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| NATO parliamentarians visit Bosnia and
Herzegovina |
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The Secretary General of NATO's Parliamentary Assembly,
Simon Lunn, and a group of 23 parliamentarians are conducting a
fact-finding visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina from 4 to 5 September.
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| Hand-over of base is testimony to progress
achieved in Bosnia and Herzegovina |
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In early September, command of Camp Comanche, a former air force
base that for seven years was home to NATO-led peacekeepers, was
handed over to the military authorities of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The transfer of the base, located in the northern part of the country,
is symbolic of the improving security situation in the country.
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| Exercise Cooperative Zenith 2002 |
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An air operations exercise is currently being held
at Moody Air Force Base, Valdosta, in Georgia, USA, 5-13 September.
It is based on a peace support operation scenario and involves participants
from NATO and partner countries, as well as observers from Mediterranean
Dialogue countries.
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| Summer school on post-conflict management
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The role of NATO and other international organisations
in managing conflicts is one of the themes under discussion at the
summer school on "Russia - NATO - OSCE - EU: Interaction in
Managing Post-conflict Situations" in Gelenjik,
Russian Federation from 5 to 15 September.
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| Lord Robertson visits troops in Germany
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NATO Secretary General, Lord Robertson, had his
first meeting with German Defence Minister, Dr Peter Struck, on
6 September, during his visit of German and British troops in Augustdorf
and Sennelager, in the north-west of the country.
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| Seminar on civil emergency planning in
Turkmenistan |
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From 10-14 September, a civil emergency planning
(CEP) and civil-military cooperation (CIMIC) seminar is taking place
in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. It is one of a series of courses organised
by NATO with the aim of introducing participants from partner countries
to CEP and CIMIC practices and procedures applied during operations
carried out within the framework of NATO's strategic concept.
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| Remembering September 11 |
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In the face of terror, the
international community must preserve its unity and protect the
values which terrorists seek to destroy, said the NATO Secretary
General, Lord Robertson, at a commemorative ceremony held at NATO
today.
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| Military Committee visits Germany and Czech
Republic |
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NATO's military authorities are making good progress
in preparing for the upcoming NATO Summit in Prague, said the Chairman
of NATO's top military body, following a meeting of Alliance military
officials in Berlin.
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| Euro-Atlantic security one year after 11
September |
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Exactly one year after NATO invoked Article 5 of
the Washington Treaty for the first time in its history, Lord Robertson
was invited by l'Institut français des Relations Internationales
(IFRI) in Paris, to address the question of "Euro-Atlantic
security one year after 11 September".
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| Hungarian Defence Minister visits NATO
and SHAPE |
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The Minister of Defence of Hungary, Mr Ferenc Juhasz,
came to Belgium on 12-13 September to visit NATO's political headquarters
in Brussels and the military headquarters in Mons.
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| Report on global landmine situation presented
at NATO Headquarters |
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Handicap International Belgium, the co-recipient
of the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize, presented the major findings of its
Landmine Monitor Report 2002 at a press conference held at
NATO Headquarters on 13 September.
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| Conference on defence economic reform |
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“Defence Economic Reform IV: Budgets and Expenditure Choices
in the Post Cold War” was the theme of the annual joint
conference between the NATO Economics Directorate and the George
C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies. This year's conference
took place in Wildbad Kreuth, Germany, on 15-18 September 2002,
and was attended by over 70 experts from 33 NATO and Partner countries,
Bosnia-Herzegovina and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, many
of them working in high-level governmental and academic positions.
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| Military exercise in Bosnia and Herzegovina
and Kosovo |
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From 15 to 25 September, 3,300 troops are taking
part in an annual rehearsal of NATO's ability to quickly reinforce
its peacekeeping forces in the Balkans.
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| NATO countries to ratify agreement on interoperability
of unmanned air vehicles |
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NATO countries have begun
the ratification of a major agreement that will allow the Allies
to share information obtained by their Unmanned Air Vehicles (UAVs)
during military operations.
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| Prince of Spain visits NATO |
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The Crown Prince of Spain, His Royal Highness,
Don Felipe de Borbon y Grecia, Prince of Asturias, addressed the
North Atlantic Council and met with the NATO Secretary General and
senior Alliance officials during a two-day visit to NATO on 16 and
18 September.
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| Transforming the stereotyped image of NATO-Russia
relations |
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The conference "Russia-NATO: from the Perception
of Enemies to one of Partnership" was held 18-20 September
in Moscow. It was organised by the NGO "Generals for Democracy
and Humanism" and the Centre for Political and International
Studies, with the support of the Moscow-based NATO Office of Information
and Press.
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| Retraining of discharged military personnel
in Russia |
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On September 19, representatives from the "NATO-Russia
Centre," the NATO Economics Directorate, the Ministry of Defense
of the Russian Federation, regional government officials, and the
NATO Information Office in Moscow gathered in the southern Russian
city of Rostov-na-Donu to attend a seminar on programmes aimed at
retraining discharged Russian military officers.
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| Road to Prague now online |
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Visit www.nato.int/prague
for information on the upcoming Summit meeting of NATO Heads of
State and Government in Prague on 21 and 22 November. A dedicated
website now features news, statements and background information
related to the Summit.
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| Exercise Cooperative Key 2002 |
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France is hosting a humanitarian operations exercise,
22 September to 4 October, involving ten NATO and twelve Partner
countries. Exercise Cooperative Key 2002 is taking place in Saint-Dizier,
in the north-east of the country and aims to train military personnel
in peace support operations.
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| Four headquarters designated as NATO international
headquarters |
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Four European headquarters have been officially
designated as NATO international rapidly deployable headquarters
at a ceremony held on 23 September at NATO's European strategic
command (SHAPE) in Mons, Belgium.
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| Industries and the threat of WMD |
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A seminar was held at NATO HQ to discuss means
of protecting populations and industries from Weapons of Mass Destruction
(WMD). It took place on 23-24 September and was the first seminar
to be organised by NATO's Industrial Planning Committee (IPC) on
this subject.
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| President of Lithuania opens NATO workshop
in Vilnius |
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The President of the Republic of Lithuania, Mr.
Valdas Adamkus, gave a welcome address to participants in a NATO
Advanced Research Workshop on "Consideration and Options
on a New Nuclear Power Plant in Ignalina, Lithuania", which
took place in Vilnius from 23 to 25 September.
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| Defence ministers focus on NATO's transformation
at Warsaw meeting |
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Defence ministers from NATO member countries took
stock of the progress made on key aspects of NATO's transformation
at an informal meeting held in Warsaw, Poland, on 24 and 25 September.
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| NATO and Russia hold joint crisis response
exercise |
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NATO and Russia are holding their first-ever joint
crisis response exercise in Noginsk, 70 km outside of Moscow, from
25 to 27 September. The exercise simulates an international response
to a terrorist attack on a chemical plant.
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| Discussing the future of NATO-Mediterranean
relations |
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Future prospects for relations between NATO and its Mediterranean
partner countries were the focus of an international conference
held at the Italian Parliament in Rome on 30 September.
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| Landmine destruction starts in Moldova |
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On 30 September, the first part of Moldova’s stockpile of
12,000 landmines was destroyed as part of a NATO-led project that
will also eliminate 700 tonnes of surplus munitions and rocket fuel.
The project, to be completed by the end of 2002, will allow Moldova
to meet its obligations under the Ottawa Mine Ban Treaty almost
two years ahead of schedule.
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