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Exercise
Cooperative Best Effort 2001
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From 10 to 21 September, the latest in an annual series
of military exercises being held within the framework
of the Partnership for Peace programme, Exercise Cooperative
Best Effort, is taking place in Austria. This exercise
is training participants from 7 NATO and 13 Partner countries
in various peace support operation skills.
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Exercise
Cooperative Key 2001
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A military exercise in peace support operations is taking
place in Bulgaria, 11-21 September, as scheduled. The
scenario is based on a NATO response to a UN request to
deploy a multinational task force in support of humanitarian
operations.
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A
moment of great tragedy and mourning
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The North Atlantic Council has expressed its deepest
sympathy and solidarity to the United States and resolutely
condemned the barbaric terrorist acts committed against
the American people in New York and Washington D.C. on
11 September. At a special meeting on the evening of 11
September, the NATO allies declared that the United States
can rely on their support and assistance. NATO Secretary
General, Lord Robertson condemned the attacks "in
the strongest possible terms" and firmly underlined
"the need for the international community and
the members of the Alliance to unite their forces in fighting
the scourge of terrorism".
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Military
Committee puts an end to tour
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As soon as the violent terrorist attacks were perpetrated
against the United States, 11 September, the Military
Committee -NATO's highest military authority- put an end
to a three-day tour to Italy and Hungary, planned from
10 to 12 September.
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NATO
reaffirms Treaty commitments in dealing with terrorist
attacks against the US
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"If it is determined that this attack was directed
from abroad against the United States, it shall be regarded
as an action covered by Article 5 of the Washington Treaty,"
stated NATO Secretary General, Lord Robertson, after a
meeting of the North Atlantic Council on the evening of
12 September.
Article
5 of the Washington Treaty stipulates that an armed
attack against one or several members shall be considered
as an attack against all. Lord Robertson will now officially
inform the UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, that the North
Atlantic Council has agreed this statement.
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NATO
and Russia united in resolve against scourge of terrorism
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NATO member countries and Russia strongly reiterated
their anger and indignation at the brutal acts committed
against New York and Washington D.C. during a meeting
of the NATO-Russia Permanent Joint Council (PJC), 13 September.
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Operation
Essential Harvest continues
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Since the 6 September decision by the parliament of the
former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (1)
to proceed with constitutional reforms, Operation Essential
Harvest has resumed. As established at the beginning of
the operation, NATO forces are continuing to collect,
transport and destruct weapons and ammunition from different
sites in the country.
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Three
minutes of silence
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At 12 noon, staff at NATO headquarters in Brussels joined
millions of people across the European continent in observing
three minutes of silence in respect of the victims and
bereaved of the 11 September attacks, a show of solidarity
toward the American people that expresses the indignation
and devastation of the international community as a whole.
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Special
NATO-Ukraine meeting
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At a special meeting on 14 September, the
NATO-Ukraine Commission extended its deepest condolences
to the families and victims of the brutal acts of terrorism
committed against the United States, 11 September. It
qualified these attacks as "unprecedented in scale
and horror", adding that they were "directed
against the very foundation of democracy and freedom throughout
the world".
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- Turkey
recognises the Republic of Macedonia with its constitutional
name.
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