50th anniversary of the signing of the Paris agreements modifying the 1948 Brussels Treaty

50^th anniversary of the signing of the Paris agreements modifying the 1948 Brussels Treaty

Draft programme
for the conference marking the 50^th anniversary of the signing on
23 October 1954 of the Paris agreements modifying the 1948 Brussels Treaty
of Economic, Social and Cultural Collaboration and Collective Self-Defence, and establishing
the Assembly of WEU

Wednesday 20 October 2004, at the Belgian Senate, Brussels,
at the invitation of Mrs Anne-Marie LIZIN
President of the Belgian Senate

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From collective to common defence?
European security and defence in the age
of international terrorism

11.30	Opening ceremony (Chamber of the Senate) Trio "Anaïs" with musicians from the European Union Youth Orchestra (EUYO)
	50th anniversary of the signing of the 1954 Paris Agreements modifying the Brussels Treaty - the future of European collective defence
	Anne-Marie Lizin, President of the Belgian Senate; Herman De Croo, President of the Belgian House of Representatives; Stef Goris, President of the Belgian Delegation to the Assembly of WEU; Marcel Glesener, President of the WEU Assembly; Janusz Onyszkiewicz, Vice-President of the European Parliament; Jan Dirk Blaauw, Former President of the WEU Assembly.
	Debate
	Trio "Anaïs"
13.00	Press conference in Room "M"
13.00	Buffet lunch at the Cercle Gaulois (for all conference participants)
15.30	Afternoon session (Chamber of the Senate)
	From collective to common defence? European security and defence in the age of international terrorism
	Chair: Stef Goris, President of the Belgian Delegation to the Assembly of WEU
	Confirmed speakers:
15.30	"The European Security Strategy: the meaning of collective Defence in an age of uncertainty", Robert Cooper, Director-General for External and Politico-Military Affairs, Council of the European Union
	Questions
	"The solidarity and mutual assistance clauses in the European Union's Constitutional Treaty", Antonio Missiroli, European Union Institute for Security Studies
	Questions
	Ambassador Günter Altenburg, Assistant Secretary General of NATO for political affairs and security policy
	Questions
	"The role of nuclear weapons and the future of nuclear deterrence", André Dumoulin, Royal Military College, Brussels
	Questions Final Debate
17.30	Conclusions
20.00	Formal dinner with a guest of honour in the Senate reception rooms (by invitation only)

Conference venue : 1-2 place de la Nation, Brussels, contact: (+32-2) 501.77.80 (T. De Bondt)
Contact in Paris: tel. (+33-1) 53 67 24 81 (M. Hilger) - (+33-1) 53 67 24 64 (G. Castel)
[email protected] - [email protected]
Assembly of WEU - 43 avenue du Président Wilson 75775 Paris Cedex 16
http://assembly.weu.int