The Interallied Confederation of Reserve Officers (CIOR)

Background information History Structure and Operations Committees and Commissions Language Academy Young Reserve Officers

The Interallied Confederation of Reserve Officers (CIOR) is an international umbrella organisation of national reservists' associations. The primary mission of CIOR is to support the premises of MC 248.

• The Young Reserve Officers Workshop (YROW) is a work group for young reservists that meet during the CIOR Summer Congress. It is a forum where young reserve officers discuss on selected topics and themes, issued by the Executive Committee and in relation with the annual main Congress theme.
  
• CIOMR, the Interallied Confederation of Medical Reserve Officers is the official organisation of medical officers, in NATO's Reserve Forces.
  
• Every summer CIOR holds a military competition in which about 180 young reserve officers from NATO and Partnership for Peace countries test their skills.

CIOR in brief

The Interallied Confederation of Reserve Officers (CIOR) is an international umbrella organisation of national reservists' associations. Its mission is to forge links between reservists and NATO military authorities, to encourage the establishment and proliferation of ties among Reserve officers from participating countries, and to ensure that reservists' duties, rights, training and mobilisation are uniform while respecting their differences and national traditions.

Since the inception of the Partnership for Peace (PFP) program, the CIOR has assumed the task of encouraging the creation of organisations for Reserve officers in PFP countries. Co-operation is one inevitable priority, since it is essential to international security and stability.

Background

In 1948, before the creation of NATO, the CIOR was formed as a non-governmental, non-profit organisation of Reserve officers by Belgium, France and the Netherlands. Today, the CIOR is composed of the Reserve officer associations of NATO countries.

Several former Warsaw Pact countries recently began to take part in CIOR activities through the PFP program. Some countries in Africa and South America have also taken advantage of the exchange of ideas.