PRESS RELEASE (94)107                                   
11th November 1994


       STATEMENT BY NATO SECRETARY GENERAL WILLY CLAES
             ON ANNOUNCEMENT OF LIMITATIONS
       TO US PARTICIPATION IN OPERATION SHARP GUARD 


          Having been officially informed today about the
impact of Congressional legislation on US participation in
operations associated with the UN arms embargo, I would
like to make clear, as Secretary General of this Alliance,
that NATO will continue to enforce fully and totally all
UN Security Council Resolutions which form the basis of
our involvement in former Yugoslavia.  In particular,
NATO, together with the WEU, will continue to carry out
Operation SHARP GUARD and fully implement enforcement of
all embargoes.  We have tasked our military authorities to
undertake an assessment of this development, and we will
make adjustments, as necessary, to preserve the integrity
and smooth functioning of all our missions.

          Finally, today I have been visiting NATO bases
and contingents in Italy which support Operation DENY
FLIGHT and other NATO air support operations in former
Yugoslavia, and tomorrow I will be visiting similar
installations in support of Operation SHARP GUARD.  I
would like to salute the courage, professionalism and
solidarity of our troops and forces from so many NATO
nations without whose support the efforts of the
international community to limit and indeed bring an end
to the conflict in former Yugoslavia
would be greatly diminished.