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On 13 October, Lord Robertson travelled to Bern where he met the President of the Swiss Confederation, Pascal Couchepin, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Micheline Calmy-Rey and the Minister of Defence, Samuel Schmid.
They discussed, in particular, the future of NATO s partnership programmes - the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council and the Partnership for Peace - in light of the upcoming wave of enlargement in May 2004. Lord Robertson praised Switzerland for its contribution to the Partnership for Peace, of which it has been a member since 1996, and to the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council. Switzerland is active in areas such as disaster relief and civil emergency planning, international humanitarian law, combating the proliferation of small arms and the destruction of mines and other munitions. It also provides support for training facilities and develops activities in other areas.
Lord Robertson then travelled to Geneva where he gave a speech at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy, which is one of the centres that actively contributes to NATO s Partnership for Peace Training and Education programme.
In his speech he focused on NATO s transformation and described the four main pillars of this process: NATO enlargement, with the anticipated accession of seven members in May 2004, bringing NATO membership to a total of 26; its new missions, which are to tackle terrorism, weapons of mass destruction and failed states, taking NATO beyond its traditional boundaries; adapting NATO s military capabilities by overhauling the military command structure, creating the NATO Response Force and committing to the development of specific capabilities essential to modern operations; and continuing to develop NATO s network of partnerships throughout the Euro-Atlantic area, which is key to reinforcing stability of the region.