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Special Reports

	THE NATO PRAGUE SUMMIT With NATO voting to open its doors to seven new nations, current members met at the Prague Summit to decide the alliance’s roles and tasks – and to shape the organisation to meet the new threats and challenges of the 21st century. JDW reports from Prague, bringing you the analysis behind summit news.

PRAGUE SUMMIT: Seven new members for alliance
NATO has voted to invite seven new nations to start talks that will lead to accession to the alliance. With Bulgaria, Estonia, Lithuania,...
November 21, 2002

PRAGUE SUMMIT: Photo gallery
November 22, 2002

PRAGUE SUMMIT: Hungary and the Czech Republic look to overcome commitment failures
On 20 November US President George Bush said that all three 1999 entrants had performed their duties, which was greeted warmly by the...
November 22, 2002

PRAGUE SUMMIT: Ukraine adopts Membership Action Plan at Prague
Ukraine has adopted a NATO Membership Action Plan (MAP), which formally puts it on the road to full alliance membership. Citing 'transparency and...
November 22, 2002

PRAGUE SUMMIT: UK lays out its vision for NRF
Although unwilling to outline any specific contributions to the planned NATO Response Force (NRF), UK officials did expand on how they perceive the...
November 22, 2002

PRAGUE SUMMIT: NATO advances key force enabling initiatives: Agreements signed on airlift, sealift, air refuelling
NATO nations signed agreements on three major force-enabling equipment initiatives and otherwise committed to some 408 individual capabilities improvements during the 21-22 November Prague summit of alliance leaders. Accords on strategic lift, sea-lift and air-to-air refuelling tankers were the most significant items among a streamlined package of capabilities initiatives deemed essential for NATO's transformation into an effective global fighting force.
November 22, 2002

PRAGUE SUMMIT: Bulgaria commits to NATO
The government of Bulgaria issued a declaration on 21 November concerning its invitation to join NATO. Although Bulgaria has not been the most...
November 22, 2002

PRAGUE SUMMIT: Hungary makes six undertakings to NATO
The Hungarian government has made six undertakings to NATO in a letter to Secretary General Lord George Robertson. The undertakings were agreed by...
November 22, 2002

PRAGUE SUMMIT: NATO, EU agree to plan joint military exercise
NATO heads of government and state agreed on 21 November to plan a joint military exercise with the EU next year even though...
November 21, 2002

PRAGUE SUMMIT: NATO adopts forceful stance on Iraq
NATO leaders unanimously endorsed a strongly worded statement on Iraq backing UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1441 calling on Baghdad to fully and...
November 21, 2002

PRAGUE SUMMIT: NATO Response Force
Creating the NATO Response Force (NRF) will be a "catalyst for focusing and promoting improvements in the alliance's military capabilities", according to the 19 member states meeting at the NATO Summit in Prague on 21-22 November.
November 21, 2002

PRAGUE SUMMIT: NATO outlines NBC defence initiatives and capabilities
NATO outlined at the summit the steps it has taken this year to meet nuclear, biological and chemical (NBC) threats in the current security environment.
November 21, 2002

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