Sessions and Documents

Sessions of the Baltic Assembly since 1992

The Session of the Baltic Assembly is the highest body of the organisation. There are two kinds of the sessions: regular and extraordinary. A regular or an extraordinary Session of the Baltic Assembly have the power to act if more than half of the members of each national delegation are present. A proposal to convene an extraordinary Session may be submitted by each national delegation individually or jointly with other delegations. The proposal to convene an extraordinary Session must be well founded, indicating the issues for consideration.

The Session can adopt decisions on all issues pertaining to the Baltic Assembly activities. A regular Session of the Assembly shall be held once a year in the presiding country. The Session has the following competence:

• adoption and amendment of the Statutes;
• approval of the BA symbols and adoption and amendment of the regulations on their use;
• fixing the venue and time of a regular Session;
• approval and amendment of the agenda of the Session;
• approval of the leadership of the Presidium, standing and ad hoc committees;
• approval of the Secretary General of the Baltic Assembly;
• adoption and amendment of the Regulations on the Secretariat;
• hearing of the BA Presidium’s report on the work accomplished in the period between sessions;
• approval of the BA budget and the report on its implementation;
• adoption of declarations, recommendations, resolutions, decisions and statements.

The Session of the Baltic Assembly adopts its decisions by voting. Each national delegation has one vote. A decision shall be deemed adopted if all the national delegations have voted in favour of it. Within the framework of the Session, an official meeting of the Presidents of the parliaments of the Member States shall be held. More detailed description of the Session conduction is in the Statutes of the Baltic Assembly.

The latest 42^nd Session of the Baltic Assembly was held on 24 November 2023. The next Session will take place on 17-18 October 2024 in Vilnius, Lithuania.

Previous Sessions of the Baltic Assembly

• 1^st Session on 24-26 January 1992 in Riga
• 2^nd Session on 29-31 May 1992 in Palanga
• 3^rd Session on  29-31 October 1993 in Tallinn
• 4^th Session on  13-15 May 1994 in Jurmala
• 5^th Session on 11-13 November 1994 in Vilnius
• 6^th Session on  21-22 April 1995 in Riga
• 7^th Session on 1-2 December 1995 in Tallinn
• 8^th Session on  13-14 April 1996 in Vilnius
• 9^th Session on  5-6 October 1996 in Riga
• 10^th Session on  25-27 April 1997 in Parnu
• 11^th Session on  7-8 November 1997 in Vilnius
• 12^th Session on  8-9 May 1998 in Ventspils
• 13^th Session on  26-28 November 1998 in Tallinn
• 14^th Session on 27-29 May 1999 in Vilnius
• 15^th Session on  2-4 December 1999 in Riga
• 16^th Session on  25-27 May 2000 in Tartu
• 17^th Session on  7-9 December 2000 in Vilnius
• 18^th Session on  31 May - 2 June 2001 in Riga
• 19^th Session on  14-15 December 2001 in Tallinn
• 20^th Session on  23-25 May 2002 in Vilnius
• 21^st Session on  13-14 December 2002 in Riga
• 22^nd Session on  27-29 November 2003 in Vilnius
• 23^rd Session on  17-19 December 2004 in Riga
• 24^th Session on  24-26 November 2005 in Tallinn
• 25^th Session on  16-17 December 2006 in Vilnius
• 26^th Session on  22-24 November 2007 in Riga
• 27^th Session on 4-6 December 2008 in Viljandi
• 28^th Session on  26-28 November 2009 in Vilnius
• 29^th Session on  21-22 October 2010 in Riga
• 30^th Session on 24-25 November 2011 in Tallinn
• 31^st Session on 9 November 2012 in Vilnius
• 32^nd Session on  27-28 November 2013 in Riga
• 33^rd Session on  23-24 October 2014 in Tallinn
• 34^th Session on  19-20 November 2015 in Vilnius
• 35^th Session on 27-28 October 2016 in Riga
• 36^th Session on 9-10 November 2017 in Tallinn
• 37^th Session on  25-26 October 2018 in Vilnius
• 38^th Session on  28-29 November 2019 in Riga
• Digital 39^th Session on  6 November 2020
• 40^th Session on 4-5 November 2021 in Vilnius
• 41^st Session on 27-28 October 2021 in Riga
• 42^nd Session on 23-24 November 2023 in Tallinn