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Updated: 20-Apr-2001 Week of 8-14 January 2001

10 Jan. 2001
Secretary General's Statement on Depleted Uranium

In the wake of public interest in possible environmental health risks associated with the use of depleted uranium in the Balkans, the North Atlantic Council, NATO's highest decision-making body, met on Wednesday 10 January.

10 Jan. 2001
Visit of Yugoslav official to NATO HQ Photos

A Yugoslav minister visited NATO for the first time since the defeat of Slobodan Milosevic's regime in democratic elections and its ouster in popular demonstrations last autumn. Goran Svilanovic, foreign minister since Yugoslavia's democratic transition, visited NATO HQ on 10 January and met with Lord Robertson and NATO Ambassadors.

10 Jan. 2001
NATO Science grant for Russian university

The Vladivostok State University of Economics and Services has won a NATO Science grant to develop a computer network in Primorye Territory. This project will create a regional network infrastructure linking the educational and scientific centres of Vladivostok, Nakhodka, Ussuriisk and Artyom. It also plans to maintain links with the University of California, with which it set up the project, by purchasing a satellite communications ground station.

11 Jan. 2001
NATO Secretary General in Sweden

NATO Secretary General Lord Robertson visited Sweden, current holder of the Presidency of the European Union, on 11 January. In discussions with Swedish Foreign Minister Anna Lindh and Defence Minister Björn von Sydow, Lord Robertson underlined his determination to establish a robust link between NATO and the European Union in the area of crisis management.

13 Jan. 2001
Kouchner Tribute
KFOR Commander Carlo Cabigiosu paid tribute to Bernard Kouchner (photo), outgoing United Nations Special Representative in Kosovo for his peace-building efforts in the province. Dr. Kouchner, who served in Kosovo for 18 months following NATO's air campaign, left on 13 January to be replaced by former Danish Defence Minister, Hans Haekkerup.