Video/Audio

Video and audio files of live web casts will be posted as soon as possible after each event concludes. They will be posted in Media Player format and will be free to download on this page.

29 Nov - Official Group Photograph of Heads of State and Government/Heads of Delegation ^VIDEO
29 Nov - NATO Secetary General's news conference
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29 Nov - The Riga Conference. Session 4: Europe`s Future: Is Enlargement Still in the Cards – and What Happens if it is Not?

Discussion

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29 Nov - The Riga Conference. Session 3: Integrating the Transatlantic Defense Industry

Welcome by Mr. Craig Kennedy, President, GMF - The German Marshall Fund of the United States, Moderator: Alexander Nicoll, Director of Defense Analysis, International Institute for Strategic Studies ^VIDEO^/^AUDIO

Discussion
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29 Nov - Ceremony honouring military personnel for service in the opertional theatres of the Alliance

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28 Nov - Speech of the President of the USA George W. Bush
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28 Nov - President of Latvia Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga meeting with the United States president George W. Bush^{VIDEO / AUDIO}
28 Nov - NATO Secretary General’s address to the Young Leaders Forum ^{TEXT / VIDEO / AUDIO}
Questions and Answers ^{VIDEO / AUDIO}
28 Nov - The Riga Conference

Opening session

Welcome by Mr. Craig Kennedy, President, GMF - The German Marshall Fund of the United States ^{VIDEO / AUDIO}
Mr. Rob Liberatore, Group Senior Vice President of Global Affairs and Public Policy, DaimlerChrysler Corporation Fund ^{VIDEO / AUDIO}

H.E. Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga, The President of Latvia
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Part 4 ^{VIDEO / AUDIO}Part 5 ^{VIDEO / AUDIO}
H.E. Jaap de Hoop Scheffer,The Secretary General of NATO
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Session 1: A New Global Role and Partners for NATO?

Moderator: Mr. Philip Stephens, Associate Editor, Financial Times
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Dr. Zbigniew Brzezinski, Counselor, Center for Strategic and International Studies
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Dr. Francois Heisbourg, Director, Foundation for Strategic Research ^{VIDEO / AUDIO}

Dr. Alyson Bailes, Director, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute ^{VIDEO / AUDIO}

The Honorable Hans Haekkerup, Former Defense Minister of Denmark
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Q&A
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Mr. Toms Baumanis, Chairman, Latvian Transatlantic Organization ^{VIDEO / AUDIO}
Mr. Rudolph W. Giuliani, Chairman, Giuliani Partners and Former Mayor of New York City
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Session 2: Afghanistan – New Challenges for NATO`s Transformation

Moderator: Fred Kempe, President, The Atlantic Council ^{VIDEO / AUDIO}

General James L. Jones, Supreme Allied Commander Europe
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H.E. Peter MacKay, The Foreign Minister of Canada
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Discussion
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Q&A
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Press conference
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27 Nov - Opening gala dinner of the Riga Conference 2006

Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, NATO Secretary General
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Part 2 ^VIDEO^{/ AUDIO}

H.E. Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga, The President of Latvia
Part 1 ^VIDEO^{/ AUDIO}
Part 2 ^VIDEO^{/ AUDIO}

The Honorable Richard G. Lugar, Chairman, U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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Žaneta Ozoliņa, Proffesor ^VIDEO^{/ AUDIO}
27 Nov - News conference by the President of Latvia Vaira Vīķe-Freiberga at the Press Theatre, Media Centre

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Part 3 ^VIDEO
27 Nov -
Joint press conference by the NATO Secretary General and the Latvian Prime Minister

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27 Nov - Young Leaders Forum "Building Bridges for the Next Generation

Forum Opening – “Crossing the Bridge to Riga”

          Moderator: Mr. Toms Baumanis, LATO Chairman ^VIDEO
          H.E. Mr. Artis Pabriks, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Latvia ^VIDEO^{/ AUDIO}
          H.E. Mr. Alexandr Vondra, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic, former Government Commissioner for the NATO Summit in Prague ^VIDEO^{/ AUDIO}

          Mr. Wilhelm Staudacher, Secretary General of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation
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          Dr. Stefanie Babst, NATO Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Public Diplomacy
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          Key note address “Challenges for the Next Generation”

Introduction by:
Amb. Ojārs Kalniņš, LATO Vice-Chairman, Former Ambassador of Latvia to the USA

Addrss:
Mr. Rudolph W. Giuliani, Chairman Giuliani Partners, Former Mayor of the City of New York^{VIDEO / AUDIO}

27 Nov - President of Latvia meets with the former mayor of New York, Mr. Rudolph Giuliani ^AUDIO
27 Nov - Riga airport. Display of C-17 airlifter

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          Part 2 ^VIDEO
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        Part 4 ^VIDEO
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"Sounds Like Latvia" ^VIDEO
The Latvian Institute's new promotional 5-minute video "Sounds Like Latvia" was produced by "Style Masters Studio" and features what could become a memorable trademark for the city of Riga - talking Art Nouveau statues that introduce Latvia as a place for fun, business and excitement.