On Friday, 11 September 2026, the Deputy Secretary General, Ms Radmila Shekerinska, will join the Chargé d’Affaires of the United States Mission to NATO, Mr Scott Oudkirk, and the United States Military Representative to the NATO Military Committee, Lieutenant General William D. “Hank” Taylor, at the 9/11 and Article 5 Memorial at NATO Headquarters to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States.
Permanent representatives of Alliance nations as well as members of NATO’s diplomatic, military, and international staff community will be in attendance.
The ceremony will include a moment of silence at 14:46, the exact minute 25 years ago of the first attack on the North Tower of the World Trade Center.
The NATO Deputy Secretary General, the Chargé d’Affaires of the United States Mission to NATO and the United States Military Representative to the NATO Military Committee will deliver brief commemorative remarks.
To honor the victims of the attacks and the sacrifices of service members since, flags will fly at half-staff at NATO Headquarters as well as at Allied Command Operations (ACO) in Mons, Belgium, and at NATO Allied Command Transformation (ACT) in Norfolk, Virginia.
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14:36 (CEST): The NATO Deputy Secretary General, the U.S. Chargé d’Affaires and the US Military Representative to NATO will walk to the 9/11 Memorial and observe two uniformed U.S. soldiers lay the wreath in front of the memorial
14:40 (CEST): Commemorative remarks by the NATO Deputy Secretary General, the U.S. Chargé d’Affaires and the US Military Representative to NATO
14:46 (CEST): Moment of silence