19-25 February 2007

"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.

NATO Secretary General visits Afghanistan The NATO Secretary General, Mr. Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, and Supreme Allied Commander, General John Craddock, are visiting Afghanistan on 22 and 23 February. More... UN Special Envoy for Kosovo visits NATO The UN Secretary General’s Special Envoy for the Future Status Process for Kosovo, Martti Ahtisaari, visited NATO Headquarters on Friday, 16 February 2007. More... Best practices for arms destruction and retraining 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. More... Workshop calls for NATO urban warfare training strategy 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. More... Visit of Pakistani delegation to NATO HQ and commands 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. More... Polish Defence Minister meets with NATO Secretary General The new Defence Minister of Poland, Aleksander Szczyglo, visited NATO Headquarters on 20 February to meet with Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer. More...

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