For the “5 Years of Stability Pact” event, a high level attendance in Portoroz include the following (alphabetic order): 

®             Pedrag Boskovic, Deputy Foreign Minister of Serbia and Montenegro 

®             John Dalli, Foreign Minister of Malta 

®             Benita Ferrero-Waldner, Foreign Minister of Austria 

®             Luan Hajdaraga, Deputy Foreign Minister of Albania 

®             Mladen Ivanic, Foreign Minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina 

®             Ilinka Mitreva, Foreign Minister of Macedonia 

®             Janez Potocnik, Member of the European Commission 

®             Anton Rop, Prime Minister of Slovenia 

®             Dimitrij Rupel, Foreign Minister of Slovenia 

®             Andrei Stratan, Foreign Minister of Moldova 

®             Miomir Zuzul, Foreign Minister of Croatia 

Venue for Table Meetings:                     Grand Hotel Emona, 7 June 2004 

Venue for Regional Table Meeting:                   Grand Hotel Emona, 8 June 2004 

The Stability Pact will hold its Working and Regional Table Meetings at the same location, on two consecutive days.  Day 1 (7 June) will host the Working Table Meetings of Working Table II (Economic Reconstruction, Development and Co-operation) from 08.30 to 12.30, Working Table III (Security Issues) from 09.30 to 13.15, Working Table I (Human Rights and Democratisation) from 13.30 to 17.00, according to the following formula.

On Day 1, the Working Tables will review and discuss all activities relating to each Table with a particular focus on the six core objectives for the year 2004.

Journalists may cover the opening sessions of each Table meeting and are kindly invited to a press briefing on each Working Table (7 June) and to the main Press Conference of the Regional Table (8 June), according to the following schedule:

08:30                  Working Table II opening session

09:30                  Working Table III opening session

13:00                   Working Table II press briefing by Chair Fabrizio Saccomanni (focus: Employment and Entrepreneurship/Regional Energy Market) 

13:15                  Working Table III press briefing by Chair Janez Premoze

13:30                  Working Table I opening session

Approx.15:30       Working Table I press briefing by Chair Elisabeth Rehn with Rob Gillette (Temporary Media Commissioner, Kosovo) and Petra Blaess (Parliamentary Co-operation

17:30 – 19:00      Cross-Working Table debate on “Migration” chaired by MARRI Chair Soren Jessen-Petersen — open to media

Day 2 is reserved for the Regional Table, the “general assembly” of all Stability Pact countries and organizations, hosted by the Slovenian Prime Minister Anton Rop and chaired by Special Co-ordinator Erhard Busek.  The Portoroz Regional Table has as its special feature a commemorative event on “5 Years of Stability Pact”, which is a highlight and has attracted high-level attendance (see first page).

08:45 – 08:55          Family picture with Ministers and V.I.P.s

09:00 – 12:00          Commemorative event on “5 Years Stability Pact”

09:00 – 09:30          Opening addresses by Slovenian PM Anton Rop and by SCSP Erhard Busek

09:30 – 12:00          Discussion chaired by Slovenian FM Dimitrij Rupel, including keynote speakers and statements by delegations

12:00 – 12:45           Main Press Conference

14:00 – 16:30          Regional Table — Formal Part

Chaired by SC Busek

14:00 – 14:30           Opening remarks by: 

®              SEECP 

®              European Parliament 

®              EU Presidency, Ireland 

®              OSCE Chairmanship-in-Office 

14:30 – 15:00          Reports by Working Table Chairs

®           WTI:      Elisabeth Rehn 

®           WT II:    Fabrizio Saccomanni 

®           WT III:    Janez Premoze 

15:00 – 16:00          Welcome by SC Busek to new EU Member States and to IOM as new SP partners / Statements by delegations

16:00 – 16:30          Adoption of the Chairman’s Conclusions and concluding statement by SC Busek

For accreditation, please fax/mail to the Press and Information Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia, Office for the Public Affairs Relations, Mrs Zora Tajè. 

Tel: +386 (1) 4782354

Fax: +386 (1) 4782355

E-mail: zora.tajc@gov.si 

The deadline       for accreditation is 4 June 2004

Background Paper 1:   5 Years of Stability Pact  http://www.stabilitypact.org/specials/5years.asp 

Background Paper 2:   Migration   http://www.stabilitypact.org/wt1/documents/Cross-WorkingTablePanelonMigration.doc