1996 [ January ] [ February ] [ March ] [ April ] [ May ] [ June ] [ July ] [ August ] [ September ] [ October ] [ November ] [ December ] The following pages contain high resolution photos that can be downloaded for printing. January 11 January 1996 Visit to Zagreb, Sarajevo & Belgrade by Secretary General Javier Solana 15 January 1996 Visit to NATO by H.R.H. Crown Prince El-Hassan Bin Talal of Jordan 16 January 1996 Visit to NATO by Carl Bildt, High Representative responsible for coordinating the civilian aspects of the Peace Agreement for the former Yugoslavia 17 January 1996 Visit to NATO by Hans Koschnick, European Union Administrator for Mostar 17 January 1996 Visit to NATO by Aleksander Kwasniewski, President of Poland 19 January 1996 Visit to NATO by Richard Goldstone, Prosecutor, UN War Crimes Tribunal 19 January 1996 Press Conference by Secretary General J. Solana and SACEUR 22 January 1996 Visit to Belgium by Secretary General Javier Solana 24 January 1996 Visit to NATO by Tiit Vahi, Prime Minister of Estonia February 14 February 1996 Change of Command of the Chairmanship of the Military Committee 19 February 1996 Visit to Washington D.C. by Secretary General Javier Solana March 12 March 1996 Visit to NATO by Sergei Shoigu, Russian Federation Minister for Civil Emergency Planning 18 March 1996 Joint Press Conference on IFOR 20 March 1996 Visit to Moscow by Secretary General Javier Solana 25 March 1996 Visit to NATO by Jelyu Jelev, President of Bulgaria 26 March 1996 Visit to NATO by Guntis Ulmanis, President of Latvia 26 March 1996 Visit to NATO by Mikhail Chygir, Prime Minister of Belarus 27 March 1996 Visit to NATO by Lennart Meri, President of Estonia April 14 April 1996 Visit to Ukraine by Secretary General Javier Solana 23 April 1996 Visit to NATO by Haydar Aliyev, President of Azerbaijan 23 April 1996 Visit to NATO by Levon Ter-Petrossian, President of Armenia 23 April 1996 Visit to NATO by Edward Shevardnadze, President of Georgia 24 April 1996 Military Committee Meeting 26 April 1996 Visit to NATO by Juan Carlos, King of Spain 28 April 1996 Visit to NATO by Yukihiko Ikeda, Foreign Minister of Japan May 13 May 1996 Visit to NATO by Carl Bildt, High Representative responsible for coordinating the civilian aspects of the Peace Agreement for the former Yugoslavia 21 May 1996 Visit to NATO by Janez Drnovsek, Prime Minister of Slovenia June 3 June 1996 North Atlantic Council Meeting at the level of Foreign Ministers 6 June 1996 Visit to NATO by Jacques Santer, President of the European Commission Pictures taken during the Defence Ministers Meetings at NATO HQ (13-14 June 1996) are available separately. July 8 July 1996 Visit to NATO by Carl Bildt, High Representative responsible for coordinating the civilian aspects of the Peace Agreement for the former Yugoslavia 10 July 1996 Visit to NATO by Daniel Tarschys, Secretary General of the Council of Europe 16 July 1996 Visit to NATO by US Special Envoy Richard Holbrooke 17 July 1996 Farewell to Admiral Leighton Smith August 12 August 1996 IFOR Press Tour in Tuzla, Sarajevo and Zagreb 13 August 1996 Visit to NATO by Warren Christopher, US Secretary of State 23 August 1996 Exercise 'Co-operative Osprey September 16 September 1996 Visit to NATO by Arpad Goncz, President of Hungary 18 September 1996 Press Briefing by the Secretary General J. Solana and the Chairman of the Military Committee 25 September 1996 Informal meeting of the NATO Defence Ministers October 7 October 1996 Visit to NATO by General Aleksander Lebed, Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation 16 October 1996 Visit to NATO by Algirdas Brazauskas, President of Lithuania 17 October 1996 Visit to NATO by Michal Kovac, President of Slovakia November 13 November 1996 Visit to NATO by Islam Karimov, President of Uzbekistan 21 November 1996 Military Committee Meeting at the level of Chiefs of Staff 27 November 1996 Visit to NATO by Paavo Lipponen, Prime Minister of Finland December 10 December 1996 North Atlantic Council Meeting at the level of Foreign Ministers 11 December 1996 Switzerland signs the Partnership for Peace Framework Document (PfP) 17 December 1996 North Atlantic Council Meeting at the level of Defence Ministers 19 December 1996 Visit to NATO by His Majesty Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei