Press Release PR (2001)141 22 October 2001

Conference on Ten Years of Partnership and Cooperation On the occasion of the 10th Anniversary of NACC/EAPC/PfP activities a conference will be held at NATO Headquarters on Friday 26 October 2001 in the Joseph Luns Press Theatre. The event will bring together participants from the 46 EAPC countries to celebrate the achievements over the last ten years and to discuss possible next steps to further enhance NATO's cooperation with its Partners. Distinguished speakers will, in addition to NATO's Secretary General, Lord Robertson, include Mr. Martti Ahtisaari, former President of Finland, and Mr. Jan Bielecki, former Prime Minister of Poland. The conference programme will run from 09.15 to 13.30. Simultaneous interpretation will be provided in English, French and Russian. Immediately before, the Secretary General will open a special exhibition in the Press area. A point de presse will take place in the Joseph Luns Press Theatre at 11.15. The conference will be open to accredited media. Conference material will be available in the Press area from 08.30. Due to limited seating in the Joseph Luns Press Theatre, seating facilities for journalists will be available in the Brosio Auditorium to which the conference proceedings will be relayed. The whole event will also be broadcast on the NATO in-house television circuit and part of the proceedings will be webcast. For further information, please contact Mr. Arild Isegg, tel. + 32 (0)2 707 50 17.

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