"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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| A tribute to victims of terrorist
attacks |
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A tribute was
paid on 11 September 2006 to all victims of terrorist attacks at a
commemorative ceremony which took place at NATO Headquarters.
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| NATO moves to acquire C-17 strategic airlift
aircraft |
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On 12
September, a Letter of Intent was publicly released by 13 NATO
Allies to launch contract negotiations for the purchase of C-17
transport aircraft.
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| Iraq gets National Defence College |
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Iraq’s new
National Defence College, which NATO helped to establish, opened on
3 September, with the first students beginning courses on 4
September.
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| Riga Summit to send signal on
enlargement |
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NATO Secretary
General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said the upcoming Alliance Summit in
Riga will send a “signal†on enlargement, after meeting with the
Prime Minister of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia(1),
Nikola Gruevski.
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| First NATO-Afghan Student Forum |
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NATO’s Public
Diplomacy Division will host its first NATO-Afghan Student Forum
from 21 to 23 September 2006 at NATO Headquarters in Brussels.
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| Moldova exercise tests crisis missions |
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Some 1,000
personnel from NATO and Partner countries will practice conducting
joint crisis response and humanitarian assistance operations during
a exercise in Moldova, 11 to 29 September.
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- Turkey recognises the
Republic of Macedonia with its constitutional name.
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