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| NATO Secretary General welcomes resignation
of Mirko Sarovic |
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| I welcome today's decision by Mr Mirko Sarovic,
to step down from the Bosnia Herzegovina Presidency. As the representative
for Republika Srpska (RS), it was the only possible course of action
he could take given his political responsibility for the export of
illegal arms to Iraq by the RS-based company VZ Orao.
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| NATO logistics support to Azerbaijan |
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Azerbaijan has started to set up the working procedures with NATO
for assistance in the clearance of unexploded ordnance (UXO).
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| Foreign Ministers discuss Iraq and transatlantic
relations |
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Foreign Ministers from the 19 NATO countries met in Brussels on 3
April to consult on Iraq and transatlantic relations at a special
session of the North Atlantic Council.
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| Developing security cooperation in the Baltic
region |
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The need for increased regional cooperation between the Baltic states
and North-west Russia was the main theme of a conference held in Pskov
from 4-7 April.
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| NATOs civil-military cooperation capability
enhanced |
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On 7 April six NATO countries signed an agreement formally establishing
Civil-Military Cooperation (CIMIC) Group North, which will provide
the Alliance with an essential civil-military cooperation capability.
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| NATO decision-makers urge Bosnia to reform
military |
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During a visit on 10 April, representatives of NATO’s 19 member
countries and the Secretary General told Bosnia’s authorities
military reform is a precondition for closer ties with the Alliance.
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| NATO and Russian parliamentarians meet in
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NATO-Russia relations and the global security situation were the
key topics discussed at a meeting of NATO and Russian parliamentarians
held in St. Petersburg on 10-11 April.
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| SFOR's detention of indicted war criminal
Naser Oric |
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On 10 April, SFOR detained Naser Oric, who is under indictment for
war crimes by the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia.
Mr. Oric was detained in the vicinity of Tuzla in Bosnia and Herzegovina
and has been transferred to The Hague. There were no casualties sustained
in the course of this operation.
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| Conclusion of Operation Display Deterrence
and Article 4 security consultations |
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This morning, the North Atlantic Council (NAC) agreed to conclude
its formal consultations on Turkey's security under Article 4 of the
North Atlantic Treaty.
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| Same name, same banner, same mission as NATO
enhances ISAF role |
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NATO today decided to enhance its support to ISAF, the international
peacekeeping mission in Afghanistan, by taking on the command, coordination
and planning of the operation.
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| Discussing economic reform in Ukraine |
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“Strengthening the Market Economy and the Formation
of a Middle Class Society as a Precondition for Ukraine
to become a NATO Member” was the theme of
a Round-table that took place in the regional city of
Kharkiv on 16 April.
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| Assisting discharged military personnel
in Russia |
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In an effort to expand its work beyond the borders of
the Moscow region, the NATO-Russia Centre for the Retraining
of Discharged Military Personnel recently opened three
regional centres in St. Petersburg (8 April), Yaroslavl
(21 March) and Chita (22 April).
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| Examining the NATO-Ukraine relationship
after Prague |
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A seminar for Ukrainian journalists on “Ukraine
and NATO after the Prague Summit: New Dimensions for Partnership” took
place on April 22-23 in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk.
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| Destroying illegal arms |
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NATO-led peacekeepers in Kosovo and Bosnia and Herzegovina
continue to uncover and secure illegal arms and munitions
as part of their mandate to provide a safe and secure environment.
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| Disaster response put to the test
in Ferghana |
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Civil emergency teams from over 19 countries, both participants
and observers, fought flooding, fires, and sifted through
rubble to rescue victims during a NATO-led exercise held
in the Ferghana Valley in Uzbekistan, 28-30 April 2003.
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| NATO-Russia roundtable on recruitment |
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Under the auspices of the NATO-Russia Council, the Ad-Hoc
Working Group on Defence Reform held a working-level roundtable
on professional forces at NATO Headquarters on 28 April.
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| NATO ships start boarding operations
in Mediterranean |
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On 29 April 2003 NATO naval forces operating in the Mediterranean
conducted the first boarding operation in support of the
fight against terrorism. A second boarding was conducted
on 30 April. The boarding operations have been initiated
as part of the ongoing NATO Operation Active Endeavour.
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