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Press briefing by NATO Spokesman, James Appathurai following the meeting of the North Atlantic Council at the level of Foreign Ministers26 Jan. 2007 the initiative in Afghanistan going into 2007, to seize the initiative in a variety of ways. First, all of the Allies stressed the need for what you heard the Secretary General refer to and that is for a comprehensive approach. What does that mean? It means | Opinion |
Press briefing by NATO Spokesman, James Appathurai24 Jan. 2007 a really dramatic evolution from where the two organizations were 15 years ago to where they are now. This is not the first visit of a UN Secretary General to this building. Certainly the current Secretary General, mine, I mean, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer | Opinion |
Keynote address by NATO Deputy Secretary General Alessandro Minuto Rizzo at the Conference on “NATO-Gulf Cooperation in the Framework of the Istanbul Cooperation Initiative”21 Jan. 2007 Union take up the challenge of deploying forces to stabilize conflict areas – a development that NATO does not see as rivalry but as a positive form of international burden sharing. This said, NATO has unique advantages. For instance it brings together | Opinion |
Press point by the NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and United States Secretary of Defense, Mr. Robert Gates12 Jan. 2007 conversations about a NATO that has changed a great deal over the years. We talked about the current state of the Alliance; its missions, as well as the future. The last time I was in government service in 1993, NATO was a very different organization | Opinion |
Press point by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and Prime Minister of Japan, Shinzo Abe12 Jan. 2007 , in the most strong wording condemned these projects, condemned these threats and condemns the proliferation from North Korea. And although NATO of course does not have any direct role to play in the face of this problem - we leave that to the six-party talks | Opinion |
Weekly background briefing10 Jan. 2007 there there are no guarantees. Q: Just a follow-up on the Kosovo question. President Tadic said last week that Ahtisaari should perhaps delay the paper until the Serb government has had time to form, a coalition to be formed correctly. How does NATO view such a delay | Opinion |
Global NATO: Overdue or Overstretch? - Speech by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, at the SDA Conference, Brussels06 Nov. 2006 having the right hardware. It also includes having the right defence planning system. That’s why we are currently in the process of fine-tuning our defence planning process, based on the Comprehensive Political Guidance to be published in Riga | Opinion |
Press briefing by the NATO Spokesman during the meeting of the Ministers of Defence in Portorož, Slovenia28 Sep. 2006 at a number of issues. One will be the current state of force generation and how allies are doing in providing the forces necessary for the operation. Another is looking forward to the expansion of the mission to encompass the entire country. Third | Opinion |
Address by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer to the "Model NATO" Participants at Portorož, Slovenia28 Sep. 2006 be marginalised by others; an Alliance that now maintains relationships with 20 Partners in Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia; 7 partners in Northern Africa and the Middle East; and 4 partners in the Gulf region; and that is currently looking at ways | Opinion |
Press Briefing by NATO Spokesman James Appathurai13 Sep. 2006 . That does not preclude what will happen soon. But to give you a snapshot. Canada, of course, has been very much in the lead, but also supported by the U.S., Denmark, the U.K. and the Netherlands. I might add, three Afghan Kandaks, that is three Afghan | Opinion |
