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Defence Ministers Meeting 1- 2 December 2003 Content News Media information Speeches, photos and audio from the event Biographies Defence Ministers   7 Invited countries Permanent Representatives Secretary General Senior EAPC Government Officials Chiefs of Staff   7 Invited countries Military Representatives Multimedia NATO wallpaper for December News Defence Ministers review NATO's missions and transformation NATO Defence Ministers decided to expand the Alliance's mission in Afghanistan and reduce its presence in Bosnia at their meeting at NATO Headquarters on 1 and 2 December 2003. More... Launch of NATO Multinational CBRN Defence Battalion Ministerial Communiqués NATO Press Release (2003)146 - 1 December 2003 Financial and Economic Data Relating to NATO Defence OTAN Communiqué de presse (2003)146 - 1 décembre 2003 Données économiques et financières concernant la défense de l'OTAN   NATO Press Release (2003)147 - 1 December 2003 (in German) Final Communiqué - Ministerial Meeting of the Defence Planning Committee and the Nuclear Planning Group OTAN Communiqué de presse (2003)147 - 1 décembre 2003 Communique final - Réunion ministérielle du Comité de plans de défense et du groupe des plans nucléaires   NATO Press Release (2003)148 - 1 December 2003 (in German) Final Communiqué - Meeting of the North Atlantic Council in Defence Ministers Session OTAN Communiqué de presse (2003)148 - 1 décembre 2003 Communique final - Réunion du Conseil de l'Atlantique Nord en session des Ministres de la défense   NATO Press Release (2003)149 - 1 December 2003 (in German) Statement on Capabilities issued at the Meeting of the North Atlantic Council in Defence Ministers Session OTAN Communiqué de presse (2003)149 - 1 décembre 2003 Déclaration sur les capacités publiée à la réunion du Conseil de L'Atlantique Nord en session des Ministres de la Défense   Statement - 1 December 2003 (In Russian; in German) Meeting of the NATO-Russia Council at the level of Ministers of Defence Déclaration - 1 décembre 2003 Réunion du Conseil OTAN-Russie au niveau des ministres de la défense   NATO Press Release (2003)150 - 2 December 2003 (in Ukrainian) Statement - Meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Commission in Defence Ministers Session held in Brussels OTAN Communiqué de presse (2003)150 - 2 décembre 2003 Déclaration - Réunion de la Commission OTAN-Ukraine en session des Ministres de la défense tenue à Bruxelles NATO Press Release (2003)151 - 2 December 2003 (in German) Chairman’s summary of the Meeting of the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council in Defence Ministers Session OTAN Communiqué de presse (2003)151 - 2 décembre 2003 Compte rendu succinct du Président - Réunion du Conseil de partenariat euro-atlantique en session des Ministres de la défense Defence Ministers meeting - Monday 1 December 2003 a.m. Arrivals of Ministers of Defence         NATO-US Bilateral meeting       Nuclear Planning Group (NPG) meeting         Meeting of the Defence Planning Committee (DPC) with Invitees         Meeting of the North Atlantic Council (NAC) with Invitees     Opening Statement by NATO Secretary General, Lord Robertson ENG MP3 1679Kb Family portrait       Ceremony for the Declaration of Operational capability of the first NATO NBC Battalion with NATO Secretary General Lord Robertson and Harald Kujat, Chairman of the Military Committee ENG MP3 2271Kb Multinational CBRN Defence Battalion - Progress Report, contribution of the Czech Republic's Minister of Defence Miroslav Kostelka ENG   p.m. Working Luncheon         Meeting of the North Atlantic Council resumes Signing Ceremony for the Multinational implementation arrangement for strategic sealift   MP3 1287Kb   Press conference by Michèle Alliot-Marie, French Minister of Defence     MP3 5565Kb   Press conference by Donald Rumsfeld, US Secretary of Defense ENG   MP3 7222Kb   News conference by NATO Secretary General, Lord Robertson ENG MP3 1586Kb Questions and Answers MP3 6927Kb   NATO-Russia Bilateral Meeting       Meeting of the NATO-Russia Council (NRC) ENG MP3 1156Kb Opening Statement by NATO Secretary General, Lord Robertson   News Conference by Sergey Ivanov, Russian Defence Minister     MP3 14986Kb   Defence Ministers meeting - Tuesday 2 December 2003 a.m. Canada-NATO Bilateral meeting       Ukraine-NATO Bilateral meeting     Meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Commission (NUC) with Invitees   MP3 1386Kb Opening Statement by NATO Secretary General, Lord Robertson ENG Opening Statement by Mr. Yevhen Kyrylovych Marchuk, Minister of Defence of Ukraine   Joint Point de presse by NATO Secretary General Lord Robertson and Mr. Yevhen Kyrylovych Marchuk, Minister of Defence of Ukraine ENG/ UKR MP3 2696Kb Questions and Answers MP3 3086Kb   Meeting of the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC)   Opening Statement by NATO Secretary General, Lord Robertson ENG MP3 1615Kb Intervention of HE Pandeli MAJKO, Minister of Defence of the Republic of Albania ENG   Intervention of Mr. Günther Platter Defence Minister of the Federal Republic of Austria ENG   Intervention by Colonel-General Safar Abiyev, Minister of Defence of the Republic of Azerbaijan ENG   Address by H.E. Željka Antunovic, Minister of Defence of the Republic of Croatia ENG   Speech by the Minister of Defence of the Republic of Macedonia1 ENG   Speech by Colonel-General Mukhtar Altynbayev Minister of Defence of the Republic of Kazakhstan ENG   Intervention made by State Secretary Philippe Welti, Swiss Federal Department of Defense, Protection of Population and Sports ENG   Speech by Mrs. Leni Bjorklund, Minister of Defense of Sweden ENG   Speech by Colonel-General A. Mammetgeldiyev Minister of Defense of Turkmenistan ENG   Statement by H.E. Mr. K. Gulomov, Minister of Defence of the Republic of Uzbekistan ENG 1/2     Chair's Progress Report of SEEGROUP work in 2003 ENG     Family portrait       Working Lunch         Sweden-NATO Bilateral meeting       Kazakhstan-NATO Bilateral meeting     Media Information NATO Press Release (2003)136 - 21 November 2003 Defence Ministers Meeting 1-2 December 2003 Foreign Ministers Meetings 4-5 December 2003 OTAN Communiqué de presse (2003)136 - 21 novembre 2003 Réunions des ministres de la Défense, 1er et 2 décembre 2003 Réunions des ministres des Affaires étrangères, 4 et 5 décembre 2003 Turkey recognises the Republic of Macedonia with its constitutional name.