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| Defence Ministers review
NATO's missions and transformation |
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NATO Defence Ministers decided to expand the Alliance's
mission in Afghanistan and reduce its presence in Bosnia
at their meeting at NATO Headquarters on 1 and 2 December
2003.
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| Security
issues of desertification in the Mediterranean region debated
at NATO workshop |
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Security issues related to desertification in the
Mediterranean region was the subject of a workshop, which
took place in Valencia, Spain, on 2-5 December.
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| Exercise Viking 03 |
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A computer assisted exercise is taking place at the Uppland Regiment,
Enköping, Sweden, 2- 12 December.
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| Armenian President visits NATO |
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The President of Armenia, Robert Kocharian, discussed
ways of further increasing his country’s cooperation
with NATO during a visit to Alliance Headquarters on 3
December.
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| NATO “busy, useful
and necessary” |
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Foreign Ministers from NATO, invitee and partner countries
discussed Afghanistan, Iraq, NATO-EU cooperation, and the
preparations for next year’s NATO Summit in Istanbul
at NATO, 4-5 December.
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| Ministers take stock of NATO-Ukraine
relations |
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Progress towards achieving the objectives set out in the NATO-Ukraine
Action Plan and in Ukraine’s associated Annual Target Plan for
2003 was the focus of meetings in Brussels of Ukrainian and NATO Foreign
and Defence Ministers in December.
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| A new spirit of cooperation between
NATO and Russia |
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Speaking to the press on 4 December after the last ministerial
meeting of the NATO-Russia Council (NRC) he was to chair,
before being succeeded by Jaap de Hoop Scheffer as NATO
Secretary General at the beginning of 2004, Lord Robertson
said: “Once more the new spirit of NATO-Russia
cooperation was crystal clear. This is one of the biggest
changes NATO has brought about over the past four years
of my term. As I prepare to step down, it is one of my
biggest sources of satisfaction.”
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| Tripartite agreement on submarine
rescue |
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France, Norway and the United Kingdom signed an agreement on 9
December at NATO HQ on the common procurement of a submarine rescue
system.
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| Joint Russia-NATO workshop on proliferation
held in Poland |
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From 11 to 13 December 2003, experts on proliferation
issues from NATO member countries and Russia met at a
workshop in Pultusk, Poland, to explore opportunities
for practical cooperation in the protection against chemical
and biological weapons.
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| NATO assists in removal of heavy
weapons in Afghanistan |
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NATO-led troops are currently assisting the Afghan Ministry
of Defence in the removal of heavy weapons from the Pansjher
Valley to a government storage site near Kabul.
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| Farewell video interview with Lord Robertson |
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In his last days before stepping down as NATO Secretary General,
Lord Robertson looks back at his four years in office in a special
video interview for the NATO Web site.
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| Constitutional loya jirga begins in Afghanistan |
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The NATO-led International Security Assistance Force has stepped
up security in Kabul, including temporarily sending extra troops,
as the loya jirga meets to debate a constitution for Afghanistan.
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| SFOR plans future force structure |
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The NATO-led peacekeeping force in Bosnia and Herzegovina has
begun preparations for a reduction of troop levels to approximately
7,000 by June 2004.
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