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| Kashmir snow does not stop NATO assistance |
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As NATOs short-term relief mission draws to a close, teams continue to deliver assistance to earthquake survivors in Pakistans remote Kashmir mountains by helicopter and road.
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| Iraq assistance hits €100 million |
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In 2005, NATO member countries have donated €100 million worth of arms and equipment to Iraq’s Armed Forces as part of NATO’s assistance to the country.
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| Airborne doctors treat 3,000 patients in Pakistan |
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NATO Air Mobile Medical Teams in Pakistan have treated over 3,000 patients in remote villages in the earthquake-affected area of Kashmir since they started operations in November.
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| Special logistics training for NATO and partners |
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Over 200 students from NATO, partner and Mediterreanean Dialogue countries attended the first edition of a recently revised logistics traning programme at the NATO School, 28 November to 9 December 2005. |
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| Explaining NATO-Ukraine defence cooperation |
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| High-level NATO-Ukraine consultations in Vilnius, October 2005 |
In a special interview, John Colston, NATOs Assistant Secretary General for Defence Policy and Planning, offers an assessment of NATO-Ukraine cooperation in defence and security sector reform.
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| NATO forces supply landslide-hit Afghans |
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On 17 January, helicopters from the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan (ISAF) delivered some 500 kilos of UN relief supplies to an Afghan village that has been cut-off by a landslide. |
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| NATO trains over 1,000 Iraqi officers |
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In 2005, NATOs Training Mission in Iraq trained 1,000 mid- and senior-level officers in country, and close to 500 in NATO facilities in Europe. |
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| 2006 Partnership planning symposium |
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On 19 and 20 January 2006, the annual Partnership for Peace (PfP) Planning Symposium will be hosted at the NATO School in Oberammergau, Germany.
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| Statement on death of Slovak soldiers |
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NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said he was “deeply saddened” by the death of Slovak soldiers in a tragic accident on 19 January, as they were returning home after serving in Kosovo.
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| Review of the concept design |
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Following the realignment of NATO project management and turnover of the design and construction management responsibility to the Belgian government in December 2004, there has been substantial progress on the new NATO Headquarters project.
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| Secretary Generals statement on death of President Rugova |
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| NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer meets with President Ibrahim Rugova in Kosovo in May 2005. |
In a statement on 21 January, NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer expressed his profound condolences at the death of President Ibrahim Rugova of Kosovo.
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| Norwegian Prime Minister visits NATO |
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The Prime Minister of Norway, Jens Stoltenberg, visited NATO HQ on 23 January to discuss with NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer some of the key issues on NATO’s agenda.
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| NATO honours Slovak soldiers |
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Commemorating the Slovak soldiers who died tragically on 19 January, staff at NATO HQ in Brussels observed a minute of silence on 26 January, as a memorial service was held in the country.
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| Croatian Prime Minister visits NATO |
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In an address to the North Atlantic Council on 30 January, Croatian Prime Minister Ivo Sanader said that membership in NATO and the EU was his country’s top priority.
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| NATO reconfirms long-term commitment to Afghanistan |
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Speaking in London on 31 January, NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer laid out NATO’s long-term commitment to Afghanistan, as part of the international community’s Afghanistan Compact.
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| NATO's Standardization Agency broadens cooperation |
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On 31 January, following intense cooperation at expert level, the NATO Standardization Agency (NSA) and GS1, a leading international standardization organisation, signed an agreement formalizing and broadening their cooperation.
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