Events
Vesting Senate NATO Parliamentary Assembly Delegation Attends Reception Hosted by Ambassador Cain
Rydhave, Ambassador's Residence
November 11, 2005
Some 350 parliamentarians from 40 countries are attending the annual session of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, including delegates from all 26 NATO member countries, 15 NATO associate delegations and 12 other delegations with the status of parliamentary observer.
Six U.S. Senators participated in events with Danish colleagues on Friday, November 11, including a reception hosted by Ambassador Cain for the visiting delegation. The U.S. Senate delegation headed by Senator Gordon Smith (R-OR) included in addition to Senator Smith, Senator Trent Lott (R-MS), Senator Wayne Allard (R-CO), Senator Jim Bunning (R-KY), Senator George Voinovich (R-OH), and Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL).
Click here for the Ambassador's remarks at the reception.
At the 51st Annual session of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly in Copenhagen, national parliamentarians from Europe and North America adopted three Economic and Security Committee reports, the links to which are listed below:
An Emerging Chinese Economy and the Trans-Atlantic Economy >> (report)
Economic Transition in the Middle East and North Africa >> (report)
Policy Implications of the Risk Society >> (report)
These succinct, timely and informative policy papers have been developed over the past year through extensive research and several fact-finding missions, including an historic Committee visit to China in the summer of 2005.
In Copenhagen, the Assembly also adopted three Economic and Security Committee resolutions:
Advancing the Doha Agenda >> (report)
Forging a Trans-Atlantic Policy Towards China >> (report)
Mounting an International Defence Against Avian Influenza >> (report)