Among all the considerations we have presented here, some may have higher priority than others, but the definition of such priorities cannot be decided on without intensive discussion with many other specialists in the field. We believe however that all of these topics should be taken into account, because they represent different aspects of a same problem, and they should not be addressed independently. We hope that we have laid significant foundations for further discussion and investigation in the field of speaker recognition assessment methodology, and we strongly recommend that the need for such investigations be clearly acknowledged by concrete support from institutions concerned, so that it can be carried on.