Speeches & press conferences 2008

Speech by NATO Secretary General at the Conference “After the Bucharest NATO Summit: European and American Missile Defense Perspectives”, Prague, 5 May 2008

Weekly press briefing by NATO Spokesman James Appathurai

First panel session: “NATO-Gulf relations in the framework of the Istanbul Cooperation Initiative”
Remarks by Ambassador Claudio Bisogniero NATO Deputy Secretary General

A New Era of Security Cooperation - Secretary General’s Speech at the ICI Ambassadorial Conference

Joint press point with NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and the Prime Minister of the Republic of Iraq, Mr. Nouri Al-Maliki

Joint press point with NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Afghanistan, Ambassador Kai Eide

Weekly press briefing by NATO Spokesman James Appathurai

Interview with NATO Assistant Secretary General for Operations Martin Howard on NATO's operations

Interview with Jean-François Bureau, NATO Assistant Secretary General for Public Diplomacy on the preparations for the Bucharest Summit

Interview with Assistant Secretary General for Defence Investment Peter Flory on NATO's work on missile defence, defence against terrorism and cyber defence.

Pre-summit press briefing by NATO Spokesman, James Appathurai

Remarks by Jean-François Bureau, NATO Assistant Secretary General for Public Diplomacy, at the occasion of the visit of the ITS EURO to the port of Constanta

Interview with General Ray Henault, Chairman of the Military Committee on the preparations for the Bucharest Summit

Speech by NATO Deputy Secretary General, Ambassador Claudio Bisogniero, at the opening of the NATO multimedia exhibition, National History Museum, Bucharest

“Beyond the Bucharest Summit” - Speech by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, GMF Brussels Forum, Brussels – 15 March 2008

Video interview with Mr. Alvaro Pino Salas, Chairman of the NATO Senior Resource Board

Keynote speech by NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer at the conference on “NATO’s Bucharest Summit – transformation of the Alliance and Polish and regional perspectives”, Warsaw, Poland

Weekly press briefing by NATO Spokesman, James Appathurai and technical briefing on defence against terrrorism and missile defence by NATO Assistant Secretary General for Defence Investment, Peter Flory

Sicherheit im Zeitalter der Globalisierung - Rede des NATO Generalsekretärs, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer bei der 41. Kommandeurtagung, Berlin, 10. März 2008

Weekly press briefing by NATO Spokesman, James Appathurai

"Afghanistan and NATO: Forging the 21st Century Alliance" - Speech by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer at Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C.

Weekly press briefing by NATO Spokesman, James Appathurai

Joint press point with NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and the Prime Minister of Iceland Geir H. Haarde

Press conference by NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and EU High Representative Javier Solana

Speech by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, at the 44th Munich Security Conference

Joint press point with NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves

« Pour en finir avec quelques idées reçues sur l’OTAN » - Discours du Secrétaire général de l’OTAN à l’institut d’études politiques, Paris

Video interview with NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and Romanian President Traian Basescu

Weekly press briefing by NATO Spokesman, James Appathurai

Joint press point with NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and the Prime Minister of Albania, Sali Berisha

Speech by NATO Deputy Secretary General, Ambassador Claudio Bisogniero at the conference on “NATO’s role for stability and peace”

Speech by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer at the Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Weekly press briefing by NATO Spokesman, James Appathurai

Joint press point with NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and the Prime Minister of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia¹, Nikola Gruevski

NATO Partnership Symposium - Video interview with Ambassador Martin Erdmann, Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs and Security Policy

“Assisting Afghanistan: The importance of a comprehensive approach” - Speech by NATO Deputy Secretary General Ambassador Claudio Bisogniero, at the GLOBSEC Conference, Bratislava, Slovakia

Energy Security, a new NATO issue? - Video interview with Thierry Legendre, Policy Advisor in the office of the NATO Secretary General

Joint press conference by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and the Prime Minister of Croatia, Ivo Sanader, 16 Jan. 2008

"Looking ahead to NATO’s Bucharest Summit" - Speech by NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer at Bucharest University, Romania

Speech by NATO Secretary General, Jaap De Hoop Scheffer at the annual press reception on the occasion of the New Year