{"id":11183,"date":"2012-02-03T11:20:01","date_gmt":"2012-02-03T10:20:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/graduation-ceremony-of-senior-course-119\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T08:58:37","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T07:58:37","slug":"graduation-ceremony-of-senior-course-119","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/graduation-ceremony-of-senior-course-119\/","title":{"rendered":"Graduation Ceremony of Senior Course 119"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/119_Graduation_5_1.jpg\" alt=\"During the Graduation Ceremony, the Commandant's opening remarks are complemented by a short photographic video of the Course Members\u2019 time at the College.\" \/><figcaption>During the Graduation Ceremony, the Commandant&#8217;s opening remarks are complemented by a short photographic video of the Course Members\u2019 time at the College.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\"><span style=\"line-height:1.5em\">On Friday 3rd February 2012, the Graduation Ceremony of Senior Course 119 took place at the NATO Defense College (NDC) in Rome.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\"><span style=\"line-height:1.5em\">The event was attended by 76 Course Members from 28 different countries, together with their families and the College\u2019s senior leadership, Faculty and Staff. Countries represented by graduates of Senior Course 119 include Member States of NATO, the Partnership for Peace (PfP), the Mediterranean Dialogue (MD) and the Istanbul Cooperation Initiative (ICI), as well as Contact Countries and Iraq.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">To mark the end of the past five and half months of intensive study, Lieutenant General Arne B&aring;rd DALHAUG, Commandant of the NDC, <a class='photo' href='\/images\/119_Graduation_3_2.jpg' rel='lightbox' title=\"Lieutenant General Arne B&aring;rd DALHAUG, Commandant of the NDC, opens the ceremony by briefly commenting on some of the Course\u2019s most memorable highlights\">opened the ceremony<\/a> by briefly commenting on some of the Course\u2019s most memorable highlights. The Commandant\u2019s remarks were complemented by a short photographic video of the Course Members\u2019 time at the College.   <\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">Among the distinguished guests at the ceremony was H.E. Ambassador Stefano STEFANINI, Diplomatic Advisor to the President of the Republic of Italy, who delivered the graduation address immediately after the Commandant\u2019s introduction. <\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\"><a class='photo' href='\/images\/119_Graduation_4_2.jpg' rel='lightbox' title=\" H.E. Ambassador Stefano STEFANINI, Diplomatic Advisor to the President of the Republic of Italy, delivers the graduation address. \">Ambassador STEFANINI<\/a> outlined the challenging commitments Course Members will face when they return to their respective countries, and stated his firm belief that the professional experience gained at the NATO Defense College will stand them in good stead in the accomplishment of these tasks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">In the presence of Ambassadors, Military Attach\u00e9s and military and civilian authorities representing 30 counties, Course Members were then called forward individually to stand by their respective flags and be awarded their <a class='photo' href='\/images\/119_Graduation_7_2.jpg' rel='lightbox' title=\" Senior Course 119 President Col  PEDDEMORS (NLD F), holding his graduation diploma, with Ambassador STEFANINI and Lt Gen DALHAUG.\">diplomas<\/a> for successfully completing the Course. <\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">As Course Members received the personal congratulations of the Commandant, the Dean and the Flag Officers of the College, the finale of their months at the College was warmly and fittingly accompanied by the applause of family members.<\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">With Senior Course 119 graduates preparing to take leave of the College, Senior Course 120 is scheduled to begin on 21st February.<\/p>\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper\">\n<p class=\"just\"><span style='font-size:12px;text-align:left;'> <a class='pdfs' href='\/download\/lectures\/119_Graduation_Speech_Amb_STEFANINI.pdf' alt='click to download (pdf)' title='click to download (pdf)'  target='_blank'>H.E. Ambassador STEFANINI&#8217;s Graduation Speech. (PDF)<\/a><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\t<\/p>\n<p><em>LtCol. Mario Masdea, Chief Public Affairs and Protocol Officer, ITA-A<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During the Graduation Ceremony, the Commandant&#8217;s opening remarks are complemented by a short photographic video of the Course<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","editor_plus_copied_stylings":"{}","_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"post_badge":[],"class_list":["post-11183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"featured_image_src":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"NDC","author_link":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/author\/admin_3rwqf6tj\/"},"modified_by":null,"author_meta":{"display_name":"NDC","author_link":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/author\/admin_3rwqf6tj\/"},"featured_img":null,"featured_image_urls":{"full":"","thumbnail":"","medium":"","medium_large":"","large":"","1536x1536":"","2048x2048":"","trp-custom-language-flag":"","morenews-featured":"","morenews-large":"","morenews-medium":""},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/category\/news\/\" rel=\"category tag\">News<\/a>","tag_info":"News","comment_count":0,"coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/category\/news\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">News<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">News<\/span>"]}},"relative_dates":{"created":"Publi\u00e9 14 ans il y a","modified":"Mis \u00e0 jour 6 mois il y a"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Publi\u00e9 le f\u00e9vrier 3, 2012","modified":"Mise \u00e0 jour le janvier 15, 2026"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Publi\u00e9 le f\u00e9vrier 3, 2012 11:20","modified":"Mise \u00e0 jour le janvier 15, 2026 08:58"},"featured_img_caption":"","series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11183","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11183"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11183\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11183"},{"taxonomy":"post_badge","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ndc.nato.int\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_badge?post=11183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}