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- The other states subscribing to this document will
cooperate with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization 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 con-
tribute, 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;
- 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
understandings:
- 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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