Topics
- NATO Summit Meetings
- NATO operations and missions
- NATO-Russia relations
- Enlargement
- Membership Action Plan (MAP)
Multimedia
- "NATO's Open Door" - an educational video explaining the Alliance's open door policy, past rounds of NATO enlargement, and future perspectives.
- Teaser (WMV/7058Kb)
- full movie - natochannel.tv
- www.60yearsnato.info
- Six colours video reports
NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer welcomes his succesor Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen of Denmark
Summit meetings
Strasbourg, France / Kehl, Germany
NATO Allies select new Secretary General
4 Apr. 2009 - At the Summit in Strasbourg and Kehl, the 28 NATO Heads of State and Government agreed uninamously to appoint Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen as NATO's next Secretary General.
More...Strasbourg – Kehl Summit strengthens Transatlantic Link and looks at NATO’s future challenges
4 Apr. 2009 - At their Summit meeting in Strasbourg NATO leaders re-affirmed the principle of indivisibility of Allied security, the commitment to transatlantic solidarity and the common goal of a Europe that is whole and free.
More...More stories
- 4 Apr. - NATO expands its role in Afghanistan
- 4 Apr. - NATO Training Mission - Afghanistan
- 4 Apr. - NATO leaders honour military on the river Rhine
- 4 Apr. - NATO welcomes Albania and Croatia at the Summit
- 3 Apr. - NATO Summit gets underway
- 2-3 Apr. - NATO Secretary General outlines future NATO at Youth Summit
- 1 Apr. - NATO Secretary General welcomes Albania and Croatia as NATO members
Official documents
- PR/CP(2009)043 - Declaration on Alliance Security (ENG./FR./RU./UKR.)
- PR/CP(2009)044 - Strasbourg / Kehl Summit Declaration (ENG./FR./RU./UKR.)
- PR/CP(2009)045 - Summit Declaration on Afghanistan (ENG./FR./RU./UKR.)
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NATO Youth Summit NATO in 2020: What lies ahead? |
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| 15:00 | • Opening remarks by NATO Assistant Secretary General for Public Diplomacy Jean-François Bureau | |
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• Keynote speech by NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer | |
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| • Q&A Session with NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer | |
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NATO Youth Summit The World in 2020 Defining the Future Security Environment |
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NATO Youth Summit The World in 2020 The Young Generation and NATO's Communication Policy |
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| 18:00 | Arrival of NATO Heads of State and Government | |
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Working Dinner for NATO Heads of State and Government chaired by the NATO Secretary General | |
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| 23:00 | Press briefing by NATO Spokesman | |
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| • Q&A Session with NATO Spokesman | |
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| 09:15 | Crossing of the "Passerelle de deux Rives" to France, greeted by the French president, Nicolas Sarkozy | |
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| 09:30 | Tribute to the NATO military personnel for service in operational theatres of the Alliance | ||||
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| 10:00 | North Atlantic Council Meeting | MP3 8.089Kb |
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| • Opening remarks by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer | |
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| • Opening remarks by US President Obama | |||||
| • Address by the President of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, John Tanner | EN/FR | ||||
| PR/CP(2009)043 - Declaration on Alliance Security | EN/FR | ||||
| PR/CP(2009)044 - Strasbourg / Kehl Summit Declaration | EN/FR | ||||
| PR/CP(2009)045 - Summit Declaration on Afghanistan | EN/FR | ||||
| 15:20 | Joint press conference | |
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| • Q&A Session | |
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Technical Advisory for the Media – LIVE satellite transmissions -
NATO Summit Strasbourg/Kehl 2009
Download PDF/78Kb 
- NATO Press Release (2009)008 - 26 Jan 2009
- Summit Meeting of NATO Heads of State and Government
Strasbourg, France / Kehl, Germany, 3-4 April 2009 - NATO Press Release (2009)037 - 27 March 2009
- NATO North Atlantic Council Summit meetings of Heads of State and Government
Strasbourg, France and Baden-Baden and Kehl, Germany - 3-4 April 2009
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