|
| Conclusion of Operation Display Deterrence |
|
|
The last elements of NATO forces deployed to protect Turkey as part
of Operation Display Deterrence left the country on 3 May, 65 days
after the deployment began on 26 February.
|
|
|
|
| NATO-Ukraine conference focuses on defence
reform |
|
|
Several Defence Ministers and top officials from NATO and Ukraine
met in Washington D.C. from 4 to 5 May 2003 to discuss cooperation
in key areas at a high-level conference.
|
|
|
|
| Lord Robertson visits United States and Canada |
|
|
NATO Secretary Lord Robertson travelled to the United States from
4 to 5 May and Canada on 6 May for conferences and meetings with senior
officials and members of Congress.
|
|
|
|
| Armaments directors take stock of NATO’s
transformation |
|
|
Representatives of the 19 NATO countries responsible for armaments
cooperation reviewed progress on key projects at the Conference
of National Armaments Directors (CNAD) at NATO, 8-9 May 2003.
|
|
|
|
| President of Bulgaria visits NATO |
|
|
The President of Bulgaria, Georgi Parvanov, discussed his country’s
preparations for joining the Alliance with Secretary General Lord
Robertson during a visit to NATO on 8 May.
|
|
|
|
| NATO formalises cooperation with EUROCONTROL |
|
 |
Photo
EUROCONTROL |
On 8 May 2003 NATO Secretary General Lord Robertson visited the
European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation (EUROCONTROL)
to sign an agreement on cooperation between the two organisations.
|
|
|
|
| Protecting buildings in
earthquake zones |
|
|
Innovative ways of reinforcing buildings that were not built to withstand
strong earthquakes were presented at a NATO Science for Peace workshop
held in Izmir, Turkey, on 12 and 13 May 2003.
|
|
|
|
| Meeting with partners of
the Planning Board for Inland Surface Transport |
|
| The NATO Planning Board for Inland
Surface Transport (PBIST) conducted its plenary meeting with partner
countries on 12 and 13 May 2003 in Bern, Switzerland.
|
|
|
| |
| PfP course on international
rescue operations |
|
|
From 12-23 May 2003, the Swedish Rescue Services Agency will be holding
a Partnership for Peace (PfP) course on international rescue operations
in Revinge, Sweden.
|
|
|
|
| Historic meetings in Moscow |
|
|
On 13 May, for the first time ever, all nineteen NATO Ambassadors
joined their Russian counterpart for a meeting in Moscow of the NATO-Russia
Council (NRC), chaired by NATO Secretary General Lord Robertson. The
meeting took place almost a year after the NRC was established at
the summit meeting in Rome on 28 May 2002, opening a new page in NATO-Russia
relations.
|
|
|
|
| Military Committee prepares for June Ministerial
meetings |
|
|
NATO's highest military authority, the Military Committee, held one
of its three annual meetings at the level of Chiefs of Defence Staff,
at NATO HQ, 13-14 May.
|
|
|
|
| Multiculturalism and NATO |
|
|
On 14 May 2003, in the historic Crimean town of Bakhchisaray, Ukrainian
and NATO experts discussed “Multiculturalism in NATO: Enhancing
Security Together”.
|
|
|
|
| Lord Robertson visits Caucasus |
|
|
NATO remains committed to stability in the Caucasus, but it is up
to the countries in the region to find peaceful solutions to existing
conflicts, said Secretary General Lord Robertson during a two-day
visit.
|
|
|
|
| Serbia seeks to become NATO partner |
|
Serbia and Montenegro wants to join NATO’s partnership programme
and will work to meet all conditions this year, including the arrest
of indicted war criminals, Prime Minister Zivkovic said during his
visit on 20 May.
|
|
|
|
| NATO-Ukraine meeting on economic
security |
|
The adaptation and restructuring of the Ukrainian defence industry
was at the centre of discussions at a NATO-Ukraine Joint Working
Group on economic security, 20-21 May at NATO HQ.
|
|
|
|
| NATO Council makes decision on
Polish request |
|
The North Atlantic Council has today unanimously decided to task
NATO’s military authorities to provide advice as soon as possible
on the Polish request for NATO support in the context of their leadership
of a sector in a stabilization force in Iraq.
|
|
|
|
| Course on international environmental
disaster operations |
|
In cooperation with the United Nations Environmental Programme,
the Swedish Rescue Services Agency (SRSA) will be running a course
on international environmental disaster operations from 8 to 19
September 2003 in Sandö, Sweden.
|
|
|
|
| NATO remains committed to Kosovo |
|
|
NATO Ambassadors reiterated the Alliance’s support for the
United Nations mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) following a briefing by
its chief, Michael Steiner, at NATO headquarters on 21 May.
|
|
|
|
| Improving Balkan border security |
|
Five Western Balkan countries subscribed to a Common Platform for
improving border security in the region at a high-level conference
held in Ohrid, 22-23 May 2003.
|
|
|
|
| Appointment of Admiral Edmund P.
Giambastiani, Jr., U.S. Navy, as Supreme Allied Commander,
Transformation |
|
|
NATO’s Defence Planning Committee today announced
its agreement to a request from President Bush to appoint
Admiral Edmund P. Giambastiani, Jr., US Navy, as Supreme
Allied Commander, Transformation.
|
|
|
|
| Alliance legislators to discuss
the consequences of Iraq for transatlantic relations |
|
The NATO Parliamentary Assembly will hold its Spring Session for
the first time in the Czech Republic in Prague from 24 to 28 May
2003 at the Obecni Dum (Municipal House), Republic Square. About
300 legislators from North America and Europe are expected to participate
in the five-day session.
|
|
|
|
| Landmine project closing ceremony
in Ukraine |
|
The last of 400,000 anti-personnel landmines were destroyed
during a ceremony in Donetsk, in the south-east of Ukraine, on
27 May 2003.
|
|
|
|
| Lord Robertson visits Operation
Active Endeavour and Madrid |
|
|
The Secretary General paid his first visit to Operation Active
Endeavour, along the Straits of Gibraltar, on 29 May.
|
|
|
|
| NATO Secretary General expresses
sympathy |
|
|
On Monday 26 May, the Secretary General of NATO, Lord Robertson
sent a personal message to Spanish Prime Minister Aznar
asking him to convey
his deepest sympathy to the families of the victims of
the plane crash which took the lives of 62 Spanish peacekeepers.
|
|
|
