In a bid to distinguish itself from the UK Parliament and carve out its own identity, the Assembly's opening ceremony was notably an "informal" affair.
Following the release of the IAEA report and ahead of the UN General Assembly's opening meeting later this month, this week US, German, British, French, Russian and Chinese diplomats met in Germany to discuss the possibility of ratcheting up Security Council sanctions against Iran.
Before the opening of the assembly, the three Royals attended a multi-faith service at the Parish Church of Saint Mary the Virgin in Butetown.
The Queen was joined by the Duke of Edinburgh and the Prince of Wales for the historic royal opening of the Assembly at its temporary home in Crickhowell House.
Mr Annan's opening speech to the assembly was his last as secretary general.
The Queen said that the opening of the Welsh Assembly showed "a new and significant direction in the way Wales is governed".
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She topped the bill at the opening of the Welsh Assembly in 1999, and performed the anthem World In Union with Bryn Terfel for the Rugby World Cup in 2000.
To prevent another flop, last month the Palestinians and their supporters agreed that the 10th anniversary conference will be held in New York during the opening of UN General Assembly.
Almost two years after the successful yes vote, national stars of stage and screen joined royalty and politicians in celebrating the opening of the new Welsh Assembly in Cardiff Bay.
Following the royal opening of the Wales Millennium Centre, the Welsh Assembly turned its attention to the previous week's Queen's speech.
Roberta Alma Anastase, Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies of Romania, Justin Koumba, Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Congo, and Rajkeswur Purryag, Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Mauritius, will participate in the opening ceremony.
At his last job, working on a Pontiac G6 assembly line, he'd climbed into the chassis through the windshield opening to install the sunroof.
Plans for a draft law to change the way Welsh assembly members are elected have been set out by the Queen at the State Opening of Parliament.
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After announcing expansion to London last fall and Boston earlier this week, along with the opening of a second New York campus earlier this year, General Assembly is at it again with news of its first German outpost.
The opening of a Marie Stopes clinic led to demonstrations and scrutiny by a committee in the Northern Ireland Assembly.
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