New tasks and responsibilities for NATO

Current challenges and future tasks and responsibilities were discussed at a somewhat special conference held in Brussels, 11 July 2005. It was the first time that NATO partnered with the Women in International Security (WIIS) to organise a conference. Some 80 foreign affairs professionals from Europe and the United States attended the event which the NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, addressed in a keynote speech.