Part II
Juridical texts
and formal
agreements
(1949-1997)
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Partnership
for Peace: Framework Document issued by the Heads of State and Government
participating in the Meeting of the North Atlantic Council
Brussels, 10 January 1994
- Further to the invitation extended by the NATO Heads of State and
Government at their meeting on 10/11 January, 1994, the member states
of the North Atlantic Alliance and the other states subscribing to this
document, resolved to deepen their political and military ties and to
contribute further to the strengthening of security within the Euro-Atlantic
area, hereby establish, within the framework of the North Atlantic Cooperation
Council, this Partnership for Peace.
- This Partnership is established as an expression of a joint conviction
that stability and security in the Euro-Atlantic area can be achieved
only through cooperation and common action. Protection and promotion
of fundamental freedoms and human rights, and safeguarding of freedom,
justice, and peace through democracy are shared values fundamental to
the Partnership.
In joining the Partnership, the member States of the North Atlantic
Alliance and the other States subscribing to this Document recall that
they are committed to the preservation of democratic societies, their
freedom from coercion and intimidation, and the maintenance of the principles
of international law.
They reaffirm their commitment to fulfil in good faith the obligations
of the Charter of the United Nations and the principles of the Universal
Declaration on Human Rights; specifically, to refrain from the threat
or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence
of any State, to respect existing borders and to settle disputes by
peaceful means.
They also reaffirm their commitment to the Helsinki Final Act and all
subsequent CSCE documents and to the fulfilment of the commitments and
obligations they have undertaken in the field of disarmament and arms
control.
- The other states subscribing to this document will cooperate with
the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation in pursuing the following objectives:
- facilitation of transparency in national defence planning and
budgeting processes;
- ensuring democratic control of defence forces;
- maintenance of the capability and readiness to contribute, subject
to constitutional considerations, to operations under the authority
of the UN and/or the responsibility of the CSCE;
- the development of cooperative military relations with NATO,
for the purpose of joint planning, training, and exercises in order
to strengthen their ability to undertake missions in the fields
of peacekeeping, search and rescue, humanitarian operations, and
others as may subsequently be agreed; e. the development, over the
longer term, of forces that are better able to operate with those
of the members of the North Atlantic Alliance.
- The other subscribing states will provide to the NATO Authorities
Presentation Documents identifying the steps they will take to achieve
the political goals of the Partnership and the military and other assets
that might be used for Partnership activities. NATO will propose a programme
of partnership exercises and other activities consistent with the Partnership's
objectives. Based on this programme and its Presentation Document, each
subscribing state will develop with NATO an individual Partnership Programme.
- In preparing and implementing their individual Partnership Programmes,
other subscribing states may, at their own expense and in agreement
with the Alliance and, as necessary, relevant Belgian authorities, establish
their own liaison office with NATO Headquarters in Brussels. This will
facilitate their participation in NACC/Partnership meetings and activities,
as well as certain others by invitation. They will also make available
personnel, assets, facilities and capabilities necessary and appropriate
for carrying out the agreed Partnership Programme. NATO will assist
them, as appropriate, in formulating and executing their individual
Partnership Programmes.
- The other subscribing states accept the following undertandings:
- those who envisage participation in missions referred to in paragraph
3(d) will, where appropriate, take part in related NATO exercises;
- they will fund their own participation in Partnership activities,
and will endeavour otherwise to share the burdens of mounting exercises
in which they take part;
- they may send, after appropriate agreement, permanent liaison
officers to a separate Partnership Coordination Cell at Mons (Belgium)
that would, under the authority of the North Atlantic Council, carry
out the military planning necessary to implement the Partnership
programmes;
- those participating in planning and military exercises will have
access to certain NATO technical data relevant to interoperability;
- building upon the CSCE measures on defence planning, the other
subscribing states and NATO countries will exchange information
on the steps that have been taken or are being taken to promote
transparency in defence planning and budgeting and to ensure the
democratic control of armed forces;
- they may participate in a reciprocal exchange of information
on defence planning and budgeting which will be developed within
the framework of the NACC/ Partnership for Peace.
- In keeping with their commitment to the objectives of this Partnership
for Peace, the members of the North Atlantic Alliance will:
- develop with the other subscribing states a planning and review
process to provide a basis for identifying and evaluating forces and
capabilities that might be made available by them for multinational
training, exercises, and operations in conjunction with Alliance forces;
- promote military and political coordination at NATO Headquarters
in order to provide direction and guidance relevant to Partnership activities
with the other subscribing states, including planning, training, exercises
and the development of doctrine.
- NATO will consult with any active participant in the Partnership
if that Partner perceives a direct threat to its territorial integrity,
political independence, or security.
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