PRESS COMMUNIQUE M-NACC-2(95)120    
For Immediate Release
6th December 1995


         CHAIRMAN'S SUMMARY OF THE MEETING OF
        THE NORTH ATLANTIC COOPERATION COUNCIL
             NATO HEADQUARTERS, BRUSSELS
                  6TH DECEMBER 1995

     1.   The Foreign Ministers and Representatives of the
member countries of the North Atlantic Cooperation Council
(NACC) met in Brussels today.  The Foreign Ministers and
Representatives of countries which have joined the
Partnership for Peace (PfP) without being NACC members and
the Secretary General of the Western European Union also
attended the meeting.

     2.   The Acting Secretary General of NATO informed
the NACC about the results of the North Atlantic Council
meeting on 5 December.

     3.   The Ministers held a wide-ranging exchange of
views on the crisis in and around Bosnia-Herzegovina and
also discussed other regional conflicts and security
issues. They welcomed the recent success of the Dayton
proximity talks in reaching the Peace Agreement on Bosnia
and Herzegovina with all parties concerned and emphasised
that this success provides a critical opportunity to
establish a lasting peace in the region. They underlined
the necessity for full implementation of the provisions of
these agreements and stressed the importance of the
civilian and humanitarian aspects of establishing
peace, including the need for reconciliation,
reconstruction, the return of refugees as well as for new
arms control and limitation arrangements in the
area.  They looked forward to the forthcoming conferences
dealing with these matters.  They welcomed the offers made
by numerous NACC/PfP and other states to contribute to the
Implementation Force.

     4.   After receiving status reports on NACC/PfP
cooperation, the Ministers  endorsed and agreed to publish
the new NACC Work Plan for 1996-1997 and noted the new
Partnership Work Programme. Ministers also agreed
to publish the latest reports from the Ad Hoc Group on
Cooperation in Peacekeeping.  In discussing ways in which
cooperation might be further strengthened and enhanced, 
Ministers stressed the importance of strengthening
democratic control of armed forces and developing strong
civil-military relations. They noted that these are
essential elements of any mature democracy, while
recognizing that each country will need to develop its own
particular approaches based on its own national
circumstances and characteristics. They emphasized the
need to develop further activities to foster
progress in this field.

     5.   The Ministers agreed to hold their next regular
NACC meeting in conjunction with the Spring Ministerial
meeting of the North Atlantic Council next year in Berlin.