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| New missions require more usable
forces
says NATO Secretary General |
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Speaking in Berlin during a farewell visit on 3 November
Lord Robertson said that NATO's taking on of new missions
has highlighted the shortfall in rapidly deployable forces.
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| Exercise Allied Action tests Joint
Task Force deployment |
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Allied Action 2003, a NATO exercise taking place in Istanbul
from 3 to 18 November will test NATO's ability to rapidly
plan and launch a multinational crisis response operation.
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| Crisis management exercise |
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The main training event of the year - Exercise ARRCADE
FUSION 2003 - of the Allied Command Europe Rapid Reaction
Corps (ARRC) started on 3 November.
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| International rescue and relief operations |
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A command, control and coordination course on international rescue
and relief operations was held in Skövde, Sweden, 3-14 November.
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| Regional cooperation in action |
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A regional course on civil emergency planning (CEP) and civil-military
co-operation (CIMIC) was held in Ankara, Turkey, 3-7 November.
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| The ATA holds its 49th General Assembly |
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From 4 to 9 November, delegates attending the Atlantic Treaty
Association's (ATA) 49th General Assembly in Edinburgh debated issues
around the theme: "After Iraq - a new Transatlantic Consensus?
NATO at a crossroads".
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| Secretary General addresses OSCE Council in
Vienna |
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| Photo: OSCE/Alex Nitzsche |
Speaking at the OSCE Permanent Council during his farewell visit to
Vienna, 5-6 November, Lord Robertson said cooperation between NATO
and OSCE is “a strategic imperative – today more than
ever before.”
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| Armaments Directors hold biannual meeting |
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The Conference of National Armaments Directors (CNAD) - the representatives
responsible for armaments cooperation - met for their biannual meeting
on 6-7 November at NATO HQ.
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| Progress of Ukraine’s reform efforts
reviewed |
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Two senior NATO bodies, the Political Committee and the Political-Military
Steering Committee, visited Ukraine on 6 and 7 November to review
progress in implementing the NATO-Ukraine Annual Target Plan for
2003. |
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| Addressing civil emergency planning issues |
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The further improvement of civil preparedness for possible terrorist
attacks with chemical, biological or radiological weapons against
civilian populations was the main topic of the semi-annual meeting
of the Senior Civil Emergency Planning Committee.
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| Lord
Robertson receives highest US civilian award |
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Photo:
Reuters/Larry Downing |
Saying that NATO was the most successful alliance
in history President Bush awarded the Presidential
Medal of Freedom to Lord Robertson during the Secretary
General's farewell visit to the US, 11-13 November.
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| Training, education and interoperability |
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Representatives from NATO's nine PfP Training Centres, together
with other participants, met for the fourth annual PfP training and
education institutions commandants' conference, at the Defence Training
Centre Poljce in Slovenia, 11-13 November.
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| NATO Science Programme changes course and name |
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Following agreement in principle by the North Atlantic Council,
NATO’s top decision-making body, on 17 October, a new programme
for NATO support of civil science has been launched today.
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| Chiefs
of Defence Staff discuss current issues |
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Over two days, 12-13 November, Chiefs of Defence Staff
(CHODS) from NATO and partner countries met within the
framework of the Military Committee to discuss the military,
and often practical, aspects of issues on NATO's current
agenda.
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| NATO and partner countries exercise joint operations |
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Cooperative Associate, a NATO-led exercise being held in Sofia, 16-26
November, will test NATO and partner countries ability to command joint
peace support operations.
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| Kosovo must be multi-ethnic says NATO Secretary
General |
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During a one-day farewell visit on 17 November, NATO Secretary General
Lord Robertson called on Albanian and Serb leaders to work together
for a multi-ethnic Kosovo.
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| First joint NATO-EU crisis management exercise |
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The European Union and NATO will rehearse the launching
of an EU-led operation with NATO support and assets during
their first joint crisis management exercise, 19-25 November.
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| Appointment of NATO Senior Civilian
Representative in Afghanistan |
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| The NATO Secretary General, Lord Robertson, is pleased to announce
the appointment of Mr. Hikmet Çetin of Turkey to the position
of NATO Senior Civilian Representative in Afghanistan.
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| Lord Robertson visits France |
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As part of his farewell tour of NATO and partner countries,
NATO Secretary General Lord Robertson visited Paris on
19 November 2003.
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| Workshop examines strategies
for effective public diplomacy |
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Experts, diplomats and NATO public diplomacy staff discussed
ways of effectively communicating the Alliance's policies
to the public at a NATO workshop in Brussels on 20 November.
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| Response Force demonstrates capability
in first exercise |
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The first elements of
NATO's new Response Force (NRF) demonstrated their capabilities
in a mock crisis response operation held in Turkey on 20
November.
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| Organizations must work together to defeat terror
says Robertson |
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On a visit to Spain and Portugal on 21 November, the
NATO Secretary General said the attacks in Istanbul highlighted
the need for more cooperation between international organisations
in fighting terrorism.
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| Exercise Cooperative Support 2003 |
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Salzburg, Austria, is currently hosting a NATO exercise - Exercise
Cooperative Support 2003.
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| Launch
of NATO Multinational CBRN Defence Battalion |
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On Monday, December 1, another significant step in
NATO's military transformation takes place when the Alliance's
new Multinational Chemical, Biological Radiological and
Nuclear (CBRN) Defence Battalion achieves its Initial Operational
Capability.
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| Developing information policies in
Ukraine |
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The third part of a series of four seminars on education
and NATO-related issues took place in Odessa on 26 November
2003, at the Odessan Military Institute of Land Forces.
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| Lord Robertson discusses future cooperation
in Belgrade and Sarajevo |
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On the first ever visit by a NATO Secretary General to Belgrade,
26-27 November, Lord Robertson said NATO and Serbia must put past
behind and called for the handover of war criminals.
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