Speeches & press conferences 2007

• End of year message by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer
• Message de fin d'année du secrétaire général de l'OTAN, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer

“Meeting the Security Challenges of Globalisation”
Speech by the NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, Tokyo, Japan

Joint press conference by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and the Polish Prime Minister, Donald Tusk

Joint press conference by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and the President of Croatia, Mr. Stjepan Mesic

Speech by NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer at the conference “Kosovo – Security for All”, Vienna, Austria

Kabul podcast with Nicolas Lunt NATO's civilian spokesman in Afghanistan

Discours du Secrétaire général délégué, Claudio Bisogniero, à la conférence parrainée par la Division Diplomatie publique de l’OTAN

Video interview with NATO's Assistant Secretary General for Defence Investment, Peter Flory

Weekly press briefing by NATO Spokesman, James Appathurai and IMS Spokesman, Col. Brett Boudreau

Opening remarks by NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer at the Ambassadorial meeting of the South-East Europe Security Cooperation Steering Group (SEEGROUP)

Remarks by NATO Deputy Secretary General, Amb. Claudio Bisogniero at the change of command ceremony of the Supreme Allied Commander Transformation, Norfolk, Va.

Speech by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, at the Conference “Transformation and Integration – A Euro-Atlantic perspective on Nordic security policy cooperation”, Swedish Atlantic Council

NATO today and tomorrow - Speech by NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer at a seminar on “NATO today and tomorrow”, organized by the Finnish Institute of International Affairs

Weekly press briefing by NATO Spokesman, James Appathurai

Speech by Deputy Secretary General of NATO, Ambassador Claudio Bisogniero at the Second Annual NATO-Israel symposium

Press briefing by John Colston, Assistant Secretary General for Defence Policy and Planning on the upcoming informal meeting of NATO Defence Ministers, Noordwijk, Netherlands, 24-25 October

Joint press conference by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and President of the Republic of Albania, Mr. Bamir Topi

Weekly press briefing by NATO Spokesman, James Appathurai

Speech by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer at the NATO Parliamentary Assembly’s Annual Session, Reykjavik, Iceland

Seminar on "Public Diplomacy in NATO-led Operations" - Speech by Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer in Copenhagen

Joint press point with NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and the President of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia¹, Branko Crvenkovski

Speech by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer at Tbilisi State University, Tbilisi, Georgia

Joint press point with NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and the Prime Minister of New Zealand, Ms. Helen Clark

Weekly press briefing by NATO Spokesman, James Appathurai

Questions and answers the NATO Response Force

Weekly press briefing by NATO Spokesman, James Appathurai

Weekly press briefing by NATO Spokesman, James Appathurai

Joint press briefing with General Dan McNeill, Commander of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan, and Ambassador Daan Everts, NATO Senior Civilian Representative

"Managing Global Security and Risk" - Speech by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, at the IISS Annual Conference in Geneva, Switzerland

Address by Mr Vuk Jeremić, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Serbia, to the North Atlantic Council on the occasion of the presentation of the Partnership for Peace Presentation Document (.PDF/59Kb)

Speech by NATO Deputy Secretary General, Alessandro Minuto-Rizzo at the Public Diplomacy symposium, at the Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)

Weekly press briefing by NATO Spokesman James Appathurai

Press briefing given by Antonio Maria Costa, Executive Director of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, and James Pardew, NATO Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Operations

“Today’s NATO, and why it matters” - Speech by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer at Lloyd’s City Dinner, London

"NATO and Missile Defence" - Speech by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer at the AIAA Multinational BMD Conference and Exhibition in Maastricht, The Netherlands

• Interview with Jean Fournet, Assistant Secretary General for Public Diplomacy
• Interview avec Jean Fournet, Secrétaire Général adjoint pour la Diplomatie publique de l'OTAN

Briefing by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer

Kabul podcast with Nicolas Lunt NATO's civilian spokesman in Afghanistan

Weekly press briefing by NATO Spokesman, James Appathurai

Joint press point with NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and the President of Latvia, Valdis Zatlers

"The New Strategic Scenario: Challenges to Security" - Speech by Ambassador A. Minuto-Rizzo, NATO Deputy Secretary General, at the Summer Course on “Spain’s 25 Years in NATO: Working Together for Peace and Security”

• Statement by by Ambassador Kostiantyn Morozov, Head of the Ukrainian Mission to NATO, NATO-Ukraine Commission at Ambassadorial level
• Déclaration faite par l'ambassadeur Kostiantyn Morozov, Chef de la Mission de l'Ukraine auprès de l'OTAN (traduit de l'anglais)

Opening statement by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, NATO-Ukraine Commission at Ambassadorial level

Europe’s New South - Speech by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer at the “Croatia Summit 2007”, Dubrovnik, 6 July 2007

Speech by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer to Ukrainian journalists on the 10th anniversary of the NATO-Ukraine partnership

Weekly press briefing by NATO Spokesman, James Appathurai

Address by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer at the Rome conference on the rule of law in Afghanistan

Press briefing by NATO Spokesman James Appathurai

Opening remarks by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer at the NATO-Russia Council Seminar “Modern risks and security threats: the role of the NRC”, Sint Petersburg

Video interview by Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Public Diplomacy, Stefanie Babst

Speech by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer at the Conférence de Montréal, (13th International Economic Forum of the Americas), Montreal, 20-21 June 2007

Discours du Secrétaire général délégué à la conférence du Dialogue méditerranéen à Tunis, Tunisie

Background briefing on the upcoming meeting of Defence Ministers by John Colston, Assistant Secretary General for Defence Planning and Policy

Remarks by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer at the “Security and defence agenda” conference, Brussels

Press briefing by NATO Spokesman James Appathurai

Keynote address by NATO Assistant Secretary General for Public Diplomacy Jean Fournet

Remarks by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer at the SHAPE 40th Anniversary BBQ

Video Interview by Evert Somer, NATO civil emergency planning

Speech by NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer at NATO Parliamentary Assembly, Madeira, Portugal

Weekly press briefing by the NATO Spokesman

Joint press availability with NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and US President George W. Bush

Video interview with NATO's Assistant Secretary General for Defence Investment, Peter Flory

Kabul podcast with Nicolas Lunt NATO's civilian spokesman in Afghanistan

Weekly press briefing by the NATO Spokesman

Video interview with NATO's Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs and Security Policy, Ambassador Martin Erdmann

Video interview with the Assistant Secretary General for Defence Policy and Planning, Mr. John Colston

Video interview with NATO's Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs and Security Policy, Ambassador Martin Erdmann

Press briefing by NATO Spokesman, James Appathurai and the NATO Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs and Security Policy, Martin Erdmann on the Informal meeting of NATO Foreign ministers in Oslo

4th Iraq podcast with Major Steinar Sveinsson, Public Information Officer for the NATO training mission in Iraq

3rd Iraq podcast with Major Steinar Sveinsson, Public Information Officer for the NATO training mission in Iraq

Speech by NATO Secretary General at the Microsoft-BBC-NATO - Defence Leaders forum Noordwijk aan zee

Speech by Ambassador Alessandro Minuto Rizzo, NATO Deputy Secretary General at the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA), Delhi, India

Press conference by NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer after reinforced meetings of the North Atlantic Council and the NATO-Russia Council discussing missile defence

Press conference by the NATO Spokesman, James Appathurai
after the reinforced meetings of the North Atlantic Council and the NATO-Russia Council discussing missile defence

Speech by NATO's Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs and Security Policy, Ambassador Martin Erdmann at the NATO Seminar on Proliferation Issues in Vilnius, Lithuania

Second Iraq podcast with Major Steinar Sveinsson, Public Information Officer for the NATO training mission in Iraq

Iraq podcast with Major Steinar Sveinsson, Public Information Officer for the NATO training mission in Iraq

Press conference by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer in Pristina, Kosovo

Video interview with Davor Božinović, Ambassador of Croatia to NATO

Press briefing by the NATO Spokesman, James Appathurai

Joint press point with NATO Secretary General, Mr. Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and the NATO Spokesman, James Appathurai

Interview with Michel Duray, Director of the NATO Information and Documentation Centre in Ukraine

Countering WMD proliferation - Video interview with NATO's Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs and Security Policy, Ambassador Martin Erdmann

Interview with Prof. N. Priest and Prof. M. Burkitbayev, winners of the 2007 NATO Science Prize

Press conference by Mr. Yunus Qanooni, Speaker of the Afghan Parliament

Monthly video briefing by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer

"NATO in the age of global challenges" - Speech by Ambassador Martin Erdmann, Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs and Security Policy, Tokyo (Japan)

Press briefing by NATO Spokesman, James Appathurai

Joint press point with NATO Secretary General, Mr. Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and the Czech Republic, Mr. Mirek Topolánek

Interview with the African Union Commissioner for Peace and Security, Ambassador Said Djinnit

• L’OTAN : la défense de la securité et des valeurs communes. Allocution du Secrétaire général de l’OTAN aux grandes conferences catholiques
• NATO: Defence of security and shared values. Speech by NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer at the Grandes conférences catholiques

Press briefing by Acting NATO Deputy Spokesman, Robert Pszczel

Joint press point with NATO Secretary General, Mr. Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and President of Georgia, Mikheil Saakashvili

Joint press point with NATO Secretary General, Mr. Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and the EU High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy, Mr. Javier Solana

Joint press point with NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and the UN Secretary General's Special Envoy for Kosovo, Martti Ahtisaari

Press point by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer in Priština, Kosovo

Press point by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer in Mitrovica, Kosovo

Press briefing by NATO Spokesman, James Appathurai

Press Point by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and Nikola Gruevski, Prime Minister of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia¹

Speech by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer at the 43rd Munich Conference on Security Policy

Press briefing on the informal Defence Ministers meeting in Seville, Spain, 8-9 February 2007, by the Assistant Secretary General for Defence Policy and Planning, John Colston, and the NATO Spokesman, James Appathurai

Weekly press briefing by the acting NATO Deputy Spokesman, Robert Pszczel

Press point by the NATO Secretary General and the President of Pakistan

Opening statements by the NATO Secretary General and the President of Pakistan during the meeting of the North Atlantic Council

Keynotespeech by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer in Berlin, Germany

• "NATO and the EU: Time for a New Chapter"
• "Die NATO und die EU: Zeit für ein neues Kapitel"

Joint point de presse with NATO Secretary General, Mr. Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and Branko Crvenkovski, President of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia¹

Joint point de presse with NATO Secretary General, Mr. Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and United Nations Secretary General, Mr. Ban Ki-moon

Press briefing by NATO Spokesman, James Appathurai

Keynote address by NATO Deputy Secretary General Alessandro Minuto Rizzo at the Conference on “NATO-Gulf Cooperation in the Framework of the Istanbul Cooperation Initiative”

Speech by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer at the annual press reception on the occasion of the New Year

Interview with Martin Erdmann on the 2007 Partnership for Peace Planning Symposium

Press point by the NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and United States Secretary of Defense, Mr. Robert Gates

Visit by the Prime Minister of Japan, Mr. Shinzo Abe to NATO

• Remarks by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer at the North Atlantic Council meeting in the presence of the Prime Minister of Japan, Mr. Shinzo Abe
• “Japan and NATO: Toward Further Collaboration” - Statement by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to the North Atlantic Council
• Press point by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and Prime Minister of Japan, Shinzo Abe

Weekly background briefing by NATO Spokesman, James Appathurai

Assisting Ukraine's defence and security sector reform - Video interview with John Colston, NATO's Assistant Secretary General for Defence Policy and Planning, Co-Chairman of the NATO-Ukraine Joint Working Group on Defence Reform (JWGDR)