"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 outlines priorities for
2007 |
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17 Jan.
2007 - At the annual press reception on the occasion of the
New Year, held at NATO Headquarters, NATO Secretary General, Jaap de
Hoop Scheffer, outlined the priorities of the Alliance for 2007.
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| World’s largest demilitarization project
reaches key milestone |
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17 Jan.
2007 - The beginning of the NATO-supported destruction of
some 400,000 small arms and light weapons in Ukraine, 16 January, is
another milestone in what is the world’s single largest
demilitarization project.
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| US Secretary of Defense visits NATO HQ |
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15 Jan.
2007 - During a visit to NATO HQ on 15 January, the new US
Secretary of Defense, Mr. Robert Gates, said success in Afghanistan
was a top priority.
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| Poland joins NATO’s ‘eyes in the sky’ |
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29 Dec.
2006 - On 29 December 2006, Poland formally joined 15 other
NATO countries that contribute to and manage NATO’s fleet of NATO
Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) radar aircraft, also
known as AWACS.
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| NATO Foreign Ministers to meet in
Brussels |
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18 Jan.
2007 - To mark a busy beginning of the new year, the Allies
decided to convene a meeting of Foreign Ministers to focus primarily
on Afghanistan and Kosovo. It will take place at NATO HQ on 26
January.
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| Strengthening NATO's partnerships to be
discussed |
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11 Jan.
2007 - The Riga Summit decisions on strengthening NATO's
partnerships will be the focus of a major event, the 2007
Partnership for Peace Planning Symposium, at the NATO School in
Oberammergau, Germany, 18-19 January.
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