20th Anniversary - Celebrated in Strasbourg, 17th May 2008

The official part of the celebration took place

at the Louise Weiss building in Strasbourg.

Opening of the session by the current president of CPLOL, Birgitta Rosén-Gustafsson

Welcoming speech from France, Nicole Denni-Krichel, current president of FNO

CPLOL 1988-2008 : 28 member countries in 20 years ! Nicole Denni-Krichel & Jean-Marc Kremer

Presentation of current work of CPLOL by Aileen Patterson, current General Secretary of CPLOL

Speeches from the 3 previous presidents of CPLOL (in chronological order) :

• Jacques Roustit (1988-1995)

• Ben Mondelaers (1995-1999)

• Linda Schrey-Dern (1999-2005)

Closing speech by Birgitta Rosen-Gustafsson, president of CPLOL