COMMITTEES ESTABLISHED BY THE COUNCIL, THE WORKING GROUPS AGREED, AND THE ELECTED CHAIRS
• Africa Committee
Chair: Ousmane Tanor Dieng (PS, Senegal)
• Asia-Pacific Committee
Co-Chairs: Helen Clark (NZLP, New Zealand) and Takako Doi (SDP, Japan)
• Committee for Central and Eastern Europe, SICEE
Co-Chairs: Piero Fassino (DS, Italy) and László Kovács (MSzP, Hungary)
- SICEE Working Group on the ‘Stability Pact’
Chair: Petre Roman (PD, Romania)
• Committee for Latin America and the Caribbean, SICLAC
Co-Chairs: Raúl Alfonsín (UCR, Argentina) and Anselmo Sule (PRSD, Chile)
• Mediterranean Committee
Chair: Raimon Obiols (PSOE, Spain)
• Middle East Committee, SIMEC
Chair: Thorbjørn Jagland (DNA, Norway)
- SIMEC Working Group on the Kurdish Question
Chair: (SAP, Sweden)
• Committee on the Economy, Social Cohesion and the Environment
Chair: Christoph Zöpel (SPD, Germany)
- Working Group on the World Trade Organisation
Chair: Erkki Tuomioja (SDP, Finland)
- Working Group on the Kyoto Agreement
Chair: Siri Bjerke (DNA, Norway)
• Committee on Local Authorities
Chair: Hermes Binner (PSP, Argentina)
• Committee on Peace, Democracy and Human Rights
Chair: Milos Zeman (CSSD, Czech Republic)