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The V UBC General Conference was held on 24- 25 September 1999 in Stockholm, Sweden, at the invitation of the Mayor of Stockholm. The principal theme of the Conference was "EU enlargement process in the Baltic Sea Region - the role of cities, regions and
states".
The Conference was attended by ca. 200 participants, including representatives of 67 Member Cities, as well as invited guests from governments and international organisations. The first day of the Conference was devoted to the EU enlargement process in the Baltic Sea region. The second day was devoted to internal UBC matters such as reports, elections, etc. On the eve of the General Conference the 25 th UBC Executive Board meeting was
held.
Keynote addresses
Conference participants were warmly welcomed by Mr Carl Cederschiöld, Mayor of Stockholm.
The Conference was opened by Mr
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Anders Engström, UBC President. The following keynote speakers submitted presentations related to the Conference principle theme: Mr Sven-Erik Söder, State Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Sweden; Mr Ulf Dienkelspiel, President of the Swedish Trade Council; Mr Jarle Skjerestad, State Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Norway; Mr Pierre Schori, Member of the European Parliament, Sweden.
The following workshops were held concurrently during the first day of the conference: I. Impacts on cities of EU membership; II. New geopolitical situation in the Baltic Sea region. After the workshops all UBC Commissions held working meetings to discuss reports from the last period and action plans for the next two- year period.
General Assembly
Mr Anders Engström, the President of the Union, submitted the report on UBC activities during the period September'97
- September'99. The Conference adopted the report.
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Subsequently the chairpersons of the Commissions submitted reports and action plans to the
assembly.
Statute and Strategy
Mr Anders Engström presented the proposed amendments to the UBC Statute as submitted by the Executive Board. The Conference decided to accept the proposed amendments. Mr Bartlomiej Sochanski, UBC Vice- President, responsible for the development of the new UBC Strategy, recalled that the Strategy development process started at the end of 1997. The outline of the document was developed by the Strategy working group in 1998. The Executive Board discussed the Strategy at several meetings. The General Conference adopted the new UBC
Strategy.
UBC LA21 Action Program
President Anders Engström informed the Conference that the UBC LA21
Action Program was developed by the UBC LA 21 Working Group initiated by
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