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up one level04/02/2008



Thursday, 7 February 2008

09.00 - 09.30 Opening:

Joseph DAUL MEP, Chairman of the EPP-ED Group in the European Parliament

Welcome address:

Nicos ANASTASIADES, Chairman of the Democratic Rally (DISY)

Panayiotis DEMETRIOU MEP, Head of the Cypriot Delegation of the EPP-ED Group in the EP
09.30 - 11.40 PART I: THE FUTURE OF THE EU MEDITERRANEAN POLICY: WHICH OPTIONS?

Chairman:

Jaime MAYOR OREJA MEP, Vice-Chairman of the EPP-ED Group in the EP

Speakers:
09.30 - 10.00 Reforming the Barcelona Process?

Youssef AMRANI, Director-General, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Morocco

Tokia SAÏFI MEP, Chair of the Committee on Political Security and Human Rights of the EMPA (Euro Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly)
10.00 - 10.35 Strengthening the European Neighbourhood Policy?

Abdl Ahad GAMAL EL DIN, Head of the Parliamentary Committee of the National Democratic Party (NDP) in the Egyptian Assembly

Franck DEBIÉ, Executive Director of the "Fondation pour l'Innovation politique"

A further step in the European Neighbourhood Policy: the creation of a European Commonwealth?

Ioannis VARVITSIOTIS MEP, Member of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, Member of the Delegation with the Maghreb countries and the Arab Maghreb Union (including Libya), Member of the Delegation to the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly
10.35 - 11.40 Agreeing on a "Mediterranean Union"?

Alain LE ROY, French Ambassador for the "Union for the Mediterranean" Initiative

Discussion

Conclusions:

Vito BONSIGNORE MEP, Vice-Chairman of the EPP-ED Group in the EP
11.40 - 12.30 PART II: THE ROLE OF THE UNITED NATIONS IN CYPRUS

Chairman:

Struan STEVENSON MEP, Vice-Chairman of the EPP-ED Group in the EP

The UNFICYP (United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus) mission

Michael MØLLER, UN Secretary General's Special Representative in Cyprus

Discussion

The Issue of Missing Persons in Cyprus

Christophe GIROD, Third Member - United Nations, Committee on Missing Persons in Cyprus

Elias GEORGIADES, Greek-Cypriot Member of the Committee on Missing Persons in Cyprus

Gulden PLÜMER KÜÇÜK, Turkish-Cypriot Member of the Committee on Missing Persons in Cyprus

Ewa KLAMT MEP, Rapporteur of the Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Committee on Missing Persons in Cyprus

Discussion
21.00 Keynote speaker:

Ioannis KASOULIDES MEP, former Cypriot Minister of Foreign Affairs

Friday, 8 February 2008

09.00 - 09.45 PART III: THE EU: A KEY PLAYER TO PROMOTE THE CYPRUS SETTLEMENT

Chairman:

Othmar KARAS MEP, Vice-Chairman of the EPP-ED Group in the EP

Speakers

Ioannis KASOULIDES MEP, former Cypriot Minister of Foreign Affairs

Françoise GROSSETÊTE MEP, Chair of the High Level Contact Group in the EP for relations with the Turkish-Cypriot Community

Discussion
09.45 - 11.20 PART IV: THE EU: A KEY PLAYER TO PROMOTE A SECURE AND LASTING PEACE IN THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN

Chair:

Rodi KRATSA-TSAGAROPOULOU MEP, Vice-President of the EP responsible for the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly

Speakers:

Amine GEMAYEL, former President of Lebanon, President of "The Lebanese Kataeb"

Elmar BROK MEP, Member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the EP

Andreas THEOPHANOUS, Professor, Director of the Cyprus - Center for European and International Affairs, University of Nicosia

Discussion

Conclusions:

Jacek SARYUSZ-WOLSKI MEP, Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the EP
11.20 - 11.30 General Conclusions

Joseph DAUL MEP, Chairman of the EPP-ED Group in the EP
11.30 - 12.00 Press Conference


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