Bicameralism - Democracy and the role of civil society

Meeting in Ljubljana - Friday, June 28, 2002

Participants

The influence of Upper Chambers on the development of Democracy and the role of Civil Society

Proceedings of the meeting

Speeches : 

   H.E. Mladen Bosic, Ambassador of Bosnia-Herzegovina to Slovenia

   Srdja Bozovic, President of the Chamber of Republics of the yugoslav Federal Assembly 

   Petr Pithart, President of the czech Senate

   Tone Hrovat, President of the National Council of the Republic of Slovenia

   Willem van Eekelen, Vice-President of the Eerste Kamer of dutch Parliament

   M.H. Esperanza Aguirre Gil de Biedma, President of spanish Senate

   S. M. Mironov, Chairman of the Council of Federation of the russian Federal Assembly

   Professor Longin Pastusiak, President of the polish Senate

   Domenico Fisichella, First Vice President of the italian Senate

   Dr. Herbert Schambeck, Reflections on the significance of the bicameral parliamentary system

   Discours du Sénateur Alexandru Athanasiu, Vice-président du Sénat de Roumanie

   Allocution de M. De Decker, Président du Sénat de Belgique

   Discours de Monsieur Christian Poncelet, Président du Sénat français

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Participants

AUSTRIA:

Uta Barbara PÜHRINGER, President of the Bundesrat
Dr Herbert SCHAMBECK, Former President of the Bundesrat
Dr Ferdinand MAYRHOFER-GRÜNBÜHEL, Ambassador
Dr Alice ALSHARAVANT, Deputy Secretary General

BELGIUM:

Armand DE DECKER, President of the Senate
Willy HENRARD, Secretary General

CZECH REPUBLIC:

Petr PITHART, President of the Senate
Pavel PELANT, Secretary General
Milan KUPKA, Head of the President's Office
Jan KYSELA, Secretary of the Commission
Valerie CIPROVÁ, Head of Protocol

FRANCE:

Christian PONCELET, President of the Senate
Alain MÉAR, Head of the President's Office
Jean LAPORTE, Head of the European Affairs Office
Véronique BOCQUET-MÉAR, Advisor on International Affairs
Pierre FILATOFF, Technical Advisor

ITALY:

Domenico FISICHELLA, Vice-President of the Senate
Prof. Carlo GUELFI, Secretary General
Gloria ABAGNALE, Foreign Affairs and Internet Services
Roberta D`ADDIO, Protocol Services
Alberto De LEONARDIS, Protocol Services

GERMANY:

Wolfgang FISCHER, Head of the European Affairs Committee Secretariat

THE NETHERLANDS:

Willem van EEKELEN, Vice-President of the Senate
Eliane JANSSEN, Deputy Secretary General

POLAND:

Longin PASTUSIAK, President of the Senate
Anna SZKLENNIK, Head of the Foreign Affairs Department

ROMANIA:

Alexandru ATHANASIU, Vice-President of the Senate
H.E. Victor CHIUJDEA, Ambassador
Constantin SAVA, Secretary General
Alexandru DUMITRESCU, Head of the Information and Documentation Department
Adriana PESCARU, Advisor

SLOVENIA:

Tone HROVAT, President of the National Council
Dr Avgust MAJERIČ, Vice-President of the National Council
Marija DROFENIK, Secretary General of the National Council
Prof. Polde BIBIČ, National Councillor
Jožko ČUK, National Councillor
Dr Zoltan JAN, National Councillor
Bojan KOROŠEC, National Councillor
Prof. Vladimir KORUN, National Councillor
Jurij KUŠTRIN, National Councillor
Darja ODAR, National Councillor
Dušan SEMOLIČ, National Councillor
Boris ŠUŠTARŠIČ, National Councillor
Prof. Franc VODOPIVEC, National Councillor
Prof. Ivan KRISTAN, National Councillor

SPAIN:

Esperanza Aguirre Gil de BIEDMA, President of the Senate
Regino GARCÍA-BADELL ARIAS, Head of the President's Office
Maria Teresa GONZALEZ ESCUDERO, Head of International Affairs

SWITZERLAND:

Fritz SCHIESSER, Second Vice-President of the Council of States
H.E. Paul KOLLER, Ambassador
Elisabeth BARBEN, Secretary General

LUXEMBOURG (OBSERVER):

Marc BESCH, Secretary General of the Council of State

INVITEES:

RUSSIAN FEDERATION:

H.E. Sergei MIRONOV, President of the Federation Council
H.E. Tigran KARAKHANOV, Ambassador
Vasili ARZHANTSEV, Head of the President's Secretariat
Anatolii VORONIN, Advisor to the President
Nikolai ZENKOVICH, Advisor to the President
Lyudmila FOMICHEVA, Advisor to the President
Vyacheslav KOLOTVIN, Acting Head of the International Cooperation Service
Sergei STRELCOV, International Cooperation Protocol Services
Olga KIŽAJEVA, Consultant for Press Office Parliamentary Correspondents
Nikolai VOROSHILOV, Member of the Federation Council
Aleksandr PONOMARJOV, Member of the Federation Council
Galina ZAMYATINA, Deputy Secretary

BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA:

H.E. Mladen Bosić, Ambassador

GUEST OBSERVER:

UNITED KINGDOM:

William WALLACE, Member of the House of Lords

GUESTS OF THE NATIONAL COUNCIL:

YUGOSLAVIA:

Srđa BOŽOVIĆ, President of the Chamber of Republics
Dr Ivo VISKOVIĆ, Ambassador
Veselin TODOROVIĆ, Head of President's Office
Radoslav BULUT, Secretary to the Delegation
Milica KNEŽEVIĆ, Political Affairs Secretary