"Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the signing of the Paris Agreements"

"Commemoration of the 50^th Anniversary of the signing of the Paris Agreements"

Conference on

"The European Security and Defence Policy: achievements and future developments arising from the draft Constitutional Treaty"

22 October 2004 - Palais du Luxembourg (French Senate), Paris

Programme

09.00 Opening addresses

-	The Vice-President of the French Senate, Mr Philippe RICHERT
-	The President of the Assembly of WEU, Mr Marcel GLESENER
-	The President of Eurodéfense France, Mr Emile BLANC

09.30 ESDP: recent achievements

Chairman:	Mr Pedro AGRAMUNT, Chairman of the Political Committee of the Assembly of WEU
-	Progress report on the European Union's ESDP structures (EU Military Staff, Civil/Military Planning Cell), General Jean-Paul PERRUCHE, Director EU Military Staff
-	The experience of recent missions: CONCORDIA, PROXIMA and ARTEMIS (EU Military Staff)
-	The European Defence Agency: Mr Jacques BAYET, Member of the European Defence Agency
-	Debate

10.45 Coffee break

11.00 Prospects and proposals:

	Chairman:	Mr John WILKINSON, Chairman of the Defence Committee of the Assembly of WEU
	-	The EU deployment in Bosnia and Herzegovina (General Jean-Paul PERRUCHE)
	-	The Future of EU crisis management and the Security and defence aspects of the draft Constitutional Treaty
		- Mr Antonio MISSIROLI, European Union Institute for Security Studies
	-	European armaments programmes: the defence industry view
		- Mr Luc VIGNERON, President of the Council of French Defence Companies (CIDEF)
		Debate
	Closing address: The President of the French Delegation to the Assembly of WEU, Mr Jean-Pierre MASSERET
	12.30	End of Conference
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