Secretary Cohen holds a press conference at the Informal Meeting of NATO Defense Ministers in Birmingham, England. Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen holds a press conference at the annual Informal Meeting of NATO Defense Ministers at the International Conference Center in Birmingham, England, on Oct. 10, 2000. Each Autumn a different member of the 19-nation security alliance hosts the informal meeting in which a range of security issues are freely discussed, but no binding decisions are made. All binding agreements are left to the biannual defense ministerial held at NATO Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium. SHARE IMAGE: Download Image: Full Size (0.03 MB) Photo By: VIRIN: 549034-O-KLN76-359.jpg Photo Gallery