Slovenia hosts second seminar on NATO’s new Strategic Concept
NATO’s second seminar on the New Strategic Concept will be held at the Conference Centre in Brdo, Slovenia on Friday 13 November 2009. After the first seminar in Luxembourg focused on the fundamental security tasks of the Alliance, the discussion and reflection process will now focus on NATO's engagements in the wider world and operations.
Hosted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Defence of Slovenia with the support of the UK's Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), the event will bring together members of the Group of Experts appointed by the Secretary General, government officials from Allied nations and from troop contributing partners, military authorities, representatives from international organisations including the UN, the EU, the OSCE, the OECD and and some other opinion leaders. The programme of this seminar will consist of a series of discussions centred on such themes as lessons of current operations, dealing with evolving threats, NATO's spectrum of engagement and comprehensive approach.
The seminar will be presided over by the Hon. Madeleine K. Albright. NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen will address the seminar with H.E. Samuel Žbogar, the Foreign Minister of Slovenia and H.E. Dr. Ljubica Jelušič, the Defence Minister of Slovenia providing, respectively, welcome and closing remarks.
Media advisory – events open to the media
| 13 November 2009 | |
| 8.30-9.00 | Opening session: remarks by Minister Žbogar, Mr. Rasmussen and The Hon. Madeleine K.Albright |
| 16.40-17.00 | Concluding session: remarks by The Hon. Madeleine Albright and Minister Jelušič |
| 17.10-17.30 | Press conference with The Hon. Madeleine Albright, Chair of the Group of Experts, H.E. Samuel Žbogar, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Slovenia, and H.E. Dr. Ljubica Jelušič, Minister of Defence, Slovenia. |
There is a limited number of passes available to interested media representatives, who should contact Damien Arnaud (email: press@hq.nato.int) no later than 9h30 on Thursday, 12 November. Arrivals for accredited media will be no later than 8.00 on Friday 13 November at the Brdo conference centre.
Video and still images of the opening and closing sessions will be available on the NATO Website after each event and upon request for broadcast-quality feeds.
More information on NATO’s New Strategic Concept is available at http://www.nato.int/strategic-concept/index.html.