On Tuesday 24 January 2006 the Right Hon Lord Robertson of Port Ellen, KT, GCMG, Hon. FRSE, PC, Deputy Chairman of Cable and Wireless Plc, will be giving a talk on "Key Strategic Challenges for the World in 2006".
As Secretary General of NATO from October 1999 until 2003, his time coincided with the 9.11 attacks on the US, the first invoking of Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty, the crisis in Macedonia, the creation of the NATO/Russian Council and NATO’s assumption of the stabilisation role in Afghanistan. He chaired the NATO Summit in Prague in 2002, which invited seven new countries into the Alliance.
As UK Defence Secretary from 1997 he was responsible for carrying through the Strategic Defence Review and for leading the military campaign in Iraq in 1998 and Kosovo in 1999.
From 1978 until 1999 when he was elevated to the House of Lords, he served as Member of Parliament for Hamilton and the Hamilton South Constituencies.
This event is exclusively for Corporate and Institutional Members of the IISS. Tea and coffee will be served from 10:00. The talk will begin at 10:30 with a Q & A session from 11:15. The meeting will conclude at 12:00 noon.
If you would like to attend this talk, please contact Lorna Williams on tel: +44 (0)20 7395 9120 or email corporateevents@iiss.org 
