PRESS RELEASE (94)68                     16 August 1994


 COMMEMORATIVE SERVICES FOR SECRETARY GENERAL OF NATO,
                  DR. MANFRED WOERNER


A funeral service in memory of the Secretary General of
NATO, Dr. Manfred Woerner, will be held on Friday, 19
August, 1994, at 11:00 hours at the "St.-Jacques
sur Coudenberg" Church, Place Royale, in Brussels.  

A special media advisory for this funeral service will
be issued as soon as the details are known.

By decision of the German President a "State Act" to
commemorate Dr. Manfred Woerner will be held in the
German Bundestag in Bonn on Tuesday, 23 August, 1994,
at 11:00 hours.  

Media wishing to cover this "State Act" should contact
the Bundesministerium des Innern., Protokollchef
Freiherr von Fircks, tel. 49-228-681 46 30 or 681 46 33.

On Friday, 26 August, 1994, a German church service will
be celebrated in the "Stadtkirche" of Goeppingen (former
constituency of Dr. Manfred Woerner).  

A condolence register will be open for signature from 16
August, 11:00 hours, in the main hallway (office OA 118)
at NATO Headquarters.

Although all expressions of condolence are welcome, Mrs.
Woerner would appreciate if tributes could be in the
form of donations to "Help for Children of Bosnia", BBL
account no. 310-1102530-17.

A commemorative Council will be held on Thursday, 18
August 1994, at 15:00 at NATO Headquarters in Room 16. 
Media wishing to cover the beginning of this Council
should board the bus at the Press Entrance at 14:30. 
The whole Council meeting will be broadcast on the
close-circuit television at NATO Headquarters.