Other years [2007] [2006] [2005] [2004] [2003] [2002] [2001] [2000] [1999] [1998] [1997] [1996] [Previous Years]	Speeches & opinions 2006 [ January ] [ February ] [ March ] [ April ] [ May ] [ June ] [ July ] [ August ] [ September ] [ October ] [ November ] [ December ] December NATO Speech - 20 December 2006 Kabul Podcast - Audio report by Mark Laity, NATO's civilian spokesman in Afghanistan NATO Speech - 20 December 2006 End of year message by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer Message de fin d’année, du Secrétaire général de l'OTAN, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer NATO Speech - 19 December 2006 Keynote speech by NATO Deputy Secretary General Alessandro Minuto Rizzo at the Diplomatic Academy, Belgrade NATO Speech - 14 December 2006 Opening Statement by NATO Secretary General - Meeting of the Council, Signature of the Partnership for Peace Framework Document by Montenegro NATO Speech - 14 December 2006 Opening Statement by NATO Secretary General - Meeting of the Council, Signature of the Partnership for Peace Framework Document by Bosnia and Herzegovina NATO Speech - 14 December 2006 Opening Statement by NATO Secretary General - Meeting of the Council, Signature of the Partnership for Peace Framework Document by Serbia NATO Speech - 12 December 2006 Speech by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer at the NATO-Kuwait Public Diplomacy Conference, Kuwait City NATO Transcript - 7 December 2006 Priorities for Ukraine's defence and security sector reform - Video interview with Professor Serhii Pyrozkhov, Deputy Secretary of the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine, Co-Chairman of the NATO-Ukraine Joint Working Group on Defence Reform (JWGDR) NATO Speech - 7 December 2006 Press briefing by NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer at the SACEUR change of command ceremony NATO Speech - 6 December 2006 Press briefing by NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and President of Croatia, Stjepan Mesic NATO Speech - 4 December 2006 Press briefing with the NATO Secretary General, Mr. Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and Mr. Nursultan Nazarbayev, President of the Republic of Kazakhstan NATO Speech - 4 December 2006 President Nazarbayev addresses the opening of the exhibition in presence of the NATO Secretary General November Speeches from the NATO Summit in Riga, Latvia (28-29 November) are available separately. NATO Speech - 24 November 2006 Press briefing by NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer on NATO's Riga Summit NATO Speech - 17 November 2006 Statement by General Ray Henault, Chairman of the Military Committee and the Pakistan Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Ehsan ul Haq at the NATO Military Committee NATO Speech - 17 November 2006 Video remarks by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer at the 52nd Annual Session of the NPA NATO Speech - 16 November 2006 NATO's top military priorities : interview with General Ray Henault, Chairman of NATO's Military Committee Les principales priorités militaires de l'OTAN : interview avec le général Ray Henault, président du Comité militaire de l'OTAN NATO Speech - 16 November 2006 Taking stock of NATO operations : Interview with General James L. Jones, Supreme Allied Commander Europe and Commander of Allied Command Operations. NATO Speech - 8 November 2006 Press briefing by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan NATO Speech - 8 November 2006 Opening statements by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, Ambassador Novak of Poland, Dean of the Council and President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan NATO Press Briefing - 8 November 2006 Weekly press briefing with the NATO Spokesman James Appathurai NATO Speech - 6 November 2006 Global NATO: Overdue or Overstretch? - Speech by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer at the SDA Conference, Brussels Une OTAN vocation mondiale : trop ou trop tard ? - Discours du Secrétaire général à la conférence du SDA à Bruxelles NATO Speech - 2 November 2006 Joint press point with the NATO Spokesman, James Appathurai, the NATO Senior Civilian Representative for Afghanistan, Ambassador Daan Everts, the Deputy Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary General, Ambassador Chris Alexander and the World Bank Country Director for Afghanistan, Mr Alastair Mckechnie NATO Speech - 2 November 2006 UN in Afghanistan - interview with the Deputy Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary General, Ambassador Chris Alexander NATO Speech - 2 November 2006 NATO's Afghanistan priorities - interview with NATO's Senior Civilian Representative in Afghanistan, Ambassador Daan Everts NATO Speech - 2 November 2006 Kabul Podcast - Audio report by Mark Laity, NATO's civilian spokesman in Afghanistan October NATO Speech - 31 October 2006 Interview with Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs and Security Policy, Martin Erdmann NATO Speech - 26 October 2006 Press conference by NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer at the Itar-Tass news agency, Moscow NATO Speech - 25 October 2006 „Die Neubegründung der transatlantischen Sicherheitsgemeinschaft“ Secretary General’s Speech at the 50th Anniversary Meeting of the German Atlantic Treaty Association NATO Speech - 25 October 2006 Remarks by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer at the opening of the photo exhibition marking the 50th anniversary of the Hungarian Revolution NATO Speech - 23 October 2006 Address by Foreign Minister of Israel, Tzipi Livni - Conference on “NATO’s Transformation, the Mediterranean dialogue, and NATO-Israel relations” NATO Speech - 23 October 2006 Keynote dinner speech by NATO Deputy Secretary General, Alessandro Minuto Rizzo - Conference on “NATO’s Transformation, the Mediterranean dialogue, and NATO-Israel relations” NATO Speech - 20 October 2006 Interview with Assistant Secretary General for Defence Investment, Marshall Billingslea NATO Speech - 19 October 2006 Speech by NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer Secretary General’s conference London NATO Speech - 18 October 2006 Press briefing with the NATO Secretary General, Mr. Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and the United Nations Secretary General Special Envoy for the Future Status Process for Kosovo, Mr. Martti Ahtisaari. NATO Press Briefing - 18 October 2006 Weekly press briefing with the NATO Spokesman James Appathurai NATO Speech - 13 October 2006 Video Interview by the Assistant Secretary General for Defence Policy and Planning, Mr. John Colston NATO Speech - 9 October 2006 Briefing on current issues by the NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer NATO Speech - 5 October 2006 by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer at the signing ceremony for the letter of intent for the nations expressing their support for the NATO-Ukraine partnership network for civil society expertise development NATO Speech - 5 October 2006 Opening Statement by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer at the fifth Informal High-Level NATO-Ukraine Consultations with participation of Defence Ministers and other senior officials from Ukraine and NATO countries NATO Speech - 4 October 2006 Weekly press briefing by NATO Spokesman, James Appathurai September Speeches from the Meeting of Defence Ministers in Portorož, Slovenia (28-29 September) are available separately. NATO Speech - 4 October 2006 Transcript of address by Mr. Kassymzhomart Tokayev, Foreign Minister of Kazakhstan, to the North Atlantic Council NATO Speech - 26 September 2006 Press briefing on the Defence Ministers meeting in Portoroz, Slovenia by the Assistant Secretary General for Defence Policy and Planning, John Colston, and the NATO Spokesman, James Appathurai NATO Speech - 25 September 2006 Opening statements by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and the Honourable Alexander Downer, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Australia at the meeting of the North Atlantic Council NATO Speech - 22 September 2006 Kabul Podcast - Audio report by Mark Laity, NATO's civilian spokesman in Afghanistan NATO Speech - 22 September 2006 Secretary General’s remarks at the 7th high-level meeting between the United Nations and regional and other intergovernmental organisations in New York Speeches from the Meeting of Foreign Ministers in New York (21 September) are available separately. NATO Speech - 14 September 2006 Press point with NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and the Prime Minister of Ukraine, Viktor Yanukovych after the meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Commission at ambassadorial level NATO Speech - 14 September 2006 Opening remarks by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer at the meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Commission at ambassadorial level NATO Speech - 13 September 2006 Press Briefing by NATO Spokesman James Appathurai NATO Speech - 12 September 2006 Press point with NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and the Prime-Minister of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia1, Mr. Nikola Gruevski NATO Speech - 12 September 2006 Press conference with NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and the Assistant Secretary General for Defence Investment, Marshall S. Billingslea on NATO moving to acquire C-17 Strategic Airlift Aircraft NATO Speech - 11 September 2006 Speech by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer at the 9/11 Commemorative event at NATO HQ NATO Speech - 8 September 2006 Interview with Lieutenant General Ulrich Wolf, Director of the NATO Communications and Information Systems Services Agency (NCSA) NATO Speech - 7 September 2006 Press point with NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and the Slovak Prime-Minister Mr. Róbert Fico NATO Speech - 7 September 2006 Press Briefing by NATO Spokesman James Appathurai August NATO Speech - 7 August 2006 Kabul Podcast - Audio report by Mark Laity, NATO's civilian spokesman in Afghanistan July NATO Speech - 31 July 2006 Kabul Podcast - Audio report by Mark Laity, NATO's civilian spokesman in Afghanistan NATO Speech - 26 July 2006 Press Briefing by NATO Spokesman James Appathurai NATO Speech - 26 July 2006 Press point by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and the Prime Minister of Georgia, Zurab Nogaideli NATO Speech - 26 July 2006 Opening statements by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and the Prime Minister of Georgia, Zurab Nogaideli in the North Atlantic Council NATO Speech - 24 July 2006 Briefing on current issues by the NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer Speeches from the Visit of NATO Secretary General to Afghanistan (20-21 July) are available separately. NATO Speech - 19 July 2006 Press Point by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and the President of Serbia, Mr. Boris Tadic NATO Speech - 14 July 2006 Speech by NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer in Riga, Latvia NATO Speech - 10 July 2006 “Projecting Stability” - Speech by NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer at the “Fundacion para las Relaciones Internacionales y el Dialogo Exterior” (FRIDE) in Madrid, Spain NATO Speech - 6 July 2006 Speech by NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer at the Albanian parliament, Tirana, Albania NATO Speech - 3 July 2006 Opening session of Melange workshop, by Dr. Chris De Wispelaere, Head Collaborative Programmes Section, Science for Peace Programme Director June NATO Speech - 27 June 2006 Press Briefing by NATO Spokesman James Appathurai NATO Speech - 26 June 2006 Keynote speech by NATO Deputy Secretary General, Ambassador Alessandro Minuto Rizzo at the conference on “NATO’s aims and actions for the Mediterranean Dialogue and the broader Middle East Region” NATO Speech - 22 June 2006 Press point with H.E. Mr. Vladimir Voronin, President of Moldova and the NATO Deputy Secretary General, Ambassador Alessandro Minuto Rizzo NATO Speech - 20 June 2006 Press Briefing by NATO Spokesman James Appathurai and LtCol Tony White NATO Speech - 15 June 2006 Speech by Matjaž Šinkovec, Permanent Representative of Slovenia on the North Atlantic Council, at the opening of the exhibition “Defending Democratic Slovenia 1991” NATO Speech - 15 June 2006 by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, at the Canadian War Museum, Ottawa, Canada. NATO Speech - 12 June 2006 by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia(1) Speeches from the Meeting of Defence Ministers NATO HQ (8 June 2006) are available separately. NATO Speech - 6 June 2006 Press Briefing by NATO Spokesman James Appathurai and John Colston, NATO Assistant Secretary General for Defence Policy and Planning NATO Speech - 2 June 2006 Statement at the Closing Session of ohe 2006 CFE Review Conference NATO Speech - 1 June 2006 Video background briefing by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer May NATO Speech - 30 May 2006 Speech by NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer at the joint meeting between the NATO Parliamentary Assembly and the North Atlantic Council, Paris, France NATO Speech - 24 May 2006 Press Briefing by NATO Spokesman James Appathurai NATO Speech - 22 May 2006 Opening speech on the presentation of the Riga Summit logo by the Permanent Representative of Latvia to NATO Jānis Eichmanis, the NATO Secretary General and the Latvian Defence Minister Atis Slakteris NATO Speech - 22 May 2006 Remarks by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer at the opening of the photo exhibition “Riga welcomes the NATO Summit”, NATO HQ NATO Speech - 19 May 2006 Speech by NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer at the Portuguese Parliament, Lisbon NATO Speech - 17 May 2006 Press Briefing by the NATO Spokesman, James Appathurai NATO Speech - 17 May 2006 Joint Press Conference with the United Nations Secretary General Envoy to Kosovo, Mr. Martti Ahtisaari NATO Speech - 12 May 2006 NATO assists Moldova to deal with dangerous chemicals NATO Speech - 11 May 2006 Press Conference by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer at Pristina aiport NATO Speech - 4 May 2006 Joint press point by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and H.E. Mr Taro Aso, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan NATO Speech - 4 May 2006 Statement by H.E. Mr Taro Aso, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan at the meeting with the North Atlantic Council NATO Speech - 4 May 2006 Opening statement by Secretary General at the meeting of the Council with H.E. Mr Taro Aso, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan April Speeches from the Informal Meeting of Foreign Ministers in Sofia (27-28 April 2006) are available separately. NATO Speech - 26 April 2006 Opening Remarks by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer for the CNAD PRT exhibition NATO Speech - 25 April 2006 Background briefing by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer on the upcoming ministerial meeting in Sofia, Bulgaria NATO Speech - 24 April 2006 Monthly Briefing by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer NATO Speech - 7 April 2006 Deputy Secretary General's speaking notes at the Mediterranean Dialogue High-level Event in Rabat, Morocco NATO Speech - 5 April 2006 Press Briefing by the NATO Spokesman, James Appathurai NATO Speech - 3 April 2006 Press Point by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and the EU High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy, Mr. Javier Solana March NATO Speech - 29 March 2006 Press Briefing by the NATO Spokesman, James Appathurai NATO Speech - 22 March 2006 Press Briefing by the NATO Spokesman, James Appathurai NATO Speech - 22 March 2006 Press Point by the Prime Minister of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (1), Vlado Buckovski and NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer NATO Speech - 21 March 2006 EU-US Perspectives on International Security - Speech by NATO Deputy Secretary General Alessandro Minuto Rizzo at the CEPS-USEU Conference, Brussels, 21 March 2006 NATO Speech - 15 March 2006 Press Briefing by the NATO Spokesman, James Appathurai NATO Speech - 13 March 2006 Press conference by Afghan Minister of Defence, Abdul Rahim Wardak and Ambassador Adam Kobieracki NATO Speech - 3 March 2006 A new NATO - Speech by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer at the Norwegian Atlantic Committee, Oslo NATO Speech - 1 March 2006 Opening statement by Secretary General at the meeting of the Council with H.R.H. Crown Prince Haakon of Norway February NATO Speech - 23 February 2006 Speech by the Deputy Secretary General, Alessandro Minuto Rizzo, at the Law Faculty, University of Zagreb NATO Speech - 22 February 2006 Speech by Andrew Walton, Commander of NATO’s Disaster Relief team in Pakistan. NATO Speech - 22 February 2006 Interview with Andrew Walton, Commander of NATO’s Disaster Relief team in Pakistan. NATO Speech - 21 February 2006 Speech by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer at the NATO Defense College, Rome NATO Speech - 16 February 2006 “NATO: Defending Values and Security” - Speech by NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer at the National School of Public Administration, Warsaw, Poland NATO Speech - 14 February 2006 Press Briefing by the NATO Spokesman, James Appathurai NATO Speech - 13 February 2006 Keynote address by NATO Deputy Secretary General Alessandro Minuto Rizzo at the Conference “NATO and Egypt: A Dialogue” in Cairo NATO Speech - 13 February 2006 Video Background Briefing by the NATO Spokesman, James Appathurai Speeches from the Informal Meeting of Defence Ministers in Taormina (9-10 February 2006) are available separately. NATO Speech - 8 February 2006 Press briefing with the Assistant Secretary General for Defence Policy and Planning John Colston NATO Speech - 8 February 2006 Press Briefing by the NATO Spokesman, James Appathurai NATO Speech - 4 February 2006 Speech by NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer at the 42nd Munich Conference on Security Policy January NATO Speech - 31 January 2006 Intervention by NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer at the London Conference NATO Speech - 30 January 2006 Press point with NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and the Prime Minister of Croatia, Dr. Ivo Sanader NATO Speech - 30 January 2006 Opening remarks by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and Prime Minister of Croatia, Dr. Ivo Sanader at the meeting of the North Atlantic Council NATO Speech - 26 January 2006 Press Briefing by the NATO Spokesman, James Appathurai NATO Speech - 19 January 2006 Press Briefing by the NATO Spokesman, James Appathurai NATO Speech - 16 January 2006 Video Background Briefing by the NATO Spokesman, James Appathurai NATO Speech - 11 January 2006 Explaining NATO-Ukraine defence cooperation - interview with John Colston, NATO Assistant Secretary General for Defence Policy and Planning NATO Speech - 9 January 2006 Welcoming speech by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer at the New Year's Press Reception
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