI, Advisor to the Chairperson

GERMANY / ALLEMAGNE

• Deutscher Bundestag
• Dr Norbert LAMMERT, President
• Dr Sören ROOS, Head of the Office of the President
• Dr Gerhard RAKENIUS, Director of the International Relations Directorate, Deputy of the Secretary General
• Dr Birgit SCHRÖDER, Counsellor
• Bundesrat
• Mr Peter Harry CARSTENSEN, President
• Mr Dirk BROUËR, Secretary General
• Mr Wolfgang FISCHER, Director of the Parliamentary Relations Division
• Dr Stefanie ROTHENBERGER, Assistant Head of Parliamentary Relations Division

GREECE / GRÈCE

• Vouli Ton Ellinon
• Ms Anna BENAKI, President
• Mr Kyriakos LOUKAKIS, Diplomatic Adviser
• Mr Panagiotis KAMBRAS, Special Adviser
• Ms Stavroula VASSILOUNI, Expert, Department of Studies
• Ms Anastasia FRANGOU, European Relations Department
• Mr Dimitris RANDOS, Public Relations Department
• Mr Gerasimos LIVITSANOS, Public Relations Department

HUNGARY / HONGRIE

• Országgyülés
• Mr Gábor VILÁGOSI, Deputy Speaker
• Ms Katalin BALÁZS, Adviser, Office for Foreign Relations
• Dr Karina BRANDENBURG, COE PACE Co-Secretary

ICELAND / ISLANDE

• Althingi
• Mrs Rannveig GUDMUNDSDOTTIR, First Vice-President
• Mr Helgi BERNODUSSON, Secretary General

IRELAND / IRLANDE

• Seanad Éireann
• Mr Rory KIELY, Speaker
• Mr Peter MALONE, Assistant

ITALY / ITALIE

• Camera dei Deputati
• Mr Carlo LEONI, Vice President
• Mr Alessandro PALANZA, Deputy Secretary General
• Mrs Mirella CASSARINO, Head of the International Relations Department
• Mr Filippo CINOGLOSSI, Adviser of the International relations Department
• Mr Peterenrico GAZZETTA, Protocol Officer
• Senato della Repubblica
• Mr Miliziade CAPRILI, Vice-President
• Mr Nicola BENEDIZIONE, Vice Secretary General
• Mr Stefano THAULERO, Adviser of the International Relations Department
• Mr Federico PETRANGELI, Protocol Officer

LATVIA / LETTONIE

• Saeima
• Mrs Ingrida UDRE, President
• Ms Liga BERGMANE
• Mr Andris BERZINS

LIECHTENSTEIN

• Landtag - Diet
• Mr Klaus WANGER, President
• Mr Josef HILTI, Secretary General

LITHUANIA / LITUANIE

• Lietuvos Seimas
• Mr Viktoras MUNTIANAS, Chairman
• Mr Arūnas DULKYS, Head of the Office of the Speaker
• Mr Darius DEGUTIS, Head of the International Relations Department
• Mr Skirmantas STRIMAITIS, Chief advisor, International Relations Department

LUXEMBOURG

• Chambres des Députés
• Mr Jos SCHEUER, Vice-President
• Mrs Isabelle BARRA, Coordinator of the International Relations Service

MALTA / MALTE

• House of Representatives
• Mr Anton TABONE, Speaker
• Mr Joseph MANGION, Diplomatic Officer

MEXICO

• Senate
• Mr Alvaro ELIAS-LOREDO, President
• Mr Cesar JAUREGUI ROBLES, Vice-President
• Mr Alvaro CABRERA, Chief of Staff
• Mr Samuel RODRIGEZ, General Director of Protocol
• Mr Moisé CIRIACO SALVADOR, Staff
• Mr Alfonso COLLANTES, Staff

MOLDOVA

• Parlamentul Republicii Moldova
• Mr Marian LUPU, Chairman
• Mrs Stela JANTUAN, Chief of the Information Centre

MONACO

• Conseil National de la Principauté de Monaco
• Mr Stéphane VALERI, President
• Mr Claude BOISSON, Vice-President
• Ms Anne EASTWOOD, Secretary of the Delegation
• Mrs Isabelle PETERS, Secretary of the Delegation

NETHERLANDS / PAYS-BAS

• Eerste Kamer der Staten-Generaal
• Mrs Yvonne TIMMERMAN-BUCK, President
• Mr Bas NIEUWENHUIZEN
• Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal
• Mr Frans W. WEISGLAS, President
• Mrs Jacqueline Elisabeth BIESHEUVEL-VERMEIJDEN, Secretary General
• Ms Niesje (Gonnie) DE BOER, Deputy Secretary

NEW ZEALAND / NOUVELLE-ZÉLANDE

House of Representatives

• Ms Margaret WILSON, Speaker

NORWAY / NORVÈGE

• Stortinget
• Mr Thorbjørn JAGLAND, President
• Mr Hans BRATTESTÅ, Secretary General
• Mrs Ingrid Mollestad SYLOW, Adviser

POLAND / POLOGNE

Sejm

• Mr Marek JUREK, President
• Mrs Wanda FIDELIUS-NINKIEWICZ, Secretary General
• Mr Tomasz GLANZ, Director of the President's Cabinet
• Mr Rafal KARPINSKI, Director of International Affairs
• Mrs Hanna KUCHARSKA-LESZCZYNSKA, Secretary of the Polish delegation to PACE
• Mr Filip LAJSZCZAK, Assistant to the President

Senat

• Mr Marek ZIÓŁKOWSKI, Vice-President
• Mrs Anna SZKLENNIK, Director of the Foreign Affairs Unit

PORTUGAL

Assembleia da República

• Mr Guilherme SILVA, Vice-President
• Mr José Vera JARDIM, President of the Portuguese Delegation to the PACE
• Mrs Adelina SÁ-CARVALHO, Secretary General

ROMANIA / ROUMANIE

Camera Deputatilor

• Mr Valer DORNEANU, Vice-Speaker
• Mr Cezar-Florin PREDA, Member of the Romanian delegation to PACE, Vice-President of the PACE
• Mrs Georgeta IONESCU, Secretary General
• Ms Cristina STROESCU, Director of Department for Foreign Relations
• Mrs Nadia IONESCU, Counsellor, Secretary of the delegation to PACE

Senatul României

• Mr Teodor MELESCANU, Vice-President
• Mr Gyorgy FRUNDA, President of the Romanian delegation to PACE
• Mr Constantin Dan VASILIU, Secretary General
• Mrs Mihaela DRAGHICI, Secretary of the delegation
• Mr Ionel IVAN, Fonctionaire parlamentaire

RUSSIAN FEDERATION / RUSSIE

Council of the Federation

• Mr Mikhail MARGELOV, Head of the EDG Group (PACE)
• Mrs Rita SHLIAKHOVA, Deputy Head of Staff Com. For Foreign Affairs

State Duma

• Mr Oleg MOROZOV, First Deputy Speaker
• Mr Vladimir MASHENTSEV, Head of the Secretariat of the First Deputy Speaker
• Ms Irina KUZMINA, Secretary

SAN MARINO / SAINT-MARIN

Consiglio Grande e Generale

• Mrs Fausta S. MORGANTI, Vice-President

SLOVENIA / SLOVÉNIE

Državni Zbor

• Dr Marko PAVLIHA, Vice-President
• Mrs Darja LAVTIŽAR BEBLER, Head of the National Delegation to PACE
• Ms Alja ŠKIBIN, Adviser, Secretary of the National Delegation to PACE

SPAIN / ESPAGNE

Senado

• Mr Francisco Javier ROJO, Speaker
• Mr Manuel CAVERO, Secretary General
• Mrs Ana ÁLVAREZ, Director of Interparliamentary Relations
• Mr Angel CAPAPÉ, Director of the President Cabinet

SWEDEN / SUÈDE

Riksdagen

• Mr Björn VON SYDOW, Speaker
• Mr Anders FORSBERG, Secretary General
• Mrs Åsa EKWALL, Head of the Section for the Speaker's International Affairs

SWITZERLAND / SUISSE

Conseil des Etats

• Mr Alain BERSET, MP

Conseil National

• Mr Claude JANIAK, President
• Mr John CLERC, Deputy Secretary General

TURKEY / TURQUIE

Türkiye Büyük Millet Meclisi

• Mr Ismail ALPTEKIN, Deputy Speaker
• Mr Rauf BOZKURT, Secretary General
• Mr Hasan BAYTEKIN, Deputy Director of the External Relations and Protocol Department
• Mrs Eda DIZDAR, Delegation Secretary

UNITED KINGDOM / ROYAUME-UNI

House of Commons

• Sir Alan HASELHURST, Deputy Speaker & Chairman of ways and means
• Mr Roger SANDS, Secretary General
• Ms Jacqy SHARPE, Clerk of the Journals

House of Lords

• Lord Julian GRENFELL, Deputy Speaker
• Mr Paul HAYTER, Secretary General
• Mr Rhodri WALTERS, Clerk of the Overseas Office

PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY OF THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE / ASSEMBLEE PARLEMENTAIRE DU CONSEIL DE L’EUROPE

• Mr Rene VAN DER LINDEN, President
• Mr Luc van den BRANDE, President of the EPP Group
• Mr Mateo SORINAS, Secretary General
• Mr Wojciech SAWICKI, Director General
• Mr Torbörn Kjell, Head of the Office of the Secretary General
• Mr Peter SICH, Head of Private Office of the President
• Mr Mario Alexander HEINRICH, ECPRD Co-Secretary
• Mr Angus MACDONALD, Press Officer
• Mrs Farida JAMAL, Conference Coordinator
• Mrs Janice LUDWIG, Secretary of the President
• Mrs Christine WILLKOMM, Secretary to the Secretary General of the Assembly
• Mrs Sylvie KIEFFER, Secretary to the Director General

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT / PARLEMENT EUROPÉEN

• Mr Josep BORRELL FONTELLES, President
• Mr Ignacio SAMPER, Spokesman
• Mr Alain BARRAU, Director of Relations with National Parliaments
• Mr Krzysztof BERNACKI, Head of unit – Multilateral Relations
• Ms Monica MIGO, Adviser
• Ms Carmen ANGE, Assistant

ASSEMBLY OF THE WESTERN EUROPEAN UNION / ASSEMBLEE DE L’UNION DE L’EUROPE OCCIDENTALE

• Mr Jean-Pierre MASSERET, President
• Ms Maret MARIPUU, Vice-President of the Riigikogu, President of the Estonian WEU Delegation
• Mr Colin CAMERON, Secretary General
• Mr Michael HILGER, Head of External Relations

INTERPARLIAMENTARY CONSULTATIVE COUNCIL OF THE BENELUX / CONSEIL INTERPARLEMENTAIRE CONSULTATIF DU BENELUX

• Mr Bart TOMMELEIN, Vice-President
• Mr Ludy MICHIELS, Secretary General

NORDIC COUNCIL / CONSEIL NORDIQUE

• Mr Ole STAVAD, President
• Mrs Frida NOKKEN, Secretary General
• Mr Jan WIDBERG, Deputy Secretary General

INFORMATION CENTRE OF THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE IN ESTONIA/ CENTRE DE L’INFORMATION DU CONCEIL DE L’EUROPE EN ESTONIE

• Ms Kristel ILLASTE, Director of the Information Centre of the Council of Europe
• Ms Helle MARTIS, Public Relations Specialist of the Information Centre of the Council of Europe
• Ms Mall SAUL, Information Specialist of the Information Centre of the Council of Europe