NATO
Logistics
Handbook
October 1997
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Chapter 12: Host Nation Support
Civil-Military Cooperation (CIMIC)
1212. A distinction should also be made between HNS
and CIMIC. CIMIC consists of those measures undertaken
between NATO Commanders and national authorities, civil and
military, which concern the relationship between NATO forces and
the national governments and civil populations in an area
where these military forces are, or plan to be, stationed, supported
or employed. Such measures also include cooperation between
the Commanders of the NATO commanded forces and
UN-Agencies, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO), Private
Volunteer Organizations (PVO) and other authorities. As such, CIMIC
is significantly broader in scope than HNS, which has to do
with the provision of specific logistic support to NATO forces by
the host government.
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