Rīga NATO Summit 2006

RĪGA SUMMIT DECLARATION SPEECHES PRESS RELEASES

Official Group Photograph of Heads of State and Government/Heads of Delegation

29.11.2006 Photo by Aivars Liepiņš

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29 Nov - NATO Secretary General Praises Latvia for Riga Summit Organisation

Olympic Sport Centre, Riga, Latvia 29.11.2006

29 Nov - Riga Summit Declaration

Issued by the Heads of State and Government
participating in the meeting of the North Atlantic Council
in Riga on 29 November 2006

1. We, the Heads of State and Government of the member countries of the North Atlantic Alliance, reaffirm today in Riga our resolve to meet the security challenges of the 21st century and defend our populations and common values, while maintaining a strong collective defence as the core purpose of our Alliance. Our 26 nations are united in democracy, individual liberty and the rule of law, and faithful to the purposes and principles of the United Nations Charter.

Read it all http://www.nato.int/docu/pr/2006/p06-150e.htm

29 Nov - NATO Secetary General`s news conference

NATO Secetary General's news conference

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29 Nov - News conference of President of Latvia

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29 Nov - NATO sets priorities for new capabilities for next 15 years

Meeting in Riga, NATO Heads of State and Government endorsed the Comprehensive Political Guidance, a major policy document that sets out the priorities for all Alliance capability issues, planning disciplines and intelligence for the next 10 to 15 years.

The Guidance analyses the probable future security environment, acknowledging the possibility of unpredictable events.

It recognizes that for the foreseeable future, the principal threats to the Alliance are terrorism and proliferation, as well as failing states, regional crises, misuse of new technologies and disruption of the flow of vital resources.

29 Nov - Address of President of Latvia, at the Ceremony honouring military personnel

We, along with our neighbours in Estonia and Lithuania, we, Latvians, know what the lack of freedom means. We know the price of freedom and we have paid dearly for regaining our own. We were fortunate that after many years under the totalitarian rule we could regain our freedom with the singing revolution. It is not always possible, there are times when blood has to be shed in order for freedom to be regained. By joining the Alliance we have declared our commitment to stand firm for the values that were denied us for too long, the values for which our people waited for many decades, the values for which our people now are ready sacrifise their lives.

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 - Remarks by the Secretary General on the Ceremony honouring NATO military personnel

for service in the operational theatres of the alliance followed by one minute silence

Les réunions au sommet comme celle-ci sont l’occasion pour les plus hauts responsables politiques de l’OTAN de se rencontrer, de débattre des grandes questions transatlantiques à l’ordre du jour et de tracer la voie à suivre par l’Alliance. Comme vous le savez, l’OTAN est une organisation politico-militaire.

Notre fondement, notre pilier, c'est notre capacité militaire.

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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