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KFOR web
site changes address
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The KFOR Online web site has changed address. Originally available
at: http://www.kforonline.com, it is now being hosted on the NATO
web site at: http://www.nato.int/kfor/
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NAC meets
with Mediterranean Dialogue Partners at Ambassadorial level
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The Ambassadors from the seven countries participating in NATO's
Mediterranean Dialogue met with the North Atlantic Council (NAC)
- NATO's top decision making body- on 9 January to discuss the outcome
of last December's meetings of Foreign and Defence Ministers.
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Lord Robertson
meets with new EU presidency and OSCE chairmanship
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Both the European Union and the Organisation of Security and Cooperation
in Europe (OSCE) have changed presidency this month. On this occasion,
NATO Secretary General, Lord Robertson, travelled to Spain and Portugal
on 10 January to meet with the new presidencies of the two organisations.
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CCMS proposes
study of new security threats
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The NATO Committee on the Challenges of Modern Society (CCMS) met
on 14 January at NATO HQ in Brussels. The main objectives of this
meeting were to have an in-depth review of policy issues, identify
new threats to security in the long term and propose ways of bringing
Allied and Partner countries together to address these issues.
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Radioactive
contamination in Kazakhstan
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A NATO "Science for Peace" study of the radioactive contamination
at the former Soviet nuclear test site in Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan,
was presented to a Technical Meeting of the International Atomic
Energy Agency (IAEA) held in Vienna on 14-18 January.
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Fourth NATO
Symposium with Partners
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"Making C3 Policies a Reality" was the theme of
the fourth NATO Symposium with Partners, organised under the auspices
of the NATO Consultation, Command and Control Board (the C3 Board)
at NATO Headquarters, Brussels, on 15-17 January 2002.
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NATO provides
additional support in fight against terrorism
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Two additional E-3A Airborne Early Warning and Control Systems
aircraft (AWACS) will be deployed by NATO in support of US homeland
security. The decision was taken by NATO's top decision making body
- the North Atlantic Council- on 16 January, following a request
by the United States. The aircraft will join the five NATO AWACS
conducting operations over the United States since 9 October 2001.
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The democratisation
process in Bosnia and Herzegovina
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The High Representative of the International Community for Bosnia
and Herzegovina, Wolfgang Petritsch, came to NATO headquarters on
16 January amid speculations on the reduction of SFOR troops and
discussions on a follow-on mission to the United Nations when its
mandate to support the civil implementation of the 1995 Dayton Peace
Accord runs out at the end of the year.
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Expectations
and prospects of PfP membership
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"The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in the Partnership
for Peace: expectations and prospects", was the theme of
a seminar held in Belgrade on 16-18 January 2002. It aimed to provide
in-depth information on and dispel misperceptions related to NATO's
Partnership for Peace (PfP) programme and was attended by participants
from Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania and the former Yugoslav Republic
of Macedonia (1), as well as academics,
security experts and decision makers from the Federal Republic of
Yugoslavia.
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Lord Robertson
in Tirana
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NATO Secretary General, Lord Robertson, will be visiting Albania
-one of the Partner countries applying for NATO membership- on 17
January.
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Exercise
Disciplined Warrior
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A NATO exercise focusing on the improvement of crisis response
capabilities is taking place in Madrid from 21 January to 1 February.
The aim of this annual exercise is to integrate and improve the
military capabilities of NATO's southern region to carry out these
types of operations.
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The future
direction of the transatlantic link
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"… NATO is the world's most effective military organisation.
It will not be in the lead in every crisis. But it has a vital role
-in my view the vital role- to play in multinational crisis prevention
and crisis management". Lord Robertson was in Sälen,
Sweden, on 21 January, giving a speech on NATO's transatlantic link.
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Converting
military bases in Ukraine
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The former military airbase of Uzyn, south of Kyiv, is to be converted
for civilian use, according to the Ukrainian authorities. A NATO
group of experts, led by the NATO Economics Directorate, is working
with the Ukrainian authorities to examine ways of developing the
feasibility of a pilot project for Uzyn. This project is part of
the NATO-Ukraine Work programme for 2002 and would use the expertise
of NATO countries in this field.
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Senior
US official holds talks at NATO HQ on international terrorism
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On 28 January, Ambassador Francis X. Taylor, Coordinator for Counter-terrorism
of the State Department of the United States, came on his third
visit to NATO HQ since the 11 September terrorist attacks against
New York and Washington D.C. At a joint press point with Ambassador
Taylor, NATO Secretary General Lord Robertson, stated that this
had been an opportunity to receive a full briefing on the continuing
progress of the campaign against terrorism, exchange information
and assess the problems that remain to be addressed. In this context,
the Secretary General also stressed that the modernisation of the
armed forces of NATO member countries to meet new threats, such
as terrorism, was ongoing and essential to the future credibility
and relevance of the Alliance.
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Joint
NATO-Russia initiatives to combat terrorism
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"Today, senior-level representatives of NATO Allies and
Russia met again to take stock of their cooperative efforts and
to reiterate their determination to intensify further their common
struggle against the terrorist threat." NATO Allies and
the Federation of Russia reiterated their commitment to strengthen
their cooperation in combating terrorism in a press statement that
was released after a meeting of the NATO-Russia Permanent Joint
Council on 28 January.
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NATO-Russia
collaboration in science and technology
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More than 30 experts from NATO member states and Russia attended
a workshop in Moscow between 28 January and 1 February to discuss
ways of protecting both natural and man-made structures from disasters
in the face of technological advances and climate change.
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Anthrax
"lessons-learned" workshop
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A workshop examining the practical lessons learned in the wake
of this autumn's anthrax crisis took place in Ahrweiler, Germany,
between 28 and 30 January under the auspices of the Euro-Atlantic
Partnership Council (EAPC).
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Unified
Odyssey 2002
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A annual training exercise, involving Canada, Germany, the Netherlands,
Portugal, Spain, the United Kingdom and the United States, took
place near the Portuguese island of Porto Santo (Madeira Archipelago),
from 28 January to 8 February. The aim of Unified Odyssey 2002 was
for a NATO Maritime Immediate Reaction Force to conduct a small-scale
crisis response operation, while providing humanitarian aid and
disaster relief.
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Crisis
management exercise at NATO HQ
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On 31 January, NATO is starting its annual crisis management exercise
at its political headquarters in Brussels. The aim of the exercise
is to practice existing procedures and test new crisis response
systems that are currently being developed. The hypothetical scenario
combines both an Article 5 (collective defence) and a humanitarian
crisis situation.
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Lord
Robertson visits the United States
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NATO Secretary General Lord Robertson spent 31 January and 1 February
in the United States. During his visit, he met with US Secretary
of State Colin Powell, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani and leading
senators. He also gave a speech to The Pilgrims Society of the United
States and participated in the World Economic Forum which exceptionally
took place in New York this year.
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