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of Europe’s emerging democracies who are ready to 
shoulder the responsibilities of membership . . . [n]o 
nation will be automatically excluded . . . [n]o coun-
try outside NATO will have a veto . . . [a] gray zone 
of insecurity must not reemerge in Europe’’. 
(13) At the Prague Summit of the North Atlan-
tic Treaty Organization in November 2002, Bul-
garia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slo-
vakia, and Slovenia were invited to join the Alliance 
in the second round of enlargement of the North At-
lantic Treaty Organization since the end of the Cold 
War, and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization 
heads of state and government issued a declaration 
stating ‘‘NATO’s door will remain open to European 
democracies willing and able to assume the respon-
sibilities and obligations of membership, in accord-
ance with Article 10 of the Washington Treaty’’. 
(14) On May 8, 2003, the United States Senate 
unanimously approved the Resolution of Ratification 
to Accompany Treaty Document No. 108–4, Proto-
cols to the North Atlantic Treaty of 1949 on Acces-
sion of Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Roma-
nia, Slovakia, and Slovenia, inviting Bulgaria, Esto-
nia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, and Slo-
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venia to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organiza-
tion. 
(15) At the Istanbul Summit of the North At-
lantic Treaty Organization in June 2004, the North 
Atlantic Treaty Organization heads of state and gov-
ernment issued a communique´ reaffirming that 
NATO’s door remains open to new members, declar-
ing ‘‘[w]e celebrate the success of NATO’s Open 
Door Policy, and reaffirm today that our seven new 
members will not be the last. The door to member-
ship remains open. We welcome the progress made 
by Albania, Croatia, and the former Yugoslav Re-
public of Macedonia (1) in implementing their An-
nual National Programmes under the Membership 
Action Plan, and encourage them to continue pur-
suing the reforms necessary to progress toward 
NATO membership. We also commend their con-
tribution to regional stability and cooperation. We 
want all three countries to succeed and will continue 
to assist them in their reform efforts. NATO will 
continue to assess each country’s candidacy individ-
ually, based on the progress made towards reform 
goals pursued through the Membership Action Plan, 
which will remain the vehicle to keep the readiness 
of each aspirant for membership under review. We 
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direct that NATO Foreign Ministers keep the en-
largement process, including the implementation of 
the Membership Action Plan, under continual review 
and report to us. We will review at the next Summit 
progress by aspirants towards membership based on 
that report’’. 
(16) Georgia and Ukraine have stated their de-
sire to join the Euro-Atlantic community, and in 
particular, are seeking to join the North Atlantic 
Treaty Organization. Georgia and Ukraine are work-
ing closely with the North Atlantic Treaty Organiza-
tion and its members to meet criteria for eventual 
membership in NATO. 
(17) At a press conference with President Mi-
khail Saakashvili of Georgia in Washington, DC on 
July 5, 2006, President George W. Bush stated that 
‘‘. . . I believe that NATO would benefit with Georgia 
being a member of NATO, and I think Georgia 
would benefit. And there’s a way forward through 
the Membership Action Plan . . . And I’m a believer 
in the expansion of NATO. I think it’s in the world’s 
interest that we expand NATO’’. 
(18) Following a meeting of NATO Foreign 
Ministers in New York on September 21, 2006, 
NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer 
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announced the launching of an Intensified Dialogue 
on membership between the Alliance and Georgia. 
(19) At the NATO-Ukraine Commission Sum-
mit in Brussels in February 2005, President of 
Ukraine Victor Yushchenko declared membership in 
NATO as the ultimate goal of Ukraine’s cooperation 
with the Alliance and expressed Ukraine’s desire to 
conclude a Membership Action Plan. 
(20) At the NATO-Ukraine Commission For-
eign Ministerial meeting in Vilnius in April 2005, 
NATO and Ukraine launched an Intensified Dia-
logue on the potential membership of Ukraine in 
NATO. 
(21) At the Riga Summit of the North Atlantic 
Treaty Organization in November 2006, the Heads 
of State and Government of the member countries of 
NATO issued a declaration reaffirming that NATO’s 
door remains open to new members, declaring that 
‘‘all European democratic countries may be consid-
ered for MAP (Membership Action Plan) or admis-
sion, subject to decision by the NAC (North Atlantic 
Council) at each stage, based on the performance of 
these countries towards meeting the objectives of the 
North Atlantic Treaty. We direct that NATO For-
eign Ministers keep that process under continual re-
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view and report to us. We welcome the efforts of Al-
bania, Croatia, and the former Yugoslav Republic of 
Macedonia to prepare themselves for the responsibil-
ities and obligations of membership. We reaffirm 
that the Alliance will continue with Georgia and 
Ukraine its Intensified Dialogues which cover the 
full range of political, military, financial and security 
issues relating to those countries’ aspirations to 
membership, without prejudice to any eventual Alli-
ance decision. We reaffirm the importance of the 
NATO-Ukraine Distinctive Partnership, which has 
its 10th anniversary next year and welcome the 
progress that has been made in the framework of 
our Intensified Dialogue. We appreciate Ukraine’s 
substantial contributions to our common security, in-
cluding through participation in NATO-led oper-
ations and efforts to promote regional cooperation. 
We encourage Ukraine to continue to contribute to 
regional security. We are determined to continue to 
assist, through practical cooperation, in the imple-
mentation of far-reaching reform efforts, notably in 
the fields of national security, defence, reform of the 
defence-industrial sector and fighting corruption. We 
welcome the commencement of an Intensified Dia-
logue with Georgia as well as Georgia’s contribution 
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