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On 28 January 2016, Jens Stoltenberg released his second annual report as NATO Secretary General.
The annual report provides an overview of how NATO promoted and supported peace and security in 2015. It includes details on how NATO is enhancing deterrence and defence, investing in security, transforming capabilities, building relationships, sharing expertise, advancing the role of women in peace and security, and adapting as an institution.
Below you will find short descriptions of – as well as direct links to – the elements of the annual report.
- Foreword
- Executive summary
- Deterrence and Defence
- Investing in Security
- Transforming Capabilities
- Operations and Missions
- Partnerships
- Arms Control, Disarmament, Non-proliferation
- Women, Peace and Security
- Organisation
You can also download the full annual report.
2015 has shown how insecurity abroad directlyaffects our security at home. We saw this in the brutal terrorist attacks in our cities,in the refugee crisis, in Russia's continued actionsin Ukraine and its recent military build-up in Syriaand the Eastern Mediterranean. NATO's three coretasks – collective defence, crisis management andcooperative security – are all essential if we are tomaintain peace and security in and around Europe.
Read the Foreword in the Annual Report (PDF)
Safeguarding freedom and security has always been NATO's aim. As the security environment has evolved, NATO has adapted to ensure that it can deliver for the citizens it was created to defend. The security environment in 2015 was one of complex challenges and unpredictable threats to the safety of citizens in the Euro-Atlantic area and around the world.
Read the Executive Summary in the Annual Report (PDF)
The greatest responsibility of the Alliance is toprotect and defend NATO's territory and populations.Article 5 of NATO's founding charter, the WashingtonTreaty, sets out the Alliance's collective defencecommitment, stating that an attack on one shall beconsidered an attack on all.
Read the chapter "Deterrence and Defence" in the Annual Report (PDF)
NATO in 2015 demonstrated its commitment toits three core tasks in word and deed. As part ofthe most significant strengthening of collectivedefence in recent decades, NATO continued toimplement the Readiness Action Plan, providingassurance to Allies and adapting to ensure thatthe Alliance is prepared for the future. NATOsustained operations in Afghanistan and Kosovoand further developed the capacities required tocontribute effectively to preventing and managingcrises and to supporting post-conflict stabilisation.NATO also worked closely with partners aroundthe world on a range of issues, including to builddefence capacities.
Read the chapter "Investing in Security" in the Annual Report (PDF)
The transformation package agreed under thebanner of NATO Forces 2020 at the ChicagoSummit in 2012 outlines the goal for Allianceforces: a coherent set of deployable, interoperableand sustainable forces equipped, trained andexercised to be able to operate together and withpartners in any environment. The enhanced NATODefence Planning Process, Smart Defence and theConnected Forces Initiative are the principal waysand means NATO employs to deliver this goal. Theadaptation measures in the Readiness Action Plan(RAP) will further shape the forces required.
Read the chapter "Transforming Capabilities" in the Annual Report (PDF)
In 2015, NATO was engaged in operations and missions that contributed to all three of the Alliance's core tasks: collective defence, crisis management and cooperative security. NATO has often acted to uphold international peace and security. In 1995, the Alliance helped to end the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and implemented the peace agreement. In 1999, NATO helped to stop mass killings and expulsions in Kosovo, and NATO troops continue to serve in Kosovo today under a United Nations mandate. Since 2003, NATO's UN-mandated presence has helped to ensure that Afghanistan will never again become a safe haven for terrorists. In 2011, NATO enforced a UN mandate to protect the people of Libya. NATO ships are fighting piracy off the coast of Somalia and are conducting counter-terrorism patrols in the Mediterranean. On several occasions, NATO forces have also delivered relief supplies, including to the United States after Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and to Pakistan after the October 2005 earthquake.
Read the chapter "Operations and Missions" in the Annual Report (PDF)
Over the past two decades, NATO has developeda network of structured partnerships with countriesfrom the Euro-Atlantic area and the Mediterraneanand Gulf regions, as well as individual relationshipswith other partners across the globe. NATOpursues dialogue and practical cooperation with41 partner countries and engages actively with otherinternational actors and organisations on a widerange of political and security-related issues.
Read the chapter "Partnerships" in the Annual Report (PDF)
NATO's role in arms control, disarmament and nonproliferationdates back to the height of the ColdWar. In 1967, Allies agreed, as part of the HarmelReport on the Future Tasks of the Alliance, to seekthe military capability to deter aggression as well asdétente – negotiations to settle the political disputesof the day, including talks on disarmament. Thisagreement led to Allied engagement on the processthat would become the Organization for Securityand Co-Operation in Europe (OSCE), talks that ledto the Conventional Armed Forces in Europe Treaty(CFE), and negotiations on limiting and rolling backthe nuclear arms race (including the bilateral SALT,START, and INF treaties).
Read the chapter "Arms Control, Disarmament, Non-proliferation" in the Annual Report (PDF)
NATO and its partners are working together topromote the role of women in peace and security.This is part of their commitment to support theimplementation of United Nations Security CouncilResolution (UNSCR) 1325 and related Resolutions.These Resolutions recognise the disproportionateimpact that war and conflict has on women andchildren and highlight the historical exclusion ofwomen from peace processes and stabilisationefforts. They call for the full and equal participationof women in conflict prevention, peacebuilding, andpost-conflict reconstruction. They also call for theprevention of sexual violence and accountabilityto end impunity for incidents of sexual violencein conflict. Together, these resolutions frame theWomen, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda.
Read the chapter "Women, Peace and Security" in the Annual Report (PDF)
NATO is a political-military alliance of 28 countries.The Organization itself includes a number ofstructures that support the everyday work of theAlliance. Continuous efforts to improve the efficiencyof these structures support the institutional aspectof the Alliance's long-term adaptation. Thesereforms are delivering better governance, increasedeffectiveness and greater efficiency.
Read the chapter "Organisation" in the Annual Report (PDF)