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| Promoting Russia-Baltic
dialogue |
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| Russia-Baltic relations were the focus of a two-day
conference held in St Petersburg on 1 and 2 November, entitled Promoting
a Win-Win Relationship for Democracy and Security Growth in the Baltic
Sea Region: Agenda for the Future.
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| NATO Secretary General visits
Berlin |
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Lord Robertson travelled to Berlin on 4 November to meet with Chancellor
Gerhard Schröder and discuss key issues on NATO’s agenda
ahead of the Prague Summit.
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| Training troops
to face new security threats |
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A number of military exercises are currently being run by NATO to
train troops in conducting multinational operations based on scenarios
related to today's new security threats. They include ARRCADE Fusion
2002, Cannon Cloud 2002 and Bright Future.
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| Seminar in Ukraine
focuses on NATO enlargement |
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"Security and stability in Post-Communist Europe in the context
of NATO enlargement" was the theme of a regional seminar in Chernivtsi,
Ukraine. It was held on 6-8 November and was organised by the "Civic
Initiative Foundation" to assess illusions and realities with
respect to the prospect of NATO enlargement.
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| NATO-Russia
cooperation and the war on terror |
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The Volgograd Regional Public Foundation for the Prevention of Conflict
and Crisis Situations organised a two-day conference, 9-10 November,
in Volgograd to discuss the nature and perspectives of NATO-Russia
relations in the framework of the war on terror. In pursuit of this
goal, more than seventy participants from the regional government,
universities, NGOs and local media outlets were assembled.
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| NATO Secretary
General meets with President Putin |
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Lord Robertson met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Brussels
today, 11 November, to discuss issues on NATO’s agenda ahead
of the Prague Summit and the state of NATO-Russia co-operation.
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| Meeting on NATO's
communication and information systems |
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The NATO Consultation, Command and Control Board (NC3 B) is holding
its bi-annual meeting at NATO HQ, 13-14 November. This Board oversees
the work of NATO agencies with responsibilities in developing allied
capabilities in the vital area of communications and information systems.
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| Ukraine in the
Euro-Atlantic region |
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| A seminar entitled "Ukraine in the Euro-Atlantic
Region: Achievements and Perspectives" will take place in Dnipropetrovsk,
Ukraine, on November 14, 2002. The roundtable discussion will examine
new international security challenges before focusing on developments
in NATO-Ukraine relations, particularly in the area of defence reform
and public perceptions of NATO in Ukraine.
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| New security
challenges to dominate NATO Parliamentary Assembly meeting |
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The 48th Annual Session of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly (NATO PA)
is taking place from 15 to 19 November in Istanbul. It will focus
on NATO's adaptation to new security threats and to the next wave
of enlargement, when several new members are expected to be invited.
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| Franco-Russian strategic
forum |
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| Current international issues were discussed at
the second Franco-Russian strategic forum to be organised by the Institut
de Relations Internationales et Stratégiques (IRIS), Paris,
and the Russian Institute for Strategic Studies.
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| Involving partners in mass evacuation operations |
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For the first time, partner countries were invited to participate
in a biennial training seminar of the Civil Aviation Planning Committee
(CAPC) held in Athens, 18-20 November. The seminar focused on mass
evacuation and, more particularly, on responses to potential disasters.
Furthermore, the gathering of aviation information to facilitate
a rapid response if needed and the role of partner expertise in
NATO's crisis management arrangements were also addressed.
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| Youth to join
NATO leaders in debating security issues |
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| When NATO leaders meet in Prague to discuss future
security challenges, young people who will live with the legacy of
those decisions will hold their own summit in the city. The Prague
Atlantic Student Summit, 20-23 November, will bring together approximately
180 university and graduate-level students from 37 European countries
to discuss the future of the Alliance.
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| NATO Secretary
General addresses conference on NATO’s transformation |
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| NATO has not only been at the centre of change,
it has also promoted and shaped this change, and will do so again
during these meetings underlined Lord Robertson on the eve of the
Alliance’s Summit in Prague.
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| Countdown to Prague Summit |
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Next week, 21 and 22 November, Heads of State and Government from
NATO and partner countries are meeting in Prague to decide on the
Alliance’s future roles and tasks.
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| Lord Robertson addresses
Youth summit |
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| On the first day of the Alliance’s Summit
meeting in Prague, NATO Secretary General Lord Robertson addressed
young students who are holding their own summit in the city.
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| NATO invites seven countries
to Accession Talks |
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NATO Heads of State and Government have formally invited the following
countries, Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia
and Slovenia, to Accession Talks with NATO.
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| NATO transformed: new members,
capabilities and partnerships |
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At their meeting in Prague, NATO Heads of State and Government opened
a new chapter in the Alliance’s history by inviting seven countries
to Accession Talks and committing themselves to equip NATO with new
capabilities to meet the security threats of the 21st century.
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| NATO-Ukraine Action Plan
adopted at Prague |
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Relations between NATO and Ukraine took an important step forward
with the adoption of the NATO-Ukraine Action Plan by the NATO-Ukraine
Commission (NUC) meeting at the level of foreign ministers in Prague
on 22 November.
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| "Europe, the United States and
the Mediterranean" |
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| What |
Conference |
| Who |
Organised by the ASPEN Institute Italy and France with
the Institut Catal de la Mediterrnia and co-sponsored by the NATO
Office of Information and Press |
| Where |
Barcelona, Spain |
| When |
22-24 Nov. 2002 |
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| Conference examines the evolution of the Mediterranean
Dialogue |
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| An international conference on “Europe,
the United States and the Mediterranean" brought together
high-level officials, academics and members of the business community
from NATO and Mediterranean Dialogue countries to discuss an ambitious
agenda of issues covering all aspects of the evolution of the Mediterranean
Dialogue.
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| Bishkek conference on security issues in Central
Asia |
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The modernisation of military and political collaboration in Central
Asia was the focus of a regional conference held in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan,
on 22 November.
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| Discussing the enhancement of NATO's Mediterranean
Dialogue |
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Ambassadors from NATO member countries and the seven Mediterranean
Dialogue countries met on 25 November to discuss the important decisions
adopted by NATO Heads of State and Government at the Prague Summit
last week.
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| Observing human rights |
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| Cadets at the Ryazan Airborne Academy of the
Russian Armed Forces took part in a two-day conference, co-sponsored
by NATO's Office of Information and Press, on The role of the
armed forces in observing human rights in the settlement of non-international
conflicts, 25-26 November. The aim was to instruct future officers
in the laws of armed conflict.
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| NATO to support ISAF 3 |
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On 27 November, the Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE)
in Mons, Belgium, hosted a Force Generation Conference for the International
Stabilisation Force in Afghanistan (ISAF). This was the first time
that SHAPE had hosted a Force Generation Conference in support of
countries who have offered to lead a military operation based on a
UN Security Council Resolution that is not a NATO-led mission.
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| NATO to continue supporting the former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia (1) |
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In response to a request by Skopje, the Alliance has decided to
continue supporting the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia with
a new peacekeeping mission from 16 December 2002.
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| Lord Robertson visits Tirana and Skopje |
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Lord Robertson travelled to Albania and the former Yugoslav Republic
of Macedonia (1) on 29 November to
deliver the message that the Alliance’s door remained open
and to urge the two countries to continue reforms. Neither were
invited to begin accession talks for NATO membership at the Prague
Summit, but were encouraged to continue work to achieve this ultimate
goal.
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| Project to destroy surplus munitions and arms
in Ukraine |
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A NATO team of experts met in Ukraine this week to start a project
that will result in the safe destruction of 133,000 tons of munitions
and 1.5 million small arms and light weapons.
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