Other years [2006] [2005] [2004] [2003] [2002] [2001] [2000] [1999] [1998] [1997] [1996] [Previous Years]	Speeches & opinions 2004 [ January ] [ February ] [ March ] [ April ] [ May ] [ June ] [ July ] [ August ] [ September ] [ October ] [ November ] [ December ] December NATO Speech - 16 December 2004 Joint press point with NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and the President of Lithuania, H.E. Valdas Adamkus NATO Speech - 16 December 2004 Joint press point with NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and the President of Bulgaria, H.E.Georgi Parvanov NATO Speech - 10 December 2004 Video interview with Nicola de Santis, Coordinator for Mediterranean Dialogue and Istanbul Cooperation Initiative NATO Speech - 10 December 2004 Monthly video background briefing by the NATO Spokesman Speeches given during the Foreign Ministers meeting at NATO HQ, Brussels (8-9 December 2004) are available separately. NATO Speech - 8 December 2004 Opening remarks by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer at the working dinner of Ministers of Foreign Affairs - Mediterranean Dialogue   NATO Speech - 8 December 2004 Statement by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer at the Signing Ceremony of the Memorandum of Understanding on the New NATO Headquarters   NATO Speech - 2 December 2004 Press conference with M. Javier Solana, EU High Respresentative and NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer   NATO Speech - 2 December 2004 Speech by M. Javier Solana, EU High Respresentative   NATO Speech - 2 December 2004 Speech by the Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, M. Borislav Paravac   NATO Speech - 2 December 2004 Speech by NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer at the SFOR transfer of authority ceremony   NATO Speech - 1 December 2004 Speech by NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer at the 50th Anniversary General Assembly of the Atlantic Treaty Association, Rome NATO Speech - 1 December 2004 Press briefing by Ambassador Gnther Altenburg, Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs and Security Policy Division on the forthcoming Foreign Ministers meeting on 8 and 9 December November NATO Speech - 25 November 2004 Discours du Secrtaire gnral de l'OTAN, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer à Alger   NATO Speech - 24 November 2004 Press briefing by Mr.Robert Serry, Deputy Assistant Secretary General, on the end of SFOR and the future of NATOs role in Bosnia-Herzegovina   NATO Speech - 24 November 2004 Press point by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and Mr. Ivan Gasparovic, the President of the Slovak Republic   NATO Speech - 22 November 2004 Discours du Secrtaire gnral de l'OTAN, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer l'Institut franais des relations internationales (Ifri) (Translation in English)   NATO Speech - 18 November 2004 Transatlantische Sicherheit in der Bewährung - Speech by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer at Österreichischen Institut für Sicherheitspolitik, Vienna NATO Speech - 17 November 2004 The Future of the Transatlantic Security Community - Speech by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer at the Economic Faculty Association, Rotterdam (EFR) NATO Speech - 17 November 2004 Press conference on Landmine Monitor Report 2004 NATO Speech - 17 November 2004 Comments by Robert F. Simmons Jr., Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Security Cooperation and Partnership Launch of 2004 Landmine Monitor Report, NATO HQ NATO Speech - 13 November 2004 Statement by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer at the extraordinary meeting between the NATO Parliamentary Assembly and the NAC, Venice, Italy NATO Speech - 11 November 2004 Speech by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer at the meeting of the UN Security Council in New York NATO Speech - 10 November 2004 Remarks by President Bush and NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer NATO Speech - 10 November 2004 Press briefing on the NATO Training and Equipment Co-ordination Group (NTEGG) by Colonel David Spasojevich, United States Marine Corps NATO Speech - 8 November 2004 Die Zukunft der transatlantischen Sicherheitspartnerschaft - Speech by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer at the “Welt am Sonntag Forum”, Berlin NATO Speech - 8 November 2004 The future of the transatlantic security partnership - Speech by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer at the “Welt am Sonntag Forum”, Berlin NATO Speech - 5 November 2004 Speech by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer at Baky State University - Azerbaijan NATO Speech - 5 November 2004 Speech by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer at Yerevan State University - Armenia NATO Speech - 5 November 2004 Speech by Dr. Ayad Allawi, Prime Minister of Iraq at the North Atlantic Council Meeting NATO Speech - 5 November 2004 Statement by the Deputy Secretary General, Ambassador Alessandro Minuto Rizzo at the North Atlantic Council Meeting with the Prime Minister of the Republic of Iraq, HE Mr. Ayad Allawi NATO Speech - 3 November 2004 Press point by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and Solomon Passy, Chairman in Office of the OSCE and Foreign Minister of Bulgaria October NATO Speech - 29 October 2004 Global NATO? - Remarks by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Schefferat the Clingendael Institute   NATO Speech - 28 October 2004 Opening remarks by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer at the CNAD exhibition   NATO Speech - 28 October 2004 Video interview with Isabelle Francois, Director of the NATO Information Office (NIO) in Moscow   NATO Speech - 25 October 2004 Press point by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and EU High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy, Mr. Javier Solana   NATO Speech - 22 October 2004 Press point with NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and the Prime Minister of Hungary, Mr. Ferenc Gyurcsny   NATO Speech - 21 October 2004 Speech by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer during his visit to Turkmenistan   NATO Speech - 19 October 2004 Speech by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer during his visit to the Kyrgyz Republic   NATO Speech - 19 October 2004 Speech by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer during his visit to Kazakhstan Speeches given during the Informal Meeting of Defence Ministers in Poiana Brasov, Romania (13-14 October 2004) are available separately. NATO Speech - 8 October 2004 Press point by Lieutenant General David Petraeus and Major General Hilderink at NATO headquarters on the next steps in implementing training in Iraq   NATO Speech - 7 October 2004 The Future Of The Atlantic Alliance - Manfred Wörner Lecture, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Berlin (In German) September NATO Speech - 27 September 2004 Press point with NATO Secretary General, Mr. Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and the EU High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy, Mr. Javier Solana at the Justus Lipsius Building in Brussels   NATO Speech - 17 September 2004 Press point with NATO Secretary General, Mr. Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and Mr. Soren Jessen-Petersen, Special Representative of the UN Secretary General in Kosovo   NATO Speech - 14 September 2004 Press point with NATO Secretary General, Mr. Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and Sheikh Ghazi Al-Yawar, President of Iraq   NATO Speech - 10 September 2004 NATO After The Istanbul Summit - Speech by NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer at the Swedish Institute of International Affairs Stockholm, Sweden   NATO Speech - 9 September 2004 NATO after Istanbul - Speech by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer in Helsinki   Speech - 7 September 2004 Remarks of H. E. Ambassador Karel Kovanda, Permanent Representative of the Czech Republic to NATO and Dean of the North Atlantic Council, at the Meeting of the NATO-Russia Council (NRC) July NATO Speech - 30 July 2004 Press point with NATO Secretary General, Mr. Jaap de Hoop Scheffer on NATO assistance to Iraq   NATO Speech - 26 July 2004 Press point with NATO Secretary General, Mr. Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and the EU High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy, Mr. Javier Solana following a NATO-EU meeting   NATO Speech - 13 July 2004 Press conference by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and the Foreign Minister of Iraq, Hoshyar Zebari   NATO Speech - 12 July 2004 Beyond Istanbul - Speech by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer at the European Policy Centre, Brussels   NATO Speech - 12 July 2004 "NATO’s Agenda Post-Istanbul" - Speech by NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer at the Manfred-Wörner-Circle   NATO Speech - 5 July 2004 NATO after the Istanbul Summit - Speech by NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer at the Netherlands Atlantic Association, The Hague, Netherlands June Speeches given during the Summit Meetings of NATO Heads of State and Government in Istanbul, Turkey (28-29 June 2004) are available separately NATO Speech - 24 June 2004 Press conference by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer at NATO HQ   NATO Speech - 18 June 2004 NATO's Istanbul Summit: new mission, new means - Speech by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer at the Royal United Services Institute   NATO Speech - 8 June 2004 Istanbul Summit:The Transatlantic Alliance Shaping Stability - Speech by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer at the Centre of European Reform, Brussels   NATO Speech - 7 June 2004 Opening Remarks by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer to the NATO-Ukraine high-level consultations, Warsaw May NATO Speech - 27 May 2004 Speech by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, at the Parliament of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (1)   NATO Speech - 26 May 2004 Speech by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer before the Croatian Parliament, Zagreb, Croatia NATO Speech - 24 May 2004 Joint press point with NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, Javier Solana, EU High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy and Ambassador Declan Kelleher, PSC Chairman   NATO Speech - 24 May 2004 Secretary General’s remarks before The Committee on Women in the NATO Forces, Brussels, 24 May 2004   NATO Speech - 19 May 2004 Joint press point with NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, and Mr. Ilham Aliyev, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan   NATO Speech - 19 May 2004 Joint press point with NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, and Mr. Alexander Downer, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Australia   NATO Speech - 18 May 2004 Joint press point by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and Mr. Viktor Yanukovych, Prime Minister of Ukraine   NATO Speech - 17 May 2004 Projecting Stability - Speech by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer at the New Defence Agenda, Palais dEgmont, Brussels NATO Speech - 14 May 2004 Speech by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer at the Atlantic Club of Bulgaria, Sofia , 14 May 2004 NATO Speech - 13 May 2004 Supporting an Active Romania in an Active Alliance - Speech by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, at the NATO House, Bucharest, Romania NATO Speech - 13 May 2004 Speech by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, at the Joint Session of the Senate and Chamber of Deputies of Romania, Bucharest NATO Speech - 6 May 2004 NATO and the European Union : Partners in Security - Speech by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, Leiden, The Netherlands NATO Speech - 6 May 2004 Speech by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, at the CNAD exhibition Defence Against Terrorism, NATO HQ April NATO Speech - 29 April 2004 Speech by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer at Galatasaray University, Istanbul OTAN discours - 29 avril 2004 Allocution du Secrtaire gnral l'Universit Galatasaray, Istanbul. NATO Speech - 28 April 2004 Speech by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, at a dinner hosted by the Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr.Abdullah Gül, Istanbul, Turkey. NATO Speech - 23 April 2004 Speech by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, at the Slovenian Parliament, Ljubljana, Slovenia. NATO Speech - 5 April 2004 Keynote address by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, at the NATO Russia Council (NRC) conference on the role of the military in combating terrorism Speeches given during the Accession to NATO Ceremony at NATO HQ (4 April 2004) are available separately March NATO Speech - 31 March 2004 Remarks by NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer at the Afghanistan Conference - Berlin   NATO Speech - 23 March 2004 Transcript of the press point with NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and the Prime Minister of Serbia, Vojislav Kostunica   NATO Speech - 19 March 2004 "Towards a Wider Europe: The New Agenda" - Speech by NATO Secretary General, Mr. Jaap de Hoop Scheffer at the Prime Ministerial Conference, Bratislava, Slovakia NATO Speech - 18 March 2004 Five Years of the Czech Republic in NATO - Remarks by NATO Secretary General, Mr. Jaap de Hoop Scheffer during his visit to the Czech Republic NATO Speech - 17 March 2004 Inauguration of the new NG building at NATO Headquarters - Speech by NATO Secretary General, Mr. Jaap de Hoop Scheffer NATO Speech - 16 March 2004 NATO and the European Union - Strategic partners or polite neighbours? - Article by Deputy Secretary General, Amb. Minuto Rizzo NATO Speech - 11 March 2004 Speech by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer at the Parliament of Latvia, Riga, 11 March 2004   NATO Speech - 10 March 2004 Press point with NATO Secretary General, Mr. Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, the PSC Chairman, Ambassador Declan Kelleher and the EU High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy, Mr. Javier Solana following the meeting of the North Atlantic Council and Political and Security Committee (PSC)   NATO Speech - 4 March 2004 NATO's Transforming Agenda - Speech by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer at the Diplomatic Academy, Warsaw, 4 March 2004   NATO Speech - 3 March 2004 Address by the Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs H.E. Franco Frattini to the North Atlantic Council, NATO Headquarters, Brussels   February   NATO Speech - 24 February 2004 Remarks by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer at the European Parliament Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy, Brussels   NATO Speech - 17 February 2004 Speech by NATO Secretary General, Mr. Jaap de Hoop Scheffer at the German Marshall Fund of the United States, Brussels   NATO Speech - 12 February 2004 Speech by NATO Secretary General, Mr. Jaap de Hoop Scheffer at the International Institute for Strategic Studies London, UK   NATO Speech - 11 February 2004 Joint press point with NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and H.E. Georgi Parvanov, President of Bulgaria   NATO Speech - 11 February 2004 Address by his Royal Highness, the Crown Prince of Denmark   NATO Speech - 11 February 2004 Welcoming remarks by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer at the opening of the North Atlantic Council on the occasion of the visit by Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark   NATO Speech - 9 February 2004 Speech by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer at the ISAF Change of Command Ceremony, Kabul   NATO Speech - 7 February 2004 Speech by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer at the Munich Security Conference January NATO Speech - 30 January 2004 Remarks by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and US President George W. Bush at a photo opportunity in the Oval Office of the White House , Washington D.C.   NATO Speech - 29 January 2004 Speech by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer at the National Defense University in Washington D.C.   Video teleconference - 22 January 2004 The future of the NATO Response Force - Transcript of the video teleconference with Lt. Gen J.O.M. Maisonneuve, Canadian Army, Chief of Staff, Allied Command Transformation (ACT) and Adm. Sir Ian Garnett, Royal Navy, Chief of Staff, Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers, Europe (SHAPE)   NATO Speech - 14 January 2004 Opening statement by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer at his first meeting as Chairman of the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council   NATO Speech - 14 January 2004 Joint point de presse with NATO Secretary General de Hoop Scheffer and Mr. Jean-François Arnault, Acting Special Representative of the Secretary General of the United Nations in Afghanistan   NATO Speech - 13 January 2004 Joint point de presse with NATO Secretary General de Hoop Scheffer and Ukrainian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Kostyantyn Gryshchenko   NATO Speech - 7 January 2004 Opening statement by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer at his first meeting as President of the North Atlantic Council with Invitees   NATO Speech - 5 January 2004 Press Statement by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer
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