17 October 1997
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Washington -- The New Atlantic Initiative (NAI) has announced the
schedule of discussions on the enlargement of the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization to be held at its conference October 17-19 in
Alpbach, Austria, in association with the European Forum.
Following is the text of the October 14 press release:
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NATO CONFERENCE AT ALPBACH
October 17 - 19, 1997
The "New Atlantic Initiative" (NAI), an independent U.S. initiative
dedicated to reinvigorating and expanding the Atlantic community of
democracies, headquartered at the "American Enterprise Institute" and
founded under the auspices of Vaclav Havel, Margaret Thatcher, Helmut
Schmidt, Henry Kissinger, and others, is holding a conference on the
subject of "Enlarging NATO: The Political, Economic, and Cultural
Dimensions" in association with the European Forum Alpbach from
October 17-19, 1997. Director of the NAI is NATO expert Dr. Jeffrey
Gedmin.
The conference, which will be attended by high-ranking NATO experts
and participants from 20 countries and is co-sponsored by the United
States Information Agency, will be opened on October 17 at 8 p.m. in
the presence of Austrian Vice Chancellor and Foreign Minister
Schuessel as well as former U.S. National Security Advisor Anthony
Lake. Vice Chancellor Schuessel and Anthony Lake will speak on the
subject of "America, Europe, and the Implications of NATO
Enlargement."
Venue: Opening: Hotel Boeglerhof, 6236 Alpbach, Tyrol
All other programs: Alpbach Congress Center
Program Schedule:
Saturday, October 18:
9.00 a.m. - 12.00 noon: Roundtable -- The Path to Ratification
2.30 p.m. - 5.30 p.m.: Roundtable -- Implications and Challanges of
Enlargement
9.30 p.m. - open end: Discussion -- NATO Enlargement: The View from
the U.S. Senate
Sunday, October 19:
9.30a.m. - 12.30p.m. -- NATO's Next Steps
For press registration/more program details, pls. call:
oesterreichisches College/European Forum Alpbach: 0043 1 406 34 34
as of 10/17: Conference Secretariate Alpbach/Boeglerhof: 0043 5336
5227 412
Journalists are kindly asked to register.
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