Committee Work

The NATO Parliamentary Assembly provides a unique specialised forum for members of parliament from across the Atlantic Alliance to discuss and influence decisions on Alliance security. One of the most important ways Assembly members seek to do that is through a set of reports, authored by Rapporteurs elected by each Committee. These reports raise parliamentary awareness on key issues affecting the security of the Euro-Atlantic area, which supports national parliamentary oversight over defence and security. Importantly, they also develop policy recommendations for members states and parliaments as well as NATO itself (see the NATO PA Committees below).

Every spring, the Assembly holds its Spring Session, during which members and partners of the Assembly discuss these substantive reports. Taking their colleagues' comments and recommendations into account, the Rapporteurs then revise their reports for further discussion and adoption at the Annual Session in the autumn. Until the documents have been approved by the Committees at the Annual Session, they represent only the views of the Rapporteur. ⤵️