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| NATO to help destroy munitions and clean up
military sites in Georgia |
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| Georgia and NATO signed, on 1 October, a memorandum
opening the way for a joint project aimed at disposing of missile
stockpiles and clean up of military sites in Georgia.
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| NATOs first rapid reaction corps celebrates
10th anniversary |
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The Allied Command Europe Rapid Reaction Corps (ARRC) celebrated its
10th anniversary as NATO's first land-based, rapid deployable headquarters
on 2 October, marking a decade of Alliance post-Cold War engagement.
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| Winners of first NATO Science Partnership
Prize |
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The first NATO Science Partnership Prize has just been announced.
The winners are Aleksandr P. Kozlov (Russia), Artem Khalatov (Ukraine)
and Nick Syred (United Kingdom), for their collaboration on innovative
cooling techniques applied to gas turbine engines.
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| Which NATO in 2012? |
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The NATO Secretary General, Lord Robertson, outlined the need for
an “ark of security” capable of responding to “a
guaranteed supply chain of instability” at a high-level
conference on NATO’s future in Brussels, today, 3 October.
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| Examining NATO-Ukraine relations |
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| NATO-Ukraine relations were the focus of two
seminars organised in the Crimea on 3 and 4 October by Ukrainian
NGOs and co-sponsored by NATO’s Information and Documentation
Centre in Kyiv.
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| Change of command in the Balkans |
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| The NATO-led peacekeeping operations in Bosnia
and Herzegovina and Kosovo have new commanders:
Lieutenant General Fabio Mini (Italy) assumed command of the Kosovo
Force on 4 October 2002, taking over from Lieutenant General Marcel
M. Valentin (France).
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| NATO peace support exercises |
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| Three NATO military exercises are simultaneously
taking place at the moment, covering an area stretching across from
Estonia to Western Ukraine and down as far as the Ionian Sea.
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| Top Alliance military official visits North
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General Harald Kujat, Chairman of NATO's Military Committee, will
travel to the United States and Canada from 7 to 10 October to discuss
key issues on NATO's military agenda with senior officials. Improving
the Alliance's military capabilities, reforming its command structure
and the creation of a NATO rapid response force, proposed by the United
States, will be the main issues discussed.
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| NATO Secretary General addresses European
Parliament |
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NATO's Prague Summit will provide a good opportunity to finish building
effective NATO-EU relations, said Lord Robertson in a speech to the
European Parliament on 8 October. The Secretary General was speaking
to the European Parliament’s Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human
Right Defence Policy and Common Security in Brussels.
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| 48th General Assembly of the ATA |
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The Atlantic Treaty Association (ATA) met in Istanbul for its 48th
General Assembly, 9-12 October. This year's meeting focused on "The
Trans-Atlantic link and the new strategic environment - what lies
ahead for NATO".
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| NATO-Russia conference to focus on defence
reform |
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A joint NATO-Russia conference entitled “NATO-Russia Council
and Defence Reform” was held on 10 October 2002, at the NATO
Defense College in Rome.
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| Strengthening regional approaches to peace
operations |
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| NATO Secretary General, Lord Robertson, gave
one of the keynote addresses at a conference held in Paris on "The
UN, the EU, NATO and other regional actors: Partners in Peace?",
11-12 October. The aim of the conference was to analyse and discuss
specific suggestions for greater interaction between international
and regional organisations in conducting peace operations in Europe,
with the overall objective of strengthening regional approaches
to these operations.
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| Operation Amber Fox extended |
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| The North Atlantic Council decided on Friday
11 October to extend the mission of Operation Amber Fox from 27
October until 15 December 2002. NATO is grateful to the Netherlands
for agreeing to continue to lead the operation for this period.
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| NATO peacekeepers uncover illegal arms sales
in Bosnia and Herzegovina |
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An inspection by troops from the NATO-led peacekeeping force in Bosnia
and Herzegovina (SFOR) has found evidence that a local company has
breached United Nations resolutions on trade in weapons with Iraq.
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| Threat assessment and the future of global
defence industry |
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On the occasion of the Defence Industry Conference in London on 14
October, NATO Secretary General, Lord Robertson, underlined the crucial
role of governments and defence industries in improving military capabilities
to provide security and create political credibility in an unstable
world. "Some European countries have decided to increase their
defence budgets. There are now encouraging signs of defence industry
consolidation within Europe" he stated.
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| Seminar on Europe's anti-terrorism defences |
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| Does Europe need a homeland defence policy and
are the post-September 11 policy responses weakening or strengthening
transatlantic relations were the two subjects which dominated discussions
at a conference on the credibility of Europe's anti-terrorism defences,
15 October.
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| Examining NATO's military transformation |
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A multinational symposium on NATO's transformation, new military concepts
and collaborative venues was held in Warsaw, Poland, on 16-17 October.
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| Debating the impact of NATO enlargement |
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The security implications of NATO inviting the Baltic states to join
the Alliance were debated at a seminar in Pskov, Russian Federation,
from 17 to 18 October 2002.
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| NATO Secretary General visits the United States |
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NATO Secretary General, Lord Robertson, met United States President,
George W. Bush, and senior administration officials during a two-day
visit to Washington D.C. on 21 and 22 October.
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| General Kujat visits Moscow |
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| General Harald Kujat, Chairman of the Military
Committee, NATO's highest military authority, is visiting Moscow,
22-23 October. This is General Kujat's first visit to the Russian
Federation as Chairman of the Military Committee.
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| Scientists prepare for "Grand
Gathering" and presentation of first NATO Science Partnership
Prize |
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Scientists from NATO and Partner countries have begun the prelude
to their "Grand Gathering", which is scheduled to take place
on 24 October.
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| Novgorod conference examines new threats to
security |
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| Experts and academics from the Russian Federation
and NATO member countries discussed ways of tackling terrorism at
a conference in Novgorod, Russian Federation, from 24 to 26 October.
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| NATO-Ukraine working group discusses defence
reform |
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The joint NATO-Ukraine working group on defence reform met in Yalta
on 28 October to discuss the state of and prospects for defence reform
in Ukraine.
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| Transport seminar with Partners |
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A seminar on the new security challenges facing transportation
was conducted on 28-30 October. It examined problems such as border
crossings and civil preparedness against chemical, biological and
radiological risks.
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| Capabilities dominate meeting of armaments
directors |
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Measures aimed at improving the Alliance’s operational capabilities
took centre stage at the second biannual Conference of National Armaments
Directors Armaments (CNAD) in Brussels on 29 and 30 October. |
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| High representative for Bosnia addresses NATO-EU
meeting |
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| The international community’s top representative
in Bosnia and Herzegovina called on NATO and the EU to be firm in
demanding that Bosnian authorities step up the pace of reform. |
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