West-Point, 08 Feb – ”NATO delivers security”, theme of NATO’s Chicago Summit in May, was one of the topics of a series of briefings to West-Point cadets by NATO’s Military Liaison Officer to the United Nations, Col. Paul Van der Heijden.
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The Secretary General of NATO, Mr. Anders Fogh Rasmussen, will address the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, on Saturday, 4 February 2012.
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NATO Defence Ministers discussed in Brussels ways to make a maximum use of limited financial resources in times of economic austerity. At their first working sessions, NATO Defence Ministers gave their support to the goal to achieve a maximum effect and efficiency with funds allocated to defence, by cooperating more on multinational initiatives.
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Fifteen years after the end of a civil war, Tajikistan is left with thousands of tonnes of munitions insecurely stored in makeshift storage sites across the country. Aside from the many known munitions caches, several more lie undiscovered, posing a major security threat to the Tajik people. A Partnership Trust Fund project, officially launched on 31 January, will soon help Tajikistan to counter this threat.
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Studying law is difficult enough but in Afghanistan, students are faced with more challenges than most. 22 year-old Mujtaba Habibi is a student at Balkh University in the north of Afghanistan. Sometimes he’s had to study by candlelight if the local neighbourhood has had a power cut. His fellow student, Mohammad Qadamshah, says often they can’t even go online.
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The President of Bulgaria, Mr. Rosen Plevneliev, will visit NATO Headquarters on Thursday, 26 January 2012. He will meet with the NATO Secretary General, Mr. Anders Fogh Rasmussen.
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The Prime Minister of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia1, Mr. Nikola Gruevski, will visit NATO Headquarters on Wednesday 25 January 2012. He will meet the NATO Secretary General, Mr. Anders Fogh Rasmussen and address the North Atlantic Council.
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The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Finland, Mr. Erkki Tuomija, will visit NATO Headquarters on Monday 23 January 2012. He will meet the NATO Secretary General, Mr. Anders Fogh Rasmussen.
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NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen visited Riga on 20 January 2012 and met with President Andris Bērziņš, Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis, Minister of Foreign Affairs Edgars Rinkēvičs and Minister of Defence Artis Pabriks.
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The fight against piracy is an international effort. This is especially clear off the coast of Somalia, where a recent meeting at sea between Rear Admiral (LH) Sinan Azmi Tosun, the Commander of NATO’s Counter Piracy Mission, Operation Ocean Shield, and his Chinese counterpart, Rear Admiral LI Shihong, illustrates how cooperation is the key to fighting this global threat.
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