"NATO Update" 
      provides  up-to-date news  on NATO  activities and events. 
       Conceived for  the general  public, it aims to give a 
      broad overview of Alliance-wide initiatives. 
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          | NATO Secretary General visits Afghanistan |  
        
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            The NATO Secretary General, Mr. 
            Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, and Supreme Allied Commander, General John 
            Craddock, are visiting Afghanistan on 22 and 23 February. 
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          | UN Special Envoy for Kosovo visits NATO |  
        
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            The UN Secretary General’s 
            Special Envoy for the Future Status Process for Kosovo, Martti 
            Ahtisaari, visited NATO Headquarters on Friday, 16 February 2007. 
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          | Best practices for arms destruction and 
            retraining |  
        
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            Experts from 43 nations and 
            international organizations are discussing this week in Washington 
            DC best practices for projects to retrain former military personnel 
            and for the safe destruction of surplus weapons and munitions. 
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          | Workshop calls for NATO urban warfare 
            training strategy |  
        
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            The future of urban warfare 
            operations was the main topic of discussion at a workshop co-hosted 
            by NATO in Norfolk, US, 11-16 February. 
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          | Visit of Pakistani delegation to NATO HQ and 
            commands |  
        
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            From 19 to 21 February 2007, a 
            delegation from Pakistan visited NATO Headquarters in Brussels, 
            Allied Command Operations in Mons and Joint Force Command in 
            Brunssum. 
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          | Polish Defence Minister meets with NATO 
            Secretary General |  
        
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            The new Defence Minister of 
            Poland, Aleksander Szczyglo, visited NATO Headquarters on 20 
            February to meet with Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer. 
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