FINAL DOCUMENT

FINAL DOCUMENT 25TH SESSION OF THE BALTIC ASSEMBLY F I N A L D O C U M E N T The Baltic Assembly, having convened on 14-17 December in Vilnius, the Republic of Lithuania, for its 25th Session; having discussed the co-operation policy between the Baltic States and European Union Neighbour States, the experience in improving parliamentary democracy, potential terrorism threats as well as measures to pre-empt terrorism, adopted the following documents: Resolution on Energy Policy of the Baltic States; Resolution on Family Policy; Resolution on the Situation on the Use of Fish Stocks of the Baltic Sea; Resolution on Co-operation in the Field of Fishing Control; Appeal regarding World Expo 2010 in Shanghai; Proposal on Preparation of a Publication on History, Culture and Language in the Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian and English Languages; Statement on the Relations between the Russian Federation and Georgia; Statement on the Parliamentary Co-operation of the Baltic States; Statement on Preparedness of the Baltic States for Natural Disasters; Statement on Democracy in Belarus; Statement on Fight against Terrorism Threats; Statement on Cooperation of the Baltic States and New European Union Neighbour States by Sharing Experience in Improving Parliamentary Democracy, approved the Baltic Assembly Budget Report for 2005 and the Baltic Assembly Budget for 2007; defined the following priorities of the Baltic Assembly for 2007: a common Baltic energy strategy policy (strengthening the reliability of the energy production and supply); protection of the Baltic Sea environment and preservation of the cultural heritage (prevention of sea and coastal pollution, safe transportation of oil and its products and co-ordination of joint actions when responding to accidents, protection of the cultural environment and preservation of the cultural heritage in modern architecture); labour market and migration policy (regulation of the labour market, resolving social and law enforcement issues); parliamentary contribution to forming democratic relations with the European Union neighbours; defined the following priorities for co-operation between the Baltic Assembly and the Baltic Council of Ministers in 2007: the role of the Baltic States in implementing the European Neighbourhood Policy in Eastern European countries; the development of human resources in the Baltic States; decided that the 26th Session of the Baltic Assembly will take place on 22-24 November 2007 in Riga, the Republic of Latvia. President of the Baltic Assembly Valerijus SIMULIK Republic of Lithuania Vice President of the Baltic Assembly Ērika ZOMMERE Republic of Latvia Vice President of the Baltic Assembly Andres TAIMLA Republic of Estonia Vilnius, 17 December 2006