parliaments of the European Union. Achievements The Petersberg tasks, agreed by WEU Ministers in 1992, defined the scope of CSDP crisis-management activities; the former WEU Satellite Centre in Torrejón/Spain now provided the EU with a degree of autonomy in analysing satellite imagery for intelligence; the WEU Institute for Security Studies (EU) in Paris has been transferred to the EU; Defence Ministers participate in the council's activities; increasing Europeanisation of NATO; recognition of the need for a European chain of command; the handbook on European military standards and procedures, given as a reference to the EU Military Staff; Europe-wide cooperation on defence equipment and in particular the creation of the European Defence Agency, which has absorbed the functions of the Western European Armaments Group (WEAG) and the Western European Armaments Organisation (WEAO). All the above achievements are the direct result of WEU's past experience and of the political input and impetus generated by national parliamentarians working together in the Assembly. Members 39 European countries, including all EU and European NATO member states, had the right to send parliamentary delegations to the Assembly. It had nearly 400 members. Many were members of the defence, foreign or European affairs committees in their own parliaments. Structure The former EU High Representative Javier Solana, who was responsible for the CSDP (then known as the ESDP, was at the same time the WEU Secretary-General, thus creating a link between both organisations at the highest executive level. The last Assembly of WEU President was Robert Walter (UK), who took over from Jean-Pierre Masseret (France, Socialist group) in 2008. The last Secretary General / Clerk to the Assembly was Mr Colin Cameron (UK). The main interparliamentary work within the Assembly is done by 4 committees: The Defence Committee is concerned with European security and defence issues from an operational and military standpoint. The Political Committee addresses the political aspects of European security and defence. The Technological and Aerospace Committee is concerned with matters pertaining to defence and to cooperation in the field of armaments. The Committee for Parliamentary and Public Relations is responsible for cooperation with national parliaments and monitors and analyses security and defence debates in national parliaments as well as parliamentary questions put to national governments. It also makes comparative studies and proposes improved benchmarks for government accountability. The members of the Assembly met twice a year for plenary sessions and throughout the year in committee