Other years [2006] [2005] [2004] [2003] [2002] [2001] [2000] [1999] [1998] [1997] [1996] [Previous Years]	Speeches & opinions 2001 [ January ] [ February ] [ March ] [ April ] [ May ] [ June ] [ July ] [ August ] [ September ] [ October ] [ November ] [ December ] January NATO Speech - 10 January 2001 Transcript of the Press Conference given by NATO Secretary General Lord Robertson NATO Speech - 10 January 2001 Transcript of the Briefing by Mr. Mark Laity, NATO Acting Spokesman, Lt. Col Scott Bethal, Dr. Michael Kilpatrick and Col. Eric Daxon NATO Speech - 16 January 2001 Statement by Major General Van Hoof, Chairman of COMEDS at the Press Briefing on the possible military health problems associated with service in the Balkans, at NATO HQ. NATO Speech - 16 January 2001 Transcript of the Press Briefing given by Major General Roger Van Hoof, Colonel David Lam and Mr Mark Laity at NATO Brussels NATO Speech - 25 January 2001 "NATO in the New Millennium" - Speech by NATO Secretary General, Lord Robertson at the Manfred Wrner Memorial Lecture Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Berlin NATO Speech - 25 January 2001 "European Security in the 21st Century" - Speech by the Secretary General at the 5th Editors' Forum of the Federal Security Academy in Berlin. NATO Speech - 29 January 2001 "ESDI and Transatlantic Defence Cooperation" - Speech by Lord Robertson, NATO Secretary General at the Conference on "The Globalisation of Defence Industry: Policy Implications for NATO and ESDI", Chatham House, London February NATO Speech - 2 February 2001 Speech by the Secretary General at the Nobel Institute, Oslo, Norway NATO Speech - 3 February 2001 Speech by NATO Secretary General, Lord Robertson - Conference on Security Policy, Munich NATO Speech - 15 February 2001 "NATO in the New Millennium" - Secretary General's Mountbatten Lecture, University of Edinburgh NATO Speech - 16 February 2001 "NATO: what have you done for me lately?" - NATO Secretary General Lord Robertson Earl Grey Memorial Lecture , Newcastle NATO Speech - 17 February 2001 "NATO in the New Millennium" - Secretary General's Saturday Evening Public Lecture Lecture, University of Dundee NATO Speech - 20 February 2001 Secretary General's remarks at the opening of the NATO Information Office, Moscow NATO Speech - 21 February 2001 Speech by Lord Robertson, NATO Secretary General at the Moscow State Institute of Foreign Relations (MGIMO) Speeches and declarations given during the Extraordinary Meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs at NATO HQ, Brussels (27 February 2001) are available separately. March NATO Speech - 1 March 2001 "NATO - The enduring Mission" - Speech by NATO Secretary, General Lord Robertson, at the presentation of the Chesney Gold Medal to Baroness Thatcher, Royal United Services Institute, London NATO Speech - 7 March 2001 "Trans-Atlantic Relations - Overcoming New Challenges" - Speech by the Rt. Hon. Lord Robertson of Port Ellen, Secretary General of NATO, hosted by The American Enterprise Institute Washington, D.C. NATO Speech - 15 March 2001 "Security and Prosperity: Two Halves of the Same Walnut" - Speech by the Rt. Hon. Lord Robertson of Port Ellen, Secretary General of NATO, to the British Chamber of Commerce in Belgium NATO Speech - 19 March 2001 Press Point by NATO Secretary General, Lord Robertson, and the Foreign Minister of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (1), Dr. Srgjan Kerim NATO Speech - 23 March 2001 "Promoting Peace through Partnership" - Speech by NATO Secretary, General Lord Robertson, Cambridge European Trust Lecture London, UK NATO Speech - 23 March 2001 "NATO: Shaping Security in the 21st Century" - Speech by NATO Secretary General, Lord Robertson - Lecture to The European-Atlantic Group, London. NATO Speech - 26 March 2001 "Security Challenges in South-East Europe: Perspectives from the Region" - Speech by NATO Secretary General, Lord Robertson in Rome, Italy NATO Speech - 29 March 2001 "European Security in the 21st Century - Completing Europe's Unfinished Business" - Speech by the Secretary General at Warsaw University NATO Speech - 30 March 2001 "The State of the Alliance - a Good News Story" - Speech by the Deputy Secretary General at the 11th International Antalya Conference on Security and Cooperation Antalya, Turkey April NATO Speech - 2 April 2001 Speech by the Rt. Hon. Lord Robertson, Secretary General of NATO on the Occasion of the 50th Anniversary of SHAPE NATO Speech - 23 April 2001 "Communicate" - Speech by Lord Robertson, NATO Secretary General at the Erasmus University, Rotterdam NATO Speech - 25 April 2001 Statement by NATO Secretary General Lord Robertson on the visit of the Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Serbia, Dr . Nebojsa Covic May NATO Speech - 8 May 2001 Press point by Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Marc Grossman and Deputy National Security Advisor of the United States, Steve Hadley at the NATO HQ NATO Speech - 9 May 2001 "Perspectives on Democratic Civil-Military Relations and Reform" - Speech by NATO Secretary General, Lord Robertson at the Centre for European Security Studies Conference "Taking Stock on Civil-Military Relations" in The Hague, The Netherlands NATO Speech - 10 May 2001 "New Security and Defence Challenges in the Euro-Atlantic Area" - Speech by the Rt.Hon. Lord Robertson, Secretary General of NATO Centro Caixa - Barcelona, Spain NATO Speech - 15 May 2001 "Opening Remarks", at the 50th Anniversary Meeting of the Infrastructure Committee - Speech by the Rt.Hon. Lord Robertson, Secretary General of NATO - Brussels, NATO HQ NATO Speech - 17 May 2001 Speech by NATO Secretary General, Lord Robertson at the Albanian Atlantic Association, Tirana, Albania Speeches and declarations given during the Meetings of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs in Budapest, Hungary (29-30 May 2001) are available separately. NATO Speech - 31 May 2001 "NATO and Europe" - "Key Steps for European Integration -- Promoting Peace and Prosperity in Europe" - Presentation by NATO Secretary General Lord Robertson at the Wilton Park Conference, Dubrovnik, Croatia. NATO Speech - 31 May 2001 Speech by NATO Secretary General, Lord Robertson at the NATO Parliamentary Assembly Spring Session in Vilnius, Lithuania. Speeches and declarations given during the Meetings of the Ministers of Defence in Brussels (7-8 June 2001) are available separately. June NATO Speech - 11 June 2001 "European Defence: Challenges and Prospects" - Speech by the Secretary General at the Royal Institute of International Affairs, Chatham House, London Speeches and declarations given during Special Meeting of the North Atlantic Council with the participation of Heads of State and Government in Brussels (13 June 2001) are available separately. NATO Speech - 17 June 2001 "Change and Security: Responding to the New Challenges" - Speech by the Secretary General at the 2001 Marshall Memorial Fellowship Alumni Conference, Evian, France NATO Speech - 19 June 2001 "International Security and Law Enforcement - A Look Ahead" - Speech by the Secretary General at Law Enforcement and National Security Global Forum, Edinburgh, International Conference Centre NATO Speech - 19 June 2001 "NATO's Challenges: Illusions and Realities" - Speech by the Secretary General at the Chicago Council on Foreign Relations. NATO Speech - 20 June 2001 "NATO -- Managing the Challenges of Today, and Tomorrow" - Speech by the Secretary General at the Mayflower Hotel, Washington July NATO Speech - 5 July 2001 "Ukraine and NATO: Making the Right Choices for the 21st Century" - Secretary General's Speech at the SACLANT Symposium, Kyiv August NATO Speech - 13 August 2001 Transcript of the Press Conference by NATO Spokesman, Yves Brodeur in Skopje. NATO Speech - 22 August 2001 Statement by NATO Secretary General, Lord Robertson following the North Atlantic Council Decision to Launch Operation Essential Harvest OTAN Discours - 22 août 2001 Declaration du Secrtaire gnral la suite de la dcision prise par le Conseil de l'Atlantique Nord de lancer l'Opration Essential Harvest NATO Speech - 29 August 2001 Address to Parliamentary Party Leaders of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (1) by NATO Secretary General, Lord Robertson in Skopje. September NATO Speech - 6 September 2001 "International Citizenship" - Speech by the Secretary General at the Roscoe Lecture Series John Moores University, Liverpool NATO Speech - 7 September 2001 "Building a Vision: NATO's Future Transformation" - Speech by NATO Secretary General Lord Robertson at the SACLANT Seminar, Oslo NATO Speech - 20 September 2001 Press Availability by NATO Secretary General Lord Robertson and U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Armitage Speeches and declarations given during the Informal Meetings of the Ministers of Defence in Brussels (26 September 2001) are available separately. NATO Speech - 28 September 2001 Speech by the Secretary General of NATO, Lord Robertson, on the 50th Anniversary of the NATO Defence College, Rome, Italy October NATO Speech - 1 October 2001 "Is NATO up to the Challenge?" - Secretary General's speech at the "Welt am Sonntag Forum", Berlin, Germany NATO Speech - 2 October 2001 Statement by the Secretary General of NATO, Lord Robertson, NATO Headquarters OTAN Discours - 2 Octobre 2001 Déclaration du Secrétaire Général de l'OTAN, Lord Robertson, au Siège de l'OTAN NATO Speech - 3 October 2001 Speech by NATO Secretary General Lord Robertson and the Russian President Putin at thr Palais d'Egmont, Brussels NATO Speech - 4 October 2001 Speech by the Deputy Secretary General of NATO Ambassador Alessandro Minuto Rizzo to the Atlantic Treaty Association in Bled, Slovenia NATO Speech - 4 October 2001 Statement to the Press by NATO Secretary General, Lord Robertson, on the North Atlantic Council Decision On Implementation Of Article 5 of the Washington Treaty following the 11 September Attacks against the United States OTAN Discours - 4 octobre 2001 Déclaration à la presse du Secrétaire général sur la décision du Conseil de l'Atlantique Nord concernant l'application de l'article 5 du Traité de Washington en conséquence des attaques perpétrées le 11 septembre contre les Etats-Unis NATO Speech - 5 October 2001 Speech by the Secretary General at the Summit on the Contribution of New Democracies to Euro-Atlantic Security in Sofia, Bulgary SHAPE Speech - 9 October 2001 Statement to the Media by SACEUR. NATO Speech - 9 October 2001 Speech by NATO Secretary General, Lord Robertson to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, Ottawa NATO Speech - 10 October 2001 An Attack on Us All: NATO's Response to Terrorism - Remarks by NATO Secretary General, Lord Robertson at the Atlantic Council of the United States, National Press Club, Washington NATO Speech - 24 October 2001 "The Future of the Transatlantic Link" - Speech by NATO Secretary General, Lord Robertson, Lisbon, Portugal Speeches related to Ten years of Partnership and Cooperation (26 October 2001) are available separately. November NATO Speech - 6 November 2001 "Warsaw Conference on Combating Terrorism" - Intervention by Ambassador Minuto Rizzo, NATO Deputy Secretary General, Warsaw, Poland. NATO Speech - 7 November 2001 "Presentation to the EAPC" - by Rafael ESTRELLA, President of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, NATO HQ, 7 November 2001. NATO Speech - 22 November 2001 NATO and Russia: A Special Relationship - Speech by NATO Secretary General, Lord Robertson, the Volgograd Technical University NATO Speech - 22 November 2001 A New Quality in the NATO-Russia Relationship - Speech by NATO Secretary General, Lord Robertson at the Diplomatic Academy NATO Speech - 22 November 2001 Press Conference with NATO Secretary General Lord Robertson, Izvestia Media Center, Moscow, Russian Federation NATO Speech - 23 November 2001 Press Conference with NATO Secretary General, Lord Robertson and Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Igor Ivanov NATO Speech - 24 November 2001 NATO and the Mediterranean - Presentation by the Deputy Secretary General, Ambassador Alessandro Minuto Rizzo, on the occasion of the Mediterranean Dialogue International Research Seminar at the NATO Defense College, Rome December NATO Speech - 3 December 2001 Statement by NATO Secretary General at the Belgian ATA, Brussels NATO Speech - 3 December 2001 Presentation by NATO Deputy Secretary General Alessandro Minuto Rizzo to the NATO Defense College Senior Course 99, Brussels NATO Speech - 4 December 2001 "The TransAtlantic Community of Values facing New Challenges" - Statement by the Secretary General at the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung/Friend of Europe Media Dinner-Roundtable, Brussels Speeches and declarations given during the Foreign Ministers' Meeting at NATO HQ, Brussels (6-7 December 2001) are available separately. U.S.-Russia Bilateral - 17 December 2001 Joint Press Availability by Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld and Russian Minister of Defense Sergei Ivanov in Brussels Speeches and declarations given during the Defence Ministers' Meeting at NATO HQ, Brussels (18-19 December 2001) are available separately.
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