NATO and Afghanistan agree on information security
NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and the Afghan Ambassador to Belgium, H.E. Mr. Zia Nezam, signed the NATO-Afghan Security Agreement in Brussels on 28 March 2008.
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27 Mar. 2008
New video illustrates NATO’s role in the fight against terrorism
A new video – “Defence against terrorism: NATO’s role” – will be launched on the occasion of the NATO Summit in Bucharest on 2-4 April 2008.
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Georgian officials visit NATO
A Georgian delegation, including the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the State Minister for Euro-Atlantic Integration, visited NATO Headquarters on Wednesday, 26th March 2008.
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Port visit of NATO ship highlights NATO’s Operation Active Endeavour
As part of NATO’s public diplomacy campaign in the run-up to the NATO Summit, the NATO Public Diplomacy Division, together with Maritime Component Command Naples and the Romanian government, organized a two-day media and public affairs event 25-27 March 2008 in the Romanian port city of Constanta.
More...25 Mar. 2008
Uzbek officers put counter-narcotics training to good use
Uzbek law-enforcement officers, trained under a project sponsored by the NATO-Russia Council, recently intercepted a large amount of heroin being smuggled through Uzbekistan. The investigation uncovered one of the biggest drug-smuggling cases in the country.
More...23 Mar. 2008
ISAF opens school for 600 children in Kabul
ISAF troops and financing from the French government helped to build a new school for more than 600 children in the northeast Kabul suburbs.
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Students discuss NATO’s role in Afghanistan and Kosovo
NATO Public Diplomacy Division (PDD) brought together students from various universities to discuss NATO’s engagement in Afghanistan and Kosovo via video teleconference (VTC) on 19 March 2008.
More...18 Mar. 2008
Joint press conference on the security situation in Kosovo
The Principal Deputy Special Representative of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo, the Commander of NATO’s Kosovo Force and the Commissioner of the Kosovo Police Service held a joint press conference in Pristina on 18 March 2008. They discussed the current security situation in Kosovo and Monday’s operation to restore law and order in north Mitrovica.
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NATO multimedia exhibition opens in Bucharest
NATO Deputy Secretary General, Ambassador Claudio Bisogniero, and the Romanian Minister of Defence, Teodor Melescanu, inaugurated the NATO multimedia exhibition entitled “Securing our Future” at the National History Museum of Romania in Bucharest on the evening of 17 March 2008.
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NATO Secretary General visits Kosovo
NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer accompanied by senior NATO military officials, travelled to Kosovo on 14 March 2008 to assess the security situation.
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Senior ACT leaders and academics discuss their experiences with military transformation
The seminar on “The Dynamics of Military Transformation” held at the Headquarters of the Supreme Allied Command Transformation (ACT) on 14 March 2008 focused on the dominant factors shaping defence policy, force restructuring and military innovation within France, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Spain, Britain and the United States.
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NATO Secretary General visits Poland
The Secretary General of NATO, Mr. Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, traveled to Warsaw on Thursday, 13 March. He met with President Lech Kaczynski, Minister of Foreign Affairs Radoslaw Sikorski and Minister of National Defence Bogdan Klich.
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Kandahar province welcomes new development projects
The Afghan government signed 19 new development contracts with private companies in Kandahar province, which will provide needed socio-economic opportunities to communities in southern Afghanistan.
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NATO Security Science Forum on Environmental Security
The second NATO Science Forum on Environmental Security took place on 12 March 2008 at NATO in Brussels. The Forum brought together around 20 key speakers and over 120 environmental security experts from NATO member, Partner and Mediterranean Dialogue countries to address the linkages between the environment and security and examine current initiatives underway to help resolve problems and mitigate conflict.
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OSCE’s representative on human trafficking visits NATO
Mrs Eva Biaudet ( © OSCE)
The Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), Eva Biaudet visited NATO Headquarters on 12 March 2008.
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Slovak Defence Minister visits NATO
Mr. Jaroslav Baška, the Defence Minister of the Slovak Republic, visited NATO Headquarters on Tuesday, 11 March 2008 and met with the NATO Secretary General, Mr. Jaap de Hoop Scheffer.
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NATO Secretary General visits Berlin
The NATO Secretary General visited Berlin and met with Chancellor Angela Merkel and with Minister of Defence Franz Josef Jung, in order to discuss preparations for the NATO Bucharest Summit.
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NATO hosts photo exhibition on daily life in Afghanistan
A photo exhibition entitled, “Through Afghan Eyes,” opened at NATO Headquarters in Brussels on 10 March 2008. The photos aim to portray Afghanistan, its culture and history, through the eyes of the Afghan people themselves.
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Bahrain chief of public security visits NATO HQ
On 10-12 March 2008 Bahrain’s Chief of Public Security, Major General Abdul Latif Al-Zayani, visited NATO HQ to hold talks with senior officials from the Alliance.
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NATO and Azerbaijan update Individual Partnership Action Plan
NATO and Azerbaijan approved an updated version of their Individual Partnership Action Plan (IPAP) on 7 March 2008. The document is the first full-review of Azerbaijan’s IPAP since 2005.
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2008
Ambassador Kai Eide named UN Special Representative in Afghanistan
Ambassador Kai Eide of Norway was appointed as the new UN Special Representative in Afghanistan and head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
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Director of the NATO Standardization Agency speaks in Washington
The Director of the NATO Standardization Agency (NSA), Vice Admiral Juan A. Moreno, participated in the 2008 Annual US Department of Defense Standardization Conference held in Washington D.C. on 4-6 March 2008.
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NATO foreign ministers discuss prospects on enlargement and operations
NATO’s 26 foreign ministers met for informal talks at NATO Headquarters in Brussels on 6 March 2008 to set the state for possible decisions at the upcoming Bucharest Summit in April.
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Georgian officials visit NATO
The Chairperson of the Georgian Parliament, Ms Nino Burjanadze and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, David Bakradze visited NATO on Wednesday 5 March and met with NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer.
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NATO Public Diplomacy seminar at Ben-Gurion University in Israel
The NATO Public Diplomacy Division and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev co-organised on 5 March 2088 in Beer Sheva, a seminar on “NATO in the 21st Century and the Mediterranean Dialogue”.
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Statement by the NATO Secretary General on the election of Dmitriy Medvedev as Russian President
Following the presidential elections held last Sunday in Russia, I have sent a letter of congratulations to the President-elect, Mr. Dmitriy Medvedev.
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Make the most of business opportunities at NATO
Companies interested in doing business with NATO have until 22 February to register for the NATO Consultation, Command and Control Agency’s (NC3A) 2008 industry conference, on a first come, first serve basis. The conference will be held at the Bedford Hotel in Brussels, 3-5 March 2008.
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NATO Secretary General visits Greece
© Doukas Antonios - Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Greece
NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer visited Athens on Monday, 3 March 2008. He met with President Dr. Karolos Papoulias, Prime Minister Konstantinos Karamanlis, with Minister of Foreign Affairs Theodora Bakoyannis and with Minister of Defence Evangelos Meimarakis.
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New orphanage opens in Qala-e-Naw, Afghanistan
The Spanish-led Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Qala-e-Naw opened a new orphanage on 3 March 2008.
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