16 July 2001	New Deputy Secretary General NATO's recently appointed Deputy Secretary General, Ambassador Minuto Rizzo, took up his functions on 16 July, following the retirement of Ambassador Sergio Balanzino. Ambassador Balanzino had held this position for seven years and officially left his post on 29 June. More...
16 July 2001	Statement by Secretary General concerning the situation in the former Yugolslav Republic of Macedonia (1) Statement issued by NATO Secretary General Lord Robertson urging all political parties in ihe former Yugolsav Republic of Macedonia (1) to redouble efforts to reach a political settlement. NATO Press Release (2001)105
18 July 2001	Covic and Svilanovic at NATO HQ Left to right Mr. G. Svilanovic and Mr. Nebosja Covic. The Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia, Nebosja Covic, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Goran Svilanovic, addressed the North Atlantic Council -NATO's top decision-making body- and met with NATO Secretary General Lord Robertson, 18 July. Lord Robertson stated that these talks had been "important, constructive and highly professional and were a milestone in developing the relationship between NATO and the Federal Yugoslav Republic of Yugoslavia…". More...
19 July 2001	NATO Military Committee visits regional command NATO's highest military authority, the Military Committee (MC), visited the regional southern command: Allied Forces Southern Europe (AFSOUTH) on 19 July. The chairman of the MC, Admiral Guido Venturoni and the nineteen NATO representatives received first-hand information on issues affecting the regional command which is now responsible for all NATO-led operations in the Balkans (see Implementation of new KFOR command arrangements). More... Turkey recognises the Republic of Macedonia with its constitutional name.