MEDIA ADVISORY
September 7, 2006
NATO’s Chiefs of Defence to Meet in Warsaw: 8-10 September
The Alliance’s top military officers will meet in Warsaw, Poland from 08
– 10 September, 2006, to discuss a wide variety of issues including NATO
operations, and to shape key military work leading to the Riga Summit at the end
of November.
The Military Committee is
NATO's highest military authority, with formal meetings
at the level of Chiefs of Defence Staff taking place three times a year,
including twice in Brussels. Once a year, the meeting is convened in a member
country, and this marks the first time the body has met in Poland. On a daily
basis, the work of the Military Committee, based at NATO HQ in Brussels, is
undertaken by permanent military representatives of the chiefs of
defence.
The meetings are expected to cover: NATO operations, with a particular
emphasis on the ISAF operation in Afghanistan; developments respecting the NATO
Response Force (NRF); and military transformation initiatives within the
Alliance.
The Chairman of the Military Committee General Ray Henault, and the
Polish Chief of Defence Staff General Franciszek Gagor, will hold a joint press
conference from 1215-1245, on 09 September at the Warsaw Press Building.
Note for the Media:
Point of contact for the joint press
conference:
Mrs Katarzyna
Adamczuk
Public Information
Advisor
Polish Ministry of
Defence
Fax
+48 22 6 871430
Tel.
+48 22 6 870807
Point of contact for the Chairman of the NATO Military
Committee:
Colonel Brett
Boudreau
Public Information Advisor to
the
Chairman of the Military
Committee
NATO Headquarters
B-1110 Brussels
Fax + 32 (0) 2 707
5713
Tel +32 (0) 2 707 5423/5983