Audio files 2006 Jan - Feb - Mar - Apr - May - Jun - Jul - Aug - Sep - Oct - Nov - Dec December 20 Dec. 2006 End of year message by NATO Secretary General, Mr. Jaap de Hoop Scheffer .MP3/2346kb 14 Dec. 2006 Press briefing with the NATO Secretary General, Mr. Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and the President of Serbia, Mr. Boris Tadić .MP3/5500kb 14 Dec. 2006 Press briefing with the NATO Secretary General, Mr. Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and the President of Montenegro, Mr. Filip Vujanovic .MP3/3631kb 14 Dec. 2006 Press briefing with the NATO Secretary General, Mr. Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and the Chairman of the Tripresidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina , Mr. Nebojša Radmanović .MP3/5343kb 12 Dec. 2006 International Conference on “NATO and Gulf Countries: Facing Common Challenges Through the Istanbul Cooperation Initiative"     Opening remarks by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer .MP3/15128kb   Press conference by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer .MP3/18398kb 7 Dec. 2006 Priorities for Ukraine's defence and security sector reform - Video interview with Professor Serhii Pyrozkhov, Deputy Secretary of the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine, Co-Chairman of the NATO-Ukraine Joint Working Group on Defence Reform (JWGDR) .MP3/9.752kb 7 Dec. 2006 Change of Command ceremony at SHAPE Headquarters:     Speech by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer .MP3/4890kb   Speech by General James L. Jones, departing SACEUR .MP3/8133kb   Speech by General John Craddock, the new SACEUR .MP3/2254kb 6 Dec. 2006 Press conference by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and the President of Croatia, Mr. Stjepan Mesic .MP3/4348kb 4 Dec. 2006 President Nazarbayev addresses the opening of the exhibition in presence of the NATO Secretary General .MP3/6464kb 4 Dec. 2006 Press briefing with the NATO Secretary General, Mr. Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and Mr. Nursultan Nazarbayev, President of the Republic of Kazakhstan .MP3/5770kb 4 Dec. 2006 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 .MP3/5194kb November Audio files from the NATO Summit in Riga, Latvia (28-29 November) are available separately. 24 November 2006 Press conference on NATO's Riga Summit by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer .MP3/22143kb 17 November 2006 The Chairman of the NATO Military Committee, General Raymond Henault and the Chief of Defence of Pakistan, General UI Haq addressed the meeting of the NATO Military Committee .MP3/7799kb 16 November 2006 Press conference with the Chairman of the NATO Military Committee, General Raymond Henault .MP3/11756kb 8 November 2006 Weekly press briefing with the NATO Spokesman James Appathurai .MP3/20179kb 8 November 2006 Press briefing with NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and Mr. Ilham Aliyev, the President of Azerbaijan .MP3/4455kb 8 November 2006 The President of Azerbaijan, Mr. Ilham Aliyev, visited NATO Headquarters on 8 November 2006 to address the North Atlantic Council. .MP3/3083kb 2 November 2006 Joint press point with the NATO Spokesman, James Appathurai, the NATO Senior Civilian Representative for Afghanistan, Ambassador Daan Everts, the Deputy Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary General, Ambassador Chris Alexander and the World Bank Country Director for Afghanistan, Mr Alastair Mckechnie .MP3/31511kb October 26 October 2006 Press conference by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer at Itar-Tass .MP3/11.006kb 18 October 2006 Weekly press briefing with the NATO Spokesman James Appathurai .MP3/20.596kb 18 October 2006 Press briefing with the NATO Secretary General, Mr. Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and the United Nations Secretary General Special Envoy for the Future Status Process for Kosovo, Mr. Martti Ahtisaari. .MP3/7420kb 9 October 2006 Press briefing with the NATO Secretary General, Mr. Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and the EU High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy, Mr. Javier Solana and EU Special Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina Dr. Christian Schwarz-Schilling. .MP3/5985kb 4 October 2006 Weekly press briefing with the NATO Spokesman James Appathurai .MP3/18.181kb 4 October 2006 NAC opening remarks by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and Mr. Kassymzhomart Tokayev, Foreign Minister of Kazakhstan .MP3/2730kb September Audio files from the Meeting of Defence Ministers in Portorož, Slovenia (28-30 September) are available separately.   Audio files from the Meeting of Foreign Ministers in New York (21 September) are available separately. 26 September 2006 Press briefing on the Defence Ministers meeting in Portoroz , Slovenia , 28-30 September, by the Assistant Secretary General for Defence Policy and Planning, John Colston, and the NATO Spokesman, James Appathurai .MP3/22187kb 25 September 2006 Press point with NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and the Mr. Alexander Downer, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Australia. .MP3/5828kb 25 September 2006 NAC opening remarks by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and the Mr. Alexander Downer, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Australia. .MP3/2321kb 22 September 2006 Kabul Podcast - Audio report by Mark Laity, NATO's civilian spokesman in Afghanistan .MP3/2697kb 14 September 2006 Press point with NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and the Prime Minister of Ukraine, Viktor Yanukovych .MP3/7.173kb 13 September 2006 Weekly press briefing with the NATO Spokesman James Appathurai .MP3/27.705kb 12 September 2006 Press point with NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and the Prime-Minister of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia1, Mr. Nikola Gruevski .MP3/7.986kb 12 September 2006 Press point with NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and Marshall Billingslea (NATO Assistant Secretary General, Defence Investment Division) .MP3/18.378kb 11 September 2006 Remarks by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer at the Commemorative Ceremony held at NATO HQ to pay tribute to all the victims of terrorist attacks .MP3/2734kb 8 September 2006 Video interview with Lieutenant General Ulrich Wolf, Director of the NATO Communications and Information Systems Services Agency (NCSA) .MP3/2044kb 7 September 2006 Weekly press briefing with the NATO Spokesman James Appathurai .MP3/30535kb 7 September 2006 Press point with NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and the Slovak Prime-Minister Mr. Róbert Fico .MP3/6067kb July Kabul podcast: weekly audio diary, recorded live from Kabul. 26 July 2006 Weekly press briefing with the NATO Spokesman James Appathurai .MP3/15342kb 26 July 2006 Press point with NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and the Prime Minister of Georgia, Zurab Nogaideli .MP3/5432kb 26 July 2006 Opening statement by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and the Prime Minister of Georgia, Zurab Nogaideli in the North Atlantic Council .MP3/1354kb 19 July 2006 Press point with NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and the President of Serbia, Boris Tadic .MP3/7823kb June Audios from the Meeting of Defence Ministers NATO HQ (8 June 2006) are available separately. 27 June 2006 Weekly press briefing with the NATO Spokesman James Appathurai .MP3/11341kb 22 June 2006 Press point by Vladimir Voronin, President of Moldova and Alessandro Minuto Rizzo, NATO Deputy Secretary General .MP3/7240kb 20 June 2006 Weekly press briefing with the NATO Spokesman James Appathurai and LtCol Tony White .MP3/27846kb 6 June 2006 Weekly press briefing with the NATO Spokesman James Appathurai and Mr. John P. Colston .MP3/20514kb May 24 May 2006 Weekly press briefing with the NATO Spokesman James Appathurai .MP3/11134kb 22 May 2006 Presentation of the Riga Summit logo - statements by the Permanent Representative of Latvia to NATO, the NATO Secretary General and the Latvian Defence Minister .MP3/3232kb 17 May 2006 Weekly press briefing with the NATO Spokesman James Appathurai .MP3/20371kb 17 May 2006 Joint Press Point with NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and the United Nations Secretary General Envoy to Kosovo, Mr. Martti Ahtisaari .MP3/7357kb 11 May 2006 Press Conference by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer at Pristina aiport .MP3/7688kb 10 May 2006 Press briefing by Mr. Marshall Billingslea, Assistant Secretary General for Defence Investment .MP3/11713kb 10 May 2006 Weekly press briefing with the NATO Spokesman James Appathurai .MP3/6174kb 4 May 2006 Joint Press point by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and the Minister of Foreign Affaires of Japan, Taro Aso .MP3/3373kb   April Audios from the Informal Meeting of Foreing Ministers in Sofia (27-28 April 2006) are available separately. 27 Apr. 2006 Opening Remarks by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer for the CNAD PRT exhibition .MP3/2792Kb 25 Apr. 2006 Background briefing by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer on the upcoming ministerial meeting in Sofia, Bulgaria .MP3/19089Kb 5 Apr. 2006 Weekly press briefing with the NATO Spokesman James Appathurai .MP3/13.328kb 3 Apr. 2006 Press point by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and the EU High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy, Mr. Javier Solana .MP3/7.229kb March 29 Mar. 2006 Weekly press briefing with the NATO Spokesman James Appathurai .MP3/20.036kb 22 Mar. 2006 Press point by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and the Prime Minister of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Mr. Vlado Buckovski .MP3/9.309kb 22 Mar. 2006 Weekly press briefing with the NATO Spokesman James Appathurai .MP3/13.937kb 15 Mar. 2006 Weekly press briefing with the NATO Spokesman James Appathurai .MP3/4807kb 15 Mar. 2006 Press briefing by Supreme Allied Commander, Transformation (SACT) is General Lance L. Smith .MP3/19807kb 13 Mar. 2006 Speech by Afghan Minister of defence, Abdul Rahim Wardak .MP3/13.501kb 01 Mar. 2006 Opening remarks by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and H.R.H Crown Prince Haakon of Norway .MP3/3834kb February Audios from the Informal Meeting of Defence Ministers in Taormina (9-10 February 2006) are available separately. 22 Feb. 2006 Speech by Andrew Walton, Commander of NATO’s Disaster Relief team in Pakistan. .MP3/16.220kb 15 Feb. 2006 Weekly press briefing with the NATO Spokesman James Appathurai .MP3/10812kb 7 Feb. 2006 Press briefing with the Assistant Secretary General for Defence Policy and Planning John Colston .MP3/17105Kb 7 Feb. 2006 Weekly press briefing with the NATO Spokesman James Appathurai .MP3/5094kb 4 Feb. 2006 Speech by NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer at the 42nd Munich Conference on Security Policy .MP3/2777Kb 2 Feb. 2006 Speech by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer at the Hyatt Park Hôtel Vendôme, Paris, to members of the European American Press Club .MP3/22225kb January 30 Jan. 2006 Press point by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and the Prime Minister of Croatia, Ivo Sanader .MP3/8015kb 30 Jan. 2006 Visit to NATO by the Prime Minister of Croatia, Ivo Sanader .MP3/5576kb 26 Jan. 2006 Weekly press briefing with the NATO Spokesman James Appathurai .MP3/23338kb 19 Jan. 2006 Weekly press briefing with the NATO Spokesman James Appathurai .MP3/15432kb 9 Jan. 2006 Welcoming speech by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer at the New Year Reception of the Press .MP3/5792kb Turkey recognises the Republic of Macedonia with its constitutional name.