PRESS RELEASE (94) 60                       11 JULY 1994

NAC TAKES DECISIONS ON PROPOSALS OF GENEVA MEETING OF
FOREIGN MINISTERS 

The Council:

(1)  recalls the strong support of the NATO Summit for the
     success of the peace process in Bosnia-Herzegovina;

(2)  appeals to the parties to observe and prolong the
     cease-fire and to refrain from military actions, as
     well as to sign at the earliest possible date a
     comprehensive cessation of hostilities as a first
     step in implementing an overall settlement;

(3)  welcomes and strongly supports the proposal for
     Bosnia-Herzegovina approved by Geneva Foreign
     Ministers meeting on 5th July 1994, and
     authoritatively supported by the Summit in Naples on
     10 july 1994; and urges the Bosnian Parties to
     respond favourably to it;

(4)  reiterate the willingness of the Alliance to
     participate in the implementation of a peace
     agreement;

(5)  supports the provision in the Geneva plan for steps
     to be taken in the event that the Bosnian parties
     accept or reject the proposal;

(6)  agrees that implementation of a number of these steps
     could result in the assumption of new tasks by the
     Alliance in former Yugoslavia at the request of the
     United Nations;

(7)  in preparation for possible decisions to carry out
     such tasks, and bearing in mind the imminent further
     meeting of Foreign Ministers in Geneva, tasks the
     relevant NATO committees and NATO Military
     Authorities, in cooperation with UNPROFOR, to develop
     and update contingency plans;

(8)  directs the NMAs to intensify coordination with
     UNPROFOR necessary to complete the contingency
     planning referred to in Paragraph (7) and, in
     response to the UN's request, authorises the NMAs to
     make available to UNPROFOR NATO Staff Officers to
     assist with UNPROFOR planning;


(9)  throughout this process, agrees that the NMAs should
     consult closely with UNPROFOR on arrangements and
     means needed to respond to a potentially increased
     threat to UNPROFOR forces;

(10) decides that the Secretary general should advise the
     Secretary-General of the United Nations of the
     Alliance's intention to convene an early meeting of
     Ad Hoc Planning Coordination Group. Its purpose would
     be, without prejudice to NATO's own planning
     responsibilities and decisions, to update countries
     contributing troops in Bosnia-Herzegovina on NATO'
     planning for the implementation of a peace plan. We
     would invite Russia, in particular, as a member of
     the Geneva Foreign Ministers meeting, as one contact
     among a number of contacts with her, over
     consideration of the Geneva proposals;

(11) agrees that the Secretary General should immediately
     inform the Secretary-General of the United Nations
     and his Special Representative for the Former
     Yugoslavia of these decisions.