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Bucharest, Romania, 2-4 April 2008

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Video summary

4 Apr. 2008 - A short video highlighting the main topics discussed at the Bucharest Summit.

video .WMV / 12.39Mb



All hours are Bucharest local time ( GMT+3)

Wednesday 2 April 2008 document audio photo video
  Views of Bucharest     photo  
8.40 NATO-Afghanistan bilateral meeting     photo  
9.20 NATO-Canada bilateral meeting     photo  
10:45 NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer opens the Multimedia Exhibit “Securing our Future” and the Defence Against Terrorism Display document MP3/3.620Kb photo  
13:00 Keynote speech by NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer at the Youth Summit document MP3/26.057Kb photo
14:00 Keynote speech by NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and Panel intervention at the Bucharest Conference (GMF) document   photo
14:30 Press briefing by NATO Spokesman James Appathurai document MP3/11.021Kb  
15:20 Launch of natochannel.tv by NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen document MP3/5002Kb photo WMV/27.831Kb
16:25 NATO-US bilateral meeting     photo  
17:10 NATO-UN bilateral meeting     photo  
18:00 Arrival of Heads of State and Government and Ministers at the Cotroceni Palace      
19:00 Working dinner for NATO Heads of State and Government        
19:30 Reception for Press & Media        
23:00 Press briefing by NATO Spokesman James Appathurai document MP3/7952Kb    
Thursday 3 April 2008 document audio photo video
8:30 North Atlantic Council Summit meeting      
  Arrivals     photo  
  Ceremony honouring NATO military personnel for service in operational theatres of the Alliance   MP3/3305Kb photo WMV/44.616Kb
  Biography of honorees document  
  Opening remarks by NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer document MP3/1829Kb
  Welcome by the Romanian President, Traian Băsescu   MP3/2764Kb
  Speech by NPA President, José Lello document      
 
PR/CP(2008)049 - Bucharest Summit Declaration
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13:45 Press conference by NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer document MP3/7830Kb photo WMV/43.656Kb
14:00 North Atlantic Council Summit meeting with invitees     photo  
  Opening remarks by NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer document MP3/1996Kb WMV/11.158Kb
  Speech by the Dean of the Council, US President Bush   MP3/1745Kb WMV/9.774Kb
  Speeches by Invitee Heads of State and Government   MP3/9768Kb WMV/54.530Kb
  Official photo of NATO Heads of State and Government with Invitees     photo WMV/3.764Kb
  Euro Atlantic Partnership Council Working lunch     photo WMV/6.761Kb
  Opening remarks by NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer document MP3/1233Kb
15:15 Meeting on Afghanistan     photo WMV/6.257Kb
  Opening remarks by NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer document MP3/1118Kb
PR/CP(2008)052 - ISAF’s Strategic Vision
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18:00 Joint press conference by NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan and the United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon document MP3/11616Kb photo WMV/64.802Kb
  Remarks by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon document      
19:00 Arrival of Heads of State and Government at the Cultural event        
Friday 4 April 2008 document audio photo video
8:25 NATO-Ukraine bilateral meeting     photo
8:40 NATO-Ukraine Commission     photo  
  Opening remarks by NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer document MP3/3543Kb WMV/18.771Kb
  Opening remarks by the Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko      
 
PR/CP(2008)051 - NUC Joint Statement
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10:15 Joint Press conference with NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and the Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko document MP3/6918Kb photo WMV/38.593Kb
10.45 NATO-Russia bilateral meeting     photo  
11:00 NATO-Russia Council        
  Remarks by NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer as Chairman of the NATO-Russia Council document MP3/796Kb photo WMV/4455Kb
 
PR/CP(2008)050 - Chairman’s statement NRC
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13:05 Press conference by the Chairman of the NATO-Russia Council document MP3/6178Kb photo WMV/34481Kb
  Video NATO-Russia Council 2008       EN: WMV/10Mb
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For the media
NATO Press Release (2008)043 - 18 March 2008
Second Media Advisory - Summit meetings of Heads of State and Government, Bucharest, Romania, 2 to 4 April 2008
OTAN Communiqué de presse (2008)043 - 18 mars 2008
Deuxième note aux médias - Réunions au sommet des chefs d'État et de gouvernement Bucarest (Roumanie), 2-4 avril 2008

  1. Turkey recognizes the Republic of Macedonia with its constitutional name.