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| NATO Week in Azerbaijan |
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Azerbaijan will host the fourth NATO Week in Baku from 3 to 8 July 2006. In this framework, a series of special events, aimed raising public awareness of NATO policies and structures and reaching out to the civil society, will be organised with the support of NATO Public Diplomacy Division and the Government of Azerbaijan.
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| Farah province shows NATO Afghanistan strategy |
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Speaking at the opening of a local vehicle maintenance plant, the Commander of the NATO-led forces in Afghanistan, Lt. Gen. David Richards, highlighted the work in the province as model for future NATO-led operations in the country.
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| Melange disposal project launched in Azerbaijan |
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On 4 July 2006, NATO Assistant Secretary General for Public Diplomacy, Jean Fournet, and the first deputy Prime Minister of Azerbaijan, Abid Sharifov,
officially inaugurated a melange conversion plant in Azerbaijan.
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| NATO North Atlantic Council Statement on North Korea |
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On July 5, the North Atlantic Council met in Brussels to express the Alliances grave concern over North Koreas (DPRKs) launch of a Taepodong-2 and other missiles.
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| Secretary General visits Balkan countries
aspiring to join NATO |
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During a visit to Croatia and Albania on 6 July - two of the three
Balkan countries aspiring to join NATO - Secretary General Jaap de
Hoop Scheffer said their membership was not a question of “if”,
but “when”.
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| NATO’s Riga Summit in focus in Greece |
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The political preparations for the November NATO Summit in Riga, Latvia, were the focus of a visit by NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer to Athens on 7 July.
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| Georgian students write essays on NATO |
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In April 2006, the Information Center on NATO in Georgia launched a project aimed at raising awareness about the Alliance in the the countrys high schools. Together with the Ministry of Education, the Information Center on NATO selected 20 schools that covered all areas of Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia. |
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| Statement on UK announcement
to send more personnel to Afghanistan |
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10 July 2006 - NATO Secretary General, Jaap
de Hoop Scheffer welcomes the United Kingdom Defence Secretary’s
announcement that the UK will strengthen its contingent in Afghanistan.
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| Spain committed to NATO’s Afghanistan mission |
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NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer praised the Spanish government
for its commitment to NATO’s Afghanistan mission during a visit
to Madrid on 10 July.
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| NATO condemns India attacks |
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In a letter to the Ambassador of India to Belgium on 12 July, NATO
Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer expressed his condolences and
condemned the barbaric attacks in Mumbai and Srinagar on 11 July.
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| NATO Secretary General visits Latvia |
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NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer is visiting Latvia on 14 July to discuss with the Latvian authorities preparations for the Alliance summit meeting in Riga on 28-29 November 2006.
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| First graduates of Iraq senior staff course |
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On 15 July, 37 senior Iraqi officers graduated from the NATO-supported Iraqi Joint Staff College at Ar Rustamiyah, and will now fill key positions in the country’s security forces.
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| US-Russia initiative on nuclear terrorism welcomed |
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In a statement on 15 July, NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer
welcomed the US-Russia Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism.
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| Alliance Commander Transformation visits Iraq |
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General Lance L. Smith, NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander Transformation, visited NATO’s training mission in Iraq on 17 July, and met with the Iraqi Defence Minister to discuss the training and equipment needs of the Iraqi Security Forces.
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| NATO and UN Secretaries General meet |
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NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and UN Secretary General
Kofi Annan discussed current international issues and relations between
the two organizations during a meeting in Brussels, 18 July.
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| Serbia’s NATO aspirations “reachable” |
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NATO wants and supports Serbia’s course towards Euro-Atlantic
integration, said the NATO Secretary General during a visit to NATO
HQ by Serbian President Boris Tadić, 19 July.
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| Secretary General condemns Belarusian sentencing |
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Speaking to reporters on 19 July, NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop
Scheffer said the arrest of Belarusian opposition leader Alexandr Kozulin
was “a flagrant violation” of Belarus’ commitments
to NATO.
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| Afghanistan needs more international attention,
says NATO Secretary General |
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During a visit to Afghanistan, 20-21 July, NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said the country needs more international attention and that there can be no lasting security without development.
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| Conference to examine NATO’s transformation |
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A major conference in London, 20-21 July, will bring together NATO
representatives, government and industry leaders as well as academics
to analyse the Alliance’s transformation. It will also analyse
NATO priorities for the years ahead.
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| NATO-supported Iraqi Training Command opens |
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The NATO-supported Iraqi Training and Doctrine Command officially opened in Baghdad on 25 July, a significant milestone in the development of the country’s security institutions.
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| NATO support for Georgias reforms |
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Georgian Prime Minister Zurab Nogaideli briefed the North Atlantic Council on his country’s reform efforts during a visit to NATO HQ on 26 July.
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| NATO Council green-lights Afghanistan expansion |
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On 28 July, the North Atlantic Council gave final authorization for the NATO-led mission to expand its area of operations to six additional provinces in the south of Afghanistan , boosting NATO’s presence and role in the country.
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| NATO- ISAF expands to Southern Afghanistan |
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The NATO-led International Security Assistance Force today assumed command of the Southern region of Afghanistan from US-led Coalition forces, further extending ISAFs mission since NATO took command of the ISAF mission in Kabul in August 2003.
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