The European Parliament

Meeting with the European Parliament's new President, Mr Hans-Gert Poettering

In December 2002, Baroness Nicholson was voted ‘MEP of the Year” in a poll conducted by the Brussels-based newspaper European Voice.  Votes were submitted from over 70 countries.

Political Responsibilities, 6th mandate of the European Parliament 2004-2009

  • Chairman, Delegation for Relations with Iraq
  • Member, Committee on Foreign Affairs 
  • Responsible for gender mainstreaming for the Foreign Affairs Committee
  • Vice President of the Committee on Foreign Affairs (2004-2007)
  • Member, Subcommittee on Human Rights
  • Member, Delegation for Relations with Iran
  • Substitute Member, Delegation for Relations with the Mashreq Countries
  • Substitute Member, Committee on Budgets
  • Member, Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly Delegation
  • Member, Working Group on the Establishment of a Euro-Mediterranean University 
  • Rapporteur for Kashmir 
  • Rapporteur for Romania (2004-2007), including various parliamentary missions
  • Member, European Union Election Observation Mission, Palestine (2005)
  • Member, European Union Election Observation Mission, Azerbaijan (2005)
  • Member, European Union Election Observation Mission, Lebanon (2005)
  • Member, European Union Election Observation Mission, Afghanistan (2005)
  • Member, United Nations Election Observation Mission, Iraq (January and December 2005)
  • Chief Observer, European Union Election Observation Mission, Yemen (2006)
  • Member, European Union Election Observation Mission, Armenia (May 2007)
  • Parliamentary mission to Saudi Arabia (October 2004)
  • Parliamentary mission to Jordan (July 2005)
  • Parliamentary mission to India (June 2006)
  • Parliamentary mission to Pakistan (June 2006)
  • Parliamentary mission to India (June 2006)
  • Parliamentary mission to Israel and Palestine (December 2006)
  • Parliamentary mission to Lebanon (March 2007)

Political Responsibilities, 5th mandate of the European Parliament 1999-2004

  • Vice President of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Defence & Security Policy
  • Rapporteur for Iraq 
  • Rapporteur for Romania
  • Member, Committee on Women’s Rights and Equal Opportunities 
  • Member, Interparliamentary delegation to Mashreq countries and the Gulf State
  • Member, European Parliament Delegation to Euro-Mediterranean Forum
  • Member, Stability Pact for South East Europe Parliamentary Group
  • Substitute Member, Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development 
  • Substitute Member, Joint Parliamentary Committee for Romania
  • Substitute member, Parliamentary Cooperation Committee for Kazakhstan,
  • Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia