North Atlantic Assembly (NAA)

The North Atlantic Assembly is the inter-parliamentary organisation of legislators from the member countries of the NATO Alliance as well as 13 Associate members from Central, Eastern and Northern Europe (CEE). The Assembly provides a critical forum for international parliamentary dialogue on an array of security, political and economic matters. Its principal objective is to foster mutual understanding among alliance parliamentarians who represent a broad spectrum of political parties. For over forty years the Assembly has reinforced at the parliamentary level the political solidarity which is essential to a strong democratic Alliance. Through the Assembly's five Committees, special working groups and biannual plenary sessions held throughout Europe and North America, legislators meet directly with top government and NATO officials as well as with leading experts and academics. The Assembly has thereby become a central source of information and contact for member legislators and for their respective national parliaments. The Brussels-based Secretariat, which employs a staff of 30, has overall responsibility for co-ordinating these meetings. The Assembly is financed largely by contributions from member parliaments or governments.

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