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| NATO takes on new missions |
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In Madrid, 3-4 June 2003, NATO Foreign ministers said the Alliance’s
taking on of new missions in Afghanistan and in support of Poland
in Iraq showed NATO’s transformation was well underway.
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| Fifth anniversary of the Euro-Atlantic
Disaster Response Coordination Centre |
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Five years ago, on 3 June 1998, the inauguration of the Euro-Atlantic
Disaster Response Coordination Centre (EADRCC) at NATO Headquarters
marked the beginning of the successful collaborative engagement of
NATO and its 27 Partner nations in disaster response coordination
in the Euro-Atlantic Partnership area.
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| NATO approves support for Poland in Iraq |
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This week, the North Atlantic Council, NATO’s top decision-making
body, approved providing the support requested by Poland in relation
to its planned role in the stabilization force in Iraq.
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| NATO’s naval capabilities on display |
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Top Alliance decision-makers travelled to the Spanish port city of
Alicante on 5 June for a demonstration of the Alliance’s naval
capabilities during the annual NATO Sea Day.
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| Aeromedical evacuation workshop |
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Eighty-five participants from NATO and partner countries, as well
as from Israel and Australia were in Kiruna, in the north of Sweden,
10-11 June, for an Aeromedical Evacuation Workshop.
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| Mediterranean Dialogue countries meet at NATO
HQ |
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The Ambassadors of Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Mauritania, Morocco
and Tunisia met their NATO counterparts at NATO HQ on 11 June for
a briefing on the outcome of the Madrid Ministerial meetings of last
week.
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| NATO Secretary General inaugurates Virtual
Silk Highway Project |
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The NATO Secretary General, Lord Robertson, and the President of Georgia,
Eduard Shevardnadze, inaugurated the Virtual Silk Highway project
with a video-conference between NATO Headquarters and Tbilisi, Georgia,
on 11 June 2003.
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| New command structure and capabilities for
NATO |
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Meeting in Brussels, NATO Defence Ministers approved a historic reform
of NATO’s command structure and plans for a robust, rapidly
deployable NATO Response Force.
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| Cooperative Best Effort 2003 |
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The main NATO and Partnership for Peace (PfP) land-based exercise,
Cooperative Best Effort 2003, is taking place at the Vazgen Sargsian
Military Institute in Armenia, 16-27 June.
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| Allied Commanders meet at SHAPE |
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NATO’s top operational commanders discussed the transformation
of NATO’s military structure, its current and future and missions
at the Alliance’s European military headquarters in Mons, Belgium,
17-18 June.
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| New NATO transformation command established |
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In a ceremony held on 19 June in Norfolk, US, NATO’s former
Allied Command Atlantic was decommissioned and Allied Command Transformation
established in its place.
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| Exercising peace operations with partners
in the Black Sea |
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Maritime and amphibious forces from eight NATO and partner countries
are practicing joint peace support operations in exercise Cooperative
Partner 2003 near Odessa, Ukraine, and in the Black Sea from 20 June
to 5 July.
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| Lord Robertson attends European Union Summit
on Balkans |
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NATO is committed to peace in the Balkans, NATO Secretary General
Lord Robertson told participants at a EU-Western Balkans Summit in
Thessaloniki, 21 June.
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| Preparing
for Afghanistan |
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More than 300 participants rehearsed NATO’s first
operation outside Europe at the Warrior Preparation Centre
in Einsiedlerhof, Germany, from 21 to 25 June.
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| President of Moldova visits of NATO |
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The President of Moldova, Vladimir Voronin, visited NATO Headquarters
on 23 June for talks with NATO Secretary General Lord Robertson on
strengthening cooperation.
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| Exercise Clean Hunter 2003 |
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| Photo by Lt Richard Perrault, PAO for
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A live-flying exercise is taking place, 23 June to 3 July, covering
an area stretching across from southern Germany to Denmark and from
the United Kingdom to mid-Poland. |
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| Lord Robertson visits Germany |
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Speaking in Berlin on 24 June, NATO Secretary General Lord Robertson
said the security strategies of the United States and Europe remain
compatible.
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| Science Committee meets in Ukraine |
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At the invitation of the Ukrainian authorities, the NATO Science Committee
will for the first time visit Ukraine, 24-28 June, for a series of
key meetings.
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| Commanders for Afghanistan mission appointed |
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The Supreme Allied Commander Europe, General James Jones, has appointed
German Army Lieutenant-General Götz Gliemeroth as the Commander
of the new NATO mission to Afghanistan, and Canadian Army Major-General
Andrew Leslie as the Deputy Commander.
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| North Atlantic Council visits Kosovo |
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NATO’s top decision makers visited Kosovo on 26 June to demonstrate
the Alliance's continuing commitment to maintain peace and stability
in Kosovo and the Balkans region
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| NATO school celebrates 50th anniversary |
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The NATO School in Oberammergau, Germany, is celebrating its 50th
anniversary on 27 June 2003. More than 115,000 officers, non-commissioned
officers and civilians from NATO and partner countries have been trained
at the school to date.
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| Five priority areas for the Mediterranean
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The fight against terrorism, countering weapons of mass destruction,
crisis management, defence reform and military-to-military cooperation
are the five priority areas for cooperation with NATO's seven Mediterreanean
Dialogue countries stated Lord Robertson at a conference in London
on 30 June.
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| Plans
for NATO support to Poland’s Iraq mission finalized |
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On 30 June 2003, a force review conference held at NATO’s
main European military headquarters in Belgium finalized
the plans for NATO support to Poland in its planned role
in Iraq.
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