Financing NATO
Video interview with
Christian Lambert
Financial Controller at NATO
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Curious to know how much NATO costs? In this interview, Mr. Lambert, NATO's Financial
Controller, talks about how much NATO costs, how it is financed and what
expenses make
up NATO's
total
budget. He explains how the recent enlargement will affect the Alliance's
budget and cost shares paid by each member, and how NATO finances crisis
management operations when they happen.
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| A first and very blunt question: How much does NATO cost? |
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| With more countries joining the organisation and therefore sharing
the burden, are members now paying proportionately less on NATO? |
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| Some international organisations have occasionally had problems in persuading
members to pay up when the time comes. Is this the case for NATO? |
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| Apart from NATO's civil and military budgets, there is a third that provides
for the basic infrastructure facilities and installations that are
needed by the military forces of member countries. Can you explain
how this works and who pays for most of this? |
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| When
NATO takes on a new operational role, as is the case in Afghanistan,
who pays for the extra costs involved? |
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| NATO Heads of State and Government, and foreign and defence ministers
meet on a regular basis. Why don't NATO finance ministers? And if
they did, would this help? |
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Transcript of
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