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Ministers, Ladies and Gentlemen,
First, I should like to thank Secretary Hurd for his thoughtful opening remarks.
This regular fall Ministerial meeting of the Alliance is of special importance: it is a milestone on the way towards the Summit.
We have to carry forward the transformation of the Alliance. We have already gone very far in this process. Some of the changes I would not hesitate to call even revolutionary. But more needs to be done to keep up with the developments in Europe.
The last months have shown that we are far from our vision of a new equitable and lasting order of security in the Euro-Atlantic area. But the turbulent events have also shown that there is a need for our Alliance. New tasks are imposing themselves and no other organisation or institution is able to handle them.
Our neighbours to the East are looking for more stability. Only we can provide it. Militarily complicated missions of the United Nations in Europe require sophisticated equipment, reconnaissance and command and control arrangements. Again, our Alliance alone has the means for it. So we have to accept the new challenges and meet them. Your task will be to make the Alliance fit for them.
These are no easy times for transatlantic relations: but we all know that there is no other partnership so urgently needed. History would punish us if we were to neglect it. Only together can Europe and North America cope with the new challenges. We will therefore need to renew the transatlantic partnership.
Notre Alliance renovee devra offrir un meilleur equilibre, reposant sur une contribution nord-americaine essentielle et sur un pilier europeen solide represente par l'UEO. Les Allies europeens veulent et doivent assumer une plus large responsibilite en matiere de securite. L'OTAN doit developper encore ses relations avec l'UEO, en vue de permettre l'emploi efficace des resources qui soient considerees comme "separables mais non separees".
L'Alliance doit egalement adapter encore ses structures et ses procedures pour les taches de gestion des crises, y compris les activites de maintien de la paix menees avec les Nations Unies. Il nous faudra reflechir a la meilleure facon de proceder et aux moyens de faciliter la participation des seize Allies.
L'Alliance conserve pour principal objectif de contributer a assurer la securite et la stabilite dans l'Europe tout entiere. Nos relations avec les partenaires de la cooperation au sein du CCNA constituent en element important, et nous avons deja considerablement progresse. Mais il s'agit d'un processus dynamique, et nous devons aller plus loin en ouvrant de nouvelles perspectives concretes. Nous voulons que nos partenaires de la cooperation puissent avoir avec l'OTAN des relations plus etroites.
Another new challenge is the increasing proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. The Alliance will have to consider how best to face these new risks
So there is a lot of important work to do. The Alliance needs your leadership and determination.