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"Euro-Atlantic Security one Year after 11 September" Speech by NATO Secretary General, Lord RobertsonAt the Institut françai...12 Sep. 2002 -liners. And an attack of that nature required a military response, not least to prevent it happening again. Here, too, NATO has played a role only the Alliance could play. The invocation of Article V was not only a declaration of solidarity - it also | Opinion |
Remarks by NATO Secretary General, Lord Robertson and US President George W. Bush after their Bilateral Meeting at the Roose...09 Apr. 2002 . Since September the 11th, NATO has been a bulwark in the fight against terror. On September the 12th, for the first time in history NATO invoked Article V, declaring an attack on one of its members is an attack on all. NATO did so to show its strong | Opinion |
"NATO and the Future of Global Security" Speech by NATO Secretary General, Lord Robertson at the Potsdam Centre04 Mar. 2002 is a unique forum for coordinating political action, and an invaluable framework for coordinated military operations. The invocation of Article V by NATO's Allies was a clear example of NATO's political role. It illustrated the total political solidarity | Opinion |
Statement by the Under-Secretary of State of Finland, Ambassador Jaakko Laajava, at the Seminar on the Role of EAPC in Combating Terrorism22 Feb. 2002 politically vital decision after 9/11 to invoke Article V and later to deploy NATO assets, AWACS-planes and the Standing Maritime Force in the Mediterranean were important measures that started a process of adaptation that can become comparable to the major | Opinion |
Speech by NATO Secretary General, Lord Robertson24 Jan. 2002 obvious manifestation of that solidarity was NATO's decision, on 12 September 2001, to invoke Article V, and declare that this attack was an attack against all 19 members. This decision demonstrated that the mutual trust and commitments on which | Opinion |
"The Transatlantic Link" Speech by the Secretary General at the Annual Conference of the Defence and Society21 Jan. 2002 : "We are all Americans now". Coming from Le Monde, that was a powerful message indeed -- and it was spot on. The most obvious manifestation of that solidarity was NATO's decision, on 12 September 2001, to invoke Article V, and declare | Opinion |
Remarks by Jozo Rados, Minister of Defence of the Republic of Croatia at the meeting of the EAPC19 Dec. 2001 as in our PfP Presentation Document. Croatia sees the enlargement of NATO as one of fundamental factors in addressing new threats and challenges and promoting security and co-operation in the Euro-Atlantic area. In addition to the Article V concept | Opinion |
Address by loan Mircea Pascu, Minister of National Defense of Romania19 Dec. 2001 . I am afraid that for Osama, Atta and the like, the distinction between countries covered by article V of the Washington Treaty and countries not covered by it is completely irrelevant: if they decided to make their point by killing thousands | Opinion |
Statement by U.S. Secretary of Defense, Donald H. Rumsfeld, at the meeting of the North Atlantic Council18 Dec. 2001 smoldering, the Pentagon would have come under attack, coalition forces would be at war in Afghanistan, and, for the first time in the history of this Alliance, Article V of the NATO Charter would have been invoked, and we would have, among other things, NATO | Opinion |
Remarks to the press by US Secretary of State, Colin L. Powell following the meeting of the NAC06 Dec. 2001 Secretary Powell: Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. The world has changed dramatically since September 11 and NATO has responded dramatically. Immediately after the September 11 attacks NATO was the first to offer its support, invoking Article V | Opinion |