Annual Sessions1.The Head of the Italian delegation has indicated that due to elections in both the Chamberof Deputies and the Senate in 2013, Italy can no longer host the Annual Session in 2013.2.As the number of participants in Sessions has grown over the last decade, it is even moreimportant that Session preparations are made well in advance.Suitable meeting andaccommodation facilities are usually reserved several years ahead of the meeting.Therefore,host nations for Annual Sessions from 2013 need to be found as soon as possible.Standing Committee Meetings3.There areno hosts nations for Standing Committee meetings from 2014 onwards.

6.The attached tables indicate which nations have hosted sessions or Standing Committeemeetings from 1983 to 2013. Table 1 shows them chronologically, and Table 2 by country. Table 3shows how many years will have elapsedin 2014since each nation last hosted a StandingCommittee. Table 4 shows how many years will have elapsedin 2014since each nation hosted aSession.Joint Committee Meetings, Brussels, February7.In 2008, the leader of the Belgian Delegation, Daniel Bacquelaine, proposed that hisDelegation could in future meet the costs of the February meetings but this would then mean thatthey would be unable to offer to host a session. The then Treasurer of the Assembly,Lothar Ibrügger, felt that this would be a fair arrangement given that the February meetings arelarger than a Standing Committee meeting but smaller than a spring session.8.Consideration should also be given to the fact that Belgium provided facilities for specialStanding Committee meetings in 1999, 2002, and 2006 and for the meeting in 2000 when theoriginal host nation had to withdraw.

Table 1: VENUES FOR SESSIONS AND STANDING COMMITTEE MEETINGS FROM 1983 - 2013Date19831984198519861987198819891990199119921993199419951996199719981999200020012002200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014Standing CommitteeFranceIcelandPortugalNorwayFranceSpainNetherlandsIcelandUnited StatesLuxembourgPortugalGreeceTurkeyCanadaIcelandPortugalGermany*BelgiumItalySpain*FranceNorwayIcelandPoland*HungaryNetherlandsLithuaniaUnited StatesPortugalLuxembourgDenmarkSpring SessionDenmarkLuxembourgGermanyLuxembourgCanadaPortugalTurkeyFranceNetherlandsCanadaGermanyNorwayHungaryGreeceLuxembourgSpainPolandHungaryLithuaniaBulgariaCzech RepublicSlovakiaSloveniaFrancePortugalGermanyNorwayLatviaBulgariaEstoniaGreeceAutumn SessionNetherlandsBelgiumUnited StatesTurkeyNorwayGermanyItalyUnited KingdomSpainBelgiumDenmarkUnited StatesItalyFranceRomaniaUnited KingdomNetherlandsGermanyCanadaTurkeyUnited StatesItalyDenmarkCanadaIcelandSpainUnited KingdomPolandRomaniaCzech Republic

Table 2: VENUES FOR SESSIONS AND STANDING COMMITEE MEETINGS FROM 1983 TO2013CountryAlbania***Belgium****Bulgaria**CanadaCroatia***Czech RepublicDenmarkEstonia**FranceGermanyGreeceHungary*IcelandItalyLatvia**Lithuania**LuxembourgNetherlandsNorwayPoland*PortugalRomania**Slovakia**Slovenia**SpainTurkeyUnited KingdomUnited States**********

2002, 201119961987, 1992200320131983, 1987, 20031999199420071984, 1990, 1997, 20052001201020091992, 20121989, 20081986, 200420061985, 1993,1998, 201120011984, 1986, 199719911994, 200919991988, 20071997, 2011200420051988, 200219951991, 2010199819891991, 20081986, 20021990, 1998, 20091985, 1994, 20031983, 199919872010198320121990, 20061985, 1993, 20081996, 20131995, 200020071989, 1995, 200419961988, 20002001, 200620121993, 2005

Acceded to NATO in 1999Acceded to NATO in 2004Acceded to NATO in 2009Following the agreement on the hosting of the Joint Committee Meetings in Brussels each February, Belgium no longer hostsAssembly Sessions. Belgium also hosted extra Standing Committee meetings: in 1999 due to NATO’s action against theFederal Republic of Yugoslavia, in 2002 to prepare the Assembly’s declaration prior to NATO’s Prague Summit and in 2006to prepare the Assembly's declaration prior to NATO's Riga Summit.

Table 3In 2014, Number of Years Since MemberNations Previously Hosted a StandingCommitteeCountryAlbania***

Belgium****

Bulgaria**Czech Republic*Croatia***Estonia**Latvia**Romania**Slovakia**Slovenia**United KingdomGreeceTurkeyCanadaGermanyItalySpainFranceNorwayIcelandPoland*Hungary*NetherlandsLithuania**United StatesPortugalLuxembourgDenmark**********

CountryAlbania***Croatia***

Belgium****

LuxembourgNetherlandsHungary*Lithuania**TurkeyUnited StatesSlovakia**ItalySlovenia**DenmarkCanadaFranceIcelandPortugalGermanySpainNorwayUnited KingdomLatvia**Poland*Bulgaria**Romania**Estonia**Czech Republic*Greece