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Lord
Robertson in Washington and Norfolk
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NATO Secretary General, Lord Robertson, is visiting the United States
from 21 to 23 June. He is meeting with Secretary of Defense Cohen,
Deputy Secretary of State Talbott, and a number of Senators and other
congressional leaders.
After his trip to Washington, Lord Robertson will attend the Supreme
Allied Commander, Atlantic (SACLANT) seminar in Norfolk, Virginia.
Permanent and Military Representatives from NATO countries will meet
at the Allied Command Atlantic (ACLANT) until the end of the week
for this annual event.
ACLANT is one of the two strategic commands under the Alliance's
integrated military structure. Its present commander, Admiral W.
Gehman Jr, US Navy, will soon be succeeded by Lt. Gen. William F.
Kernan, who has recently been nominated by the President of the
US and approved by the North Atlantic Council -NATO's highest decision-making
body. The change of command will take place early September 2000.
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Military
exercise in Albania
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| A Partnership for Peace (PfP) exercise called Cooperative Dragon
2000 is taking place in Tirana from 21 June to 1 July. Participants
from five NATO and nine PfP countries are training in peace support
operations and humanitarian aid by setting up a Multinational Brigade
Headquarters, a large field company and a mobile medical facility.
The International Red Cross and the United Nations High Commisioner
for Refugees are also taking part in this exercise, which comes under
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Defence
reform in Ukraine
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| A seminar on "Ukrainian Defence Reform: Priorities, Prerequisites
and Prospects" was held in Kyiv on 22-23 June. Discussions focused
on the Armed Forces, Society and the State, a first seminar having
been held on the "Challenge of change in Ukraine" in March
(see NATO Update 1-7 March 2000).
High-level defence officials from political and military circles
in Ukraine participated in the seminar, together with academics
and NATO officials. Proceedings were opened by the Secretary of
the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine, Mr Marchuk,
who stated that he attached considerable importance to these seminars
which facilitated the flow of information on key defence issues.
The seminar was co-sponsored by NATO and the British Ministry of
Defence and was organised by the Centre for Defence and International
Security Studies, Lancaster University, Lancaster.
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Prison
camp commander detained
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| The war crime suspect, Dusko Sikirica, was detained on 25 June,
then transferred to the International Criminal Tribunal for the former
Yugoslavia (ICTY) in The Hague. He was commander of the Keraterm prison
camp in the municipality of Prijedor, in north-west Bosnia, from 24
May to 30 August 1992. He is accused of genocide, violation of the
laws and customs of war and grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions.
He is also held responsible for the acts of his subordinates during
his period as commander. |
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NATO-Russia
meeting
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| A NATO-Russia Permanent Joint Council (PJC) meeting was held at
NATO HQ on 26 June. This month's meeting mainly focused on NATO-Russia
cooperation in Kosovo and the implementation of the rest of the PJC
Work Programme for 2000. The issue of cooperation in theatre missile
defence was also raised, as was the reopening of a NATO Information
Office in Moscow. |
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Visit
to NATO by the President of Kazahkstan
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President of Kazahkstan, Mr Nursultan Nazarbayev (right), meets
with Lord Robertson (left) at NATO HQ on 27 June.
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