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Chapter 3: The Opening Up of the Alliance Partnership for Peace   Cooperation in Peacekeeping The Political-Military Steering Committee/Ad Hoc Group on Cooperation in Peacekeeping (PMSC/AHG), which operates in the framework of the EAPC, serves as the main forum for consultations on political and conceptual issues related to peacekeeping, and for the exchange of experience and the discussion of practical measures for cooperation. The PMSC/AHG reports periodically to meetings of Foreign and Defence Ministers on these matters. All meetings of the PMSC/AHG include Partners. A representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office regularly attends the meetings of the Group and, occasionally, a representative of the United Nations also participates. In the course of its work, the Group has produced two detailed reports on cooperation in peacekeeping. The first report from 1993 - known as the “Athens Report” - dealt with conceptual approaches to peacekeeping. A second report, the “Follow-On to the Athens Report” of 1995, revisited these issues in the light of experiences gained since 1993. In 1995, drawing on the extensive peacekeeping experience available, including the experience of the conflict in the Former Yugoslavia, the members of the Ad Hoc Group completed a compendium of “Lessons Learned in Peacekeeping Operations”. The paper reflects national experiences gained by Allied and Partner countries in areas such as the preparation, implementation and operational aspects of such operations. By exchanging national experiences, Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council members aim to develop further practical approaches to peacekeeping. In 1999, the PMSC/AHG produced a “Compendium of Views and Experiences on the Humanitarian Aspects of Peacekeeping”, reflecting the high level of common understanding developed among the participating nations and other international organisations and non-governmental organisations active in the field of humanitarian assistance. The Group has continued to exchange views on “Principles, Methods and Experiences on Early Warning and Conflict Prevention” and is further expanding contacts and discussions with the UN, OSCE and other relevant organisations on this topic.