Republic of Austria

President of the Federal Council

Jürgen Weiss

Kingdom of Belgium

President of the Senate

Armand De Decker

Bosnia and Herzegovina

President of the House of Peoples

Mustafa Pamuk

Czech Republic

Speaker of the Senate

Petr Pithart

French Republic

President of the Senate

Christian Poncelet

Spain

President of the Senate

Javier Rojo García

Speaker of the Senate

Rory Kiely

Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

President of Council of State

Pierre Mores

Kingdom of the Netherlands

Speaker of the First Chamber of the States-General

Yvonne Timmerman-Buck

Federal Republic of Germany

President of the Federal Council

Dieter Althaus

Russian Federation

President of the Council of the Federation of the Federal Assembly

Sergey M. Mironov

Romania

President of the Senate

Nicolae Văcăroiu

Republic of Slovenia

President of the National Council

Janez Sušnik

Swiss Confederation

President of the Council of States

Fritz Schiesser

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Speaker of the House of Lords

Lord Falconer of Thoroton

Republic of Italy

President of the Senate

Marcello Pera

Special guest:

Republic of Belarus

President of the Council of the Republic

Gennady Novitsky