NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and his wife Jeannine (L) lay flowers at the memorial for soldiers fallen in NATO-led operations during a farewell ceremony at the Alliance headquarters in Brussels, July 30, 2009. Former Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen will succeed NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer as head of the alliance on August 1. [Xinhua]