After a full investigation to establish an inventory and determine origins and ownership, all weapons and ammunition found will be prepared for destruction by KFOR explosive and weapons experts. These search operations, undertaken by KFOR troops on a regular basis, are part of a general initiative to increase security in the province for all ethnic groups. Exercise Cooperative Partner 2000 is taking place from 19 June to 1 July in the Black Sea and in the area of Odessa. It aims to contribute in training multinational forces to work together for peace support operations. They are meeting to exchange information and experiences on advances in the physics of magnetic space storms.
Space weather has impacts on, for example, telecommunications and electric power systems on Earth.
This ASI will allow scientists to learn of recent spacecraft measurements that have provided new insight into the dynamics and effects of space storms. Co-directors of the meeting are Dr. I.A. Daglis, National Observatory of Athens, Greece, and Dr. Y. Galperin, of the Russian Academy of Sciences' Space Research Institute, Moscow, Russia. Advanced Study Institutes have the specific role of contributing to the training, and the motivation, of young scientists in Partner countries, and this meeting is one of 50 taking place each year as part of the NATO Science Programme.