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Informal Meeting of Defence Ministers

Colorado Springs, US    8 - 9 October 2003

Biographies
Defence Ministers
  7 Invited countries
Permanent Representatives
Secretary General
Senior EAPC Government Officials
Chiefs of Staff
  7 Invited countries
Military Representatives
Background
The NATO Response Force: At the center of NATO transformation
Explanatory Note on Signing of Letters of Intent
Multimedia
High resolution logo for download (.JPG/366kb)
NATO Wallpaper for October
Information from the Host Country
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Photos

Courtesy of the Colorado Springs Convention and Visitors Bureau
Welcome message from the U.S. Secretary of Defense
Colorado Springs - Fact Sheet
Useful Links
News
Defence Ministers look at future challenges at Colorado Springs meeting
9 Oct. - NATO Ministers of Defence and the 7 invited countries expected to join NATO next year, reviewed the Alliance’s transformation in the context of the future security environment at an informal meeting.

Dynamic Response 07: The 2003 Informal NATO Defense Ministerial Crisis Management Study Seminar
7 Oct. - Dynamic Response ’07 is a crisis management study seminar designed to provide NATO leaders with an opportunity to examine the Alliance’s future security environment and NATO’s potential role.

Speeches, photos & audio photos audio
6 October
6 Oct Scenes of Colorado Springs   photos  

7 October
  Preparations & Walk About by NATO Secretary General Lord Robertson   photos  
  NATO-US Bilateral Meeting   photos  
  NATO-Germany Bilateral Meeting   photos  

 

8 October
a.m. Crisis Management Study Seminar at the Joint National Integration Center, Schriever Air Force Base   photos  
p.m. Background briefings   photos  
  NATO's Transformation .PDF
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  NATO Response Force .PDF
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  NATO Ministerial Study Seminar "Dynamic Response 07" .PDF
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  Joint News Conference   photos  
  NATO Secretary General, Lord Robertson Eng. MP3
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  US Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld Eng. MP3
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  NATO Secretary General, Lord Robertson Eng. MP3
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  Questions and answers Eng. MP3
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  Working session for Allied and Invitee Defence Ministers   photos  
  Opening statement by NATO Secretary General, Lord Robertson and US Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld   MP3
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  Signing Ceremony for Multinational Capabilities Projects Eng.  
  Remarks by NATO Secretary General, Lord Robertson   MP3
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  Remarks by Federico Trillo-Figueroa Martnez Conde, Minister of Defence of Spain   MP3
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  Remarks by Peter Struck, Minister of Defence of Germany (in German)   MP3
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Remarks by Peter Struck, Minister of Defence of Germany (interpretation in English) MP3
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  Remarks by NATO Secretary General, Lord Robertson   MP3
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  Presentation of the first NATO Meritorious Service Medal to Admiral Sir Ian Forbes, Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Transformation    
  Remarks by NATO Secretary General, Lord Robertson   MP3
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9 October
a.m. NATO-The Netherlands Bilateral Meeting   photos  
  NATO-Russia Bilateral Meeting   photos  
  Family portrait   photos  
p.m. News Conference   photos
  Statement by NATO Secretary General, Lord Robertson Eng. MP3
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  Questions and answers Eng. MP3
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  Meeting of the Allied Defence Ministers with Russian Defence Minister, Sergei Ivanov   photos  
  Press Conference with Russian Defence Minister, Sergei Ivanov (in Russian)   MP3
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  Press Conference with Russian Defence Minister, Sergei Ivanov (interpreted in English) Eng. MP3
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  Questions and aswers with Ambassador R. Nicholas Burns,
US Permanent Representative to NATO
Eng.    

Media information

NATO Press Release (2003)071 - 23 June 2003
Media Advisory - Informal Meeting of Defence Ministers (IM 2003) Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States, 8 9 October 2003
OTAN Communiqué de presse (2003)071 - 23 juin 2003
Note à la presse - Runion informelle des Ministres de la Dfense (IM 2003) Colorado Springs Colorado (Etats-Unis) 8-9 octobre 2003
 
NATO Press Release (2003)114 - 30 September 2003
Informal Meeting of Defence Ministers (IM 2003) - Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States, 8 9 October 2003 - Final Media Advisory
OTAN Communiqué de presse (2003)114 - 30 septembre 2003
Runion informelle des ministres de la dfense (IM 2003) - Colorado Springs Colorado (Etats-Unis) 8-9 octobre 2003 - Dernire note la presse
 

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