NATO Science for Peace and Security

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2008

Explosives detection and lightweight armour: update on two NATO Science for Peace projects

Eight members of the North Atlantic Council, NATO’s principal decision-making body, visited the Institute for Single Crystals at the National Academy of Science in Kharkiv, Ukraine on 17 June 2008 to find out more about two NATO Science for Peace projects underway there.

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NATO completes rocket fuel destruction project in Azerbaijan

The NATO Science for Peace and Security Programme celebrated today in the capital city of Baku the destruction of all remaining stocks of melange rocket fuel in Azerbaijan.

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Exploring the link between food and security: a NATO SPS pilot study

Can we take access to safe and affordable food for granted? In today's current climate the answer must surely be no. Professors Cirakoglu and Alpas from the Marmara University School of Medicine in Istanbul talk to NATO about the implications on security, the prediction for the future and possible solutions.

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SPS contributing to defence against terrorism

A short film that explains the role of the NATO Science for Peace and Security Programme in the fight against terrorism and highlights a Science for Peace project for the detection of dirty bombs.

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Hello Kabul, this is Bucharest calling!

A new video teleconferencing (VTC) facility, made possible via the NATO Virtual Silk Highway project, connected students at the Young Atlanticist Summit in Bucharest on 2 and 3 April with their counterparts in Kabul University. The students participated in a question and answer session with the NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, and they also exchanged views and opinions with Afghan President Hamid Karzai and the American First Lady Laura Bush.

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NATO Science for Peace and Security (SPS) Programme organizes high-level Forum on environmental security

The second NATO Science Forum on Environmental Security will take place on 12 March 2008 at NATO HQ in Brussels.

The Forum will bring together around 20 key speakers and environmental security experts from NATO member, Partner and Mediterranean Dialogue countries to discuss the linkages between the environment and security and examine current initiatives underway to help resolve problems and mitigate conflict.

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