14 Oct. 1999
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NATO's New Secretary General Lord Robertson
On Thursday 14 October, NATO's newly appointed Secretary General, The Rt. Hon. the Lord Robertson of Port Ellen, took up his functions at NATO Headquarters. He was designated to be the tenth Secretary General in August 1999, in succession to Dr Javier Solana.
Lord Robertson will carry the Alliance into the 21st century and pursue efforts toward the stabilisation of the Balkans in the wake of the Kosovo crisis, the implementation of the Defence Capabilities Initiative adopted during the Washington Summit, the reinforcement of the European role in NATO, the establishment of closer relations with Russia and further strengthening of links with NATO's Partner countries.
George Robertson, 53, was formerly Secretary of State for Defence of the United Kingdom, a position which he had held since May 1997. He had been a Member of Parliament since 1978 and received a life peerage in August 1999, thus taking the title of Lord Robertson of Port Ellen.
See also:
- NATO's Who's who? - 14 October 1999
- The biography of the new Secretary General, The Rt. Hon. the Lord Robertson of Port Ellen
- NATO Speeches
- Remarks to the Press by Lord Robertson, NATO Secretary General upon his arrival at NATO Headquarters - 14 October 1999
- Speech by Lord Robertson, NATO Secretary General, to the Atlantic Treaty Association, Strasbourg - 19 October 1999
- NATO Press Release (1999)113 - 4 August 1999
- Statement by the Secretary General of NATO, Dr. Javier Solana on the appointment of George Robertson to become the next Secretary General of NATO
- NATO Press Release (1999)114 - 4 August 1999
- Appointment of Secretary General designate
- NATO Press Release (1999)132 - 11 October 1999
- First Day in Office of NATO Secretary General Lord Robertson
- NATO Media Library
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