Speeches & press conferences 2007

Transcripts of key speeches and news conferences
given by the Secretary General and other NATO Officials



January February March April May June
July August September October November December

audioDecembertop top



“Meeting the Security Challenges of Globalisation”
Speech by the NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, Tokyo, Japan


Speeches from the Meeting of Foreign Ministers
NATO headquarters, 6-7 December 2007


Joint press conference by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and the Polish Prime Minister, Donald Tusk


Joint press conference by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and the President of Croatia, Mr. Stjepan Mesic


audioNovembertop top


Speech by NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer at the conference “Kosovo – Security for All”, Vienna, Austria


Kabul podcast with Nicolas Lunt NATO's civilian spokesman in Afghanistan


Discours du Secrétaire général délégué, Claudio Bisogniero, à la conférence parrainée par la Division Diplomatie publique de l’OTAN


Video interview with NATO's Assistant Secretary General for Defence Investment, Peter Flory


Weekly press briefing by NATO Spokesman, James Appathurai and IMS Spokesman, Col. Brett Boudreau


Speeches from the Meeting of NATO’s and Partner Chiefs of Defence
NATO headquarters, 13-14 November 2007


Opening remarks by NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer at the Ambassadorial meeting of the South-East Europe Security Cooperation Steering Group (SEEGROUP)


Remarks by NATO Deputy Secretary General, Amb. Claudio Bisogniero at the change of command ceremony of the Supreme Allied Commander Transformation, Norfolk, Va.


Speech by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, at the Conference “Transformation and Integration – A Euro-Atlantic perspective on Nordic security policy cooperation”, Swedish Atlantic Council


NATO today and tomorrow - Speech by NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer at a seminar on “NATO today and tomorrow”, organized by the Finnish Institute of International Affairs


Weekly press briefing by NATO Spokesman, James Appathurai


audioOctobertop top


Speeches from the
Meeting of NATO Defence ministers Noordwijk, the Netherlands, 24-25 October


Speech by Deputy Secretary General of NATO, Ambassador Claudio Bisogniero at the Second Annual NATO-Israel symposium


Press briefing by John Colston, Assistant Secretary General for Defence Policy and Planning on the upcoming informal meeting of NATO Defence Ministers, Noordwijk, Netherlands, 24-25 October


Joint press conference by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and President of the Republic of Albania, Mr. Bamir Topi


Weekly press briefing by NATO Spokesman, James Appathurai


Speech by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer at the NATO Parliamentary Assembly’s Annual Session, Reykjavik, Iceland


Seminar on "Public Diplomacy in NATO-led Operations" - Speech by Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer in Copenhagen


Joint press point with NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and the President of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia1, Branko Crvenkovski


Speech by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer at Tbilisi State University, Tbilisi, Georgia


Joint press point with NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and the Prime Minister of New Zealand, Ms. Helen Clark


Weekly press briefing by NATO Spokesman, James Appathurai


audioSeptembertop top


Questions and answers the NATO Response Force


Weekly press briefing by NATO Spokesman, James Appathurai


Weekly press briefing by NATO Spokesman, James Appathurai


Joint press briefing with General Dan McNeill, Commander of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan, and Ambassador Daan Everts, NATO Senior Civilian Representative


"Managing Global Security and Risk" - Speech by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, at the IISS Annual Conference in Geneva, Switzerland


Address by Mr Vuk Jeremić, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Serbia, to the North Atlantic Council on the occasion of the presentation of the Partnership for Peace Presentation Document (.PDF/59Kb)


Speech by NATO Deputy Secretary General, Alessandro Minuto-Rizzo at the Public Diplomacy symposium, at the Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)


Weekly press briefing by NATO Spokesman James Appathurai


Press briefing given by Antonio Maria Costa, Executive Director of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, and James Pardew, NATO Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Operations


“Today’s NATO, and why it matters” - Speech by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer at Lloyd’s City Dinner, London


"NATO and Missile Defence" - Speech by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer at the AIAA Multinational BMD Conference and Exhibition in Maastricht, The Netherlands


audioAugusttop top


  • Interview with Jean Fournet, Assistant Secretary General for Public Diplomacy
  • Interview avec Jean Fournet, Secrétaire Général adjoint pour la Diplomatie publique de l'OTAN

audioJulytop top


Briefing by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer


Kabul podcast with Nicolas Lunt NATO's civilian spokesman in Afghanistan


Weekly press briefing by NATO Spokesman, James Appathurai


Joint press point with NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and the President of Latvia, Valdis Zatlers


"The New Strategic Scenario: Challenges to Security" - Speech by Ambassador A. Minuto-Rizzo, NATO Deputy Secretary General, at the Summer Course on “Spain’s 25 Years in NATO: Working Together for Peace and Security”


  • Statement by by Ambassador Kostiantyn Morozov, Head of the Ukrainian Mission to NATO, NATO-Ukraine Commission at Ambassadorial level
  • Déclaration faite par l'ambassadeur Kostiantyn Morozov, Chef de la Mission de l'Ukraine auprès de l'OTAN (traduit de l'anglais)

Opening statement by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, NATO-Ukraine Commission at Ambassadorial level


Europe’s New South - Speech by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer at the “Croatia Summit 2007”, Dubrovnik, 6 July 2007


Speech by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer to Ukrainian journalists on the 10th anniversary of the NATO-Ukraine partnership



Weekly press briefing by NATO Spokesman, James Appathurai


Address by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer at the Rome conference on the rule of law in Afghanistan


audioJunetop top


Speeches from the EAPC Security Forum
Ohrid, 28-29 June 2007


Press briefing by NATO Spokesman James Appathurai


Opening remarks by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer at the NATO-Russia Council Seminar “Modern risks and security threats: the role of the NRC”, Sint Petersburg


Video interview by Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Public Diplomacy, Stefanie Babst


Speech by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer at the Conférence de Montréal, (13th International Economic Forum of the Americas), Montreal, 20-21 June 2007


Discours du Secrétaire général délégué à la conférence du Dialogue méditerranéen à Tunis, Tunisie


Speeches from the Meeting of Defence Ministers Meetings
NATO headquarters, 14-15 June 2007


Background briefing on the upcoming meeting of Defence Ministers by John Colston, Assistant Secretary General for Defence Planning and Policy


Remarks by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer at the “Security and defence agenda” conference, Brussels


Press briefing by NATO Spokesman James Appathurai


Keynote address by NATO Assistant Secretary General for Public Diplomacy Jean Fournet


Remarks by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer at the SHAPE 40th Anniversary BBQ


audioMaytop top


Video Interview by Evert Somer, NATO civil emergency planning


Speech by NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer at NATO Parliamentary Assembly, Madeira, Portugal


Weekly press briefing by the NATO Spokesman


Joint press availability with NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and US President George W. Bush


Video interview with NATO's Assistant Secretary General for Defence Investment, Peter Flory


Kabul podcast with Nicolas Lunt NATO's civilian spokesman in Afghanistan


Speeches from the Meeting of NATO’s and Partner Chiefs of Defence
NATO headquarters, 9-10 May 2007


Weekly press briefing by the NATO Spokesman


Video interview with NATO's Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs and Security Policy, Ambassador Martin Erdmann


Video interview with the Assistant Secretary General for Defence Policy and Planning, Mr. John Colston


audioApriltop top


Speeches from the Informal meeting of NATO Foreign Ministers
Oslo, Norway, 26-27 April - are available separately.


Video interview with NATO's Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs and Security Policy, Ambassador Martin Erdmann


Press briefing by NATO Spokesman, James Appathurai and the NATO Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs and Security Policy, Martin Erdmann on the Informal meeting of NATO Foreign ministers in Oslo


4th Iraq podcast with Major Steinar Sveinsson, Public Information Officer for the NATO training mission in Iraq


3rd Iraq podcast with Major Steinar Sveinsson, Public Information Officer for the NATO training mission in Iraq


Speech by NATO Secretary General at the Microsoft-BBC-NATO - Defence Leaders forum Noordwijk aan zee


Speech by Ambassador Alessandro Minuto Rizzo, NATO Deputy Secretary General at the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA), Delhi, India


Press conference by NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer after reinforced meetings of the North Atlantic Council and the NATO-Russia Council discussing missile defence


Press conference by the NATO Spokesman, James Appathurai
after the reinforced meetings of the North Atlantic Council and the NATO-Russia Council discussing missile defence


Speech by NATO's Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs and Security Policy, Ambassador Martin Erdmann at the NATO Seminar on Proliferation Issues in Vilnius, Lithuania


Second Iraq podcast with Major Steinar Sveinsson, Public Information Officer for the NATO training mission in Iraq


Iraq podcast with Major Steinar Sveinsson, Public Information Officer for the NATO training mission in Iraq


Press conference by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer in Pristina, Kosovo


documentMarchtop top


Video interview with Davor Božinović, Ambassador of Croatia to NATO


Press briefing by the NATO Spokesman, James Appathurai


Joint press point with NATO Secretary General, Mr. Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and the NATO Spokesman, James Appathurai


Interview with Michel Duray, Director of the NATO Information and Documentation Centre in Ukraine


Countering WMD proliferation - Video interview with NATO's Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs and Security Policy, Ambassador Martin Erdmann


Interview with Prof. N. Priest and Prof. M. Burkitbayev, winners of the 2007 NATO Science Prize


Press conference by Mr. Yunus Qanooni, Speaker of the Afghan Parliament


Monthly video briefing by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer


"NATO in the age of global challenges" - Speech by Ambassador Martin Erdmann, Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs and Security Policy, Tokyo (Japan)


Press briefing by NATO Spokesman, James Appathurai


Joint press point with NATO Secretary General, Mr. Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and the Czech Republic, Mr. Mirek Topolánek


Interview with the African Union Commissioner for Peace and Security, Ambassador Said Djinnit



documentFebruarytop top


Press briefing by Acting NATO Deputy Spokesman, Robert Pszczel


Joint press point with NATO Secretary General, Mr. Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and President of Georgia, Mikheil Saakashvili


Joint press point with NATO Secretary General, Mr. Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and the EU High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy, Mr. Javier Solana


Joint press point with NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and the UN Secretary General's Special Envoy for Kosovo, Martti Ahtisaari


Press point by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer in Priština, Kosovo


Press point by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer in Mitrovica, Kosovo


Press briefing by NATO Spokesman, James Appathurai


Press Point by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and Nikola Gruevski, Prime Minister of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia1


Speech by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer at the 43rd Munich Conference on Security Policy


Speeches from the Informal meeting of NATO Defence Ministers
Seville, Spain, 8-9 February - are available separately.


Press briefing on the informal Defence Ministers meeting in Seville, Spain, 8-9 February 2007, by the Assistant Secretary General for Defence Policy and Planning, John Colston, and the NATO Spokesman, James Appathurai


documentJanuarytop top


Weekly press briefing by the acting NATO Deputy Spokesman, Robert Pszczel


Press point by the NATO Secretary General and the President of Pakistan


Opening statements by the NATO Secretary General and the President of Pakistan during the meeting of the North Atlantic Council


Keynotespeech by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer in Berlin, Germany


Joint point de presse with NATO Secretary General, Mr. Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and Branko Crvenkovski, President of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia1


Speeches from the Meeting of Foreign ministers in NATO HQ
(26 January) are available separately.


Joint point de presse with NATO Secretary General, Mr. Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and United Nations Secretary General, Mr. Ban Ki-moon


Press briefing by NATO Spokesman, James Appathurai


Keynote address by NATO Deputy Secretary General Alessandro Minuto Rizzo at the Conference on “NATO-Gulf Cooperation in the Framework of the Istanbul Cooperation Initiative”


Speech by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer at the annual press reception on the occasion of the New Year


Interview with Martin Erdmann on the 2007 Partnership for Peace Planning Symposium


Press point by the NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and United States Secretary of Defense, Mr. Robert Gates


Visit by the Prime Minister of Japan, Mr. Shinzo Abe to NATO

  • Remarks by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer at the North Atlantic Council meeting in the presence of the Prime Minister of Japan, Mr. Shinzo Abe
  • “Japan and NATO: Toward Further Collaboration” - Statement by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to the North Atlantic Council
  • Press point by NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and Prime Minister of Japan, Shinzo Abe

Weekly background briefing by NATO Spokesman, James Appathurai


Assisting Ukraine's defence and security sector reform - Video interview with John Colston, NATO's Assistant Secretary General for Defence Policy and Planning, Co-Chairman of the NATO-Ukraine Joint Working Group on Defence Reform (JWGDR)


  1. Turkey recognises the Republic of Macedonia with its constitutional name.