Twelfth International
NATO Workshop on Political Military Decision Making
Kempinski Taschenbergpalais Dresden, Germany 18-22 June, 1995
Patron:
His Excellency Volker Rühe; Minister of Defense of Germany
Board of Advisors:
Ambassador Kent Brown; United States Ambassador to Georgia
General Peter Carstens; Chief of Staff, Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe
Dr. Ing. Fausto Cereti; President and CEO, Alenia
Lieutenant General Paul G. Cerjan; Former President, National Defense University
Dr. J. Patrick Crecine; Former President, Georgia Institute of Technology
General J.B. Davis (Ret.); Former Chief of Staff, Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe
Dr. Phil DePoy; President, NORC, University of Chicago
Air Chief Marshal Sir David Evans, GCB, CBE, CBIM; British Aerospace Plc
Lieutenant General R. J. Evraire; President, NATO Defence College (Rome, Italy)
Vice Admiral Robert George CMM CD; Canadian Military Representative to NATO Military Committee
Major General Kenneth L. Hagemann; Director of Defense Nuclear Agency
Dr. Robert Hermann; Vice President for Science and Technology, United Technologies
Admiral James R. Hogg (Ret.); President, National Security Industrial Association
Dr. Frank B. Horton III; Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (C3I)
Lieutenant General Giuseppe Degli Innocenti; Italian Military Repr. to NATO Military Committee
Dr. Stuart Johnson; National Defense University
General George Joulwan, USA; Supreme Allied Commander Europe
Admiral Pierre Lacoste; Past President, Fondation pour les Etudes de Defense Nationale
Mr. Gordon Lynch; Vice President of Boeing International Corporation
General Jose Lemos Ferreira; Past President of the Board, Aeroportos e Navegacao Aerea
General Jack N. Merritt; President, Association of the United States Army
Lieutenant General Malcolm R. O'Neill; Director, Ballistic Missile Defense Organization
Vice Admiral John T. Parker (Ret.); President, J. T. Parker Associates, Inc.
Mr. John Quilty; Senior Vice President and Washington C3 General Manager, MITRE Corporation
State Secretary Jörg Schönbohm; German Ministry of Defense
General John Shalikashvili, USA; Chairman of United States Joint Chiefs of Staff
Admiral William D. Smith (Ret.); Former United States Military Representative to the NATO Military Committee
Lieutenant General Jörn Söder; German Military Representative to NATO Military Committee
Ambassador Walter Stadtler; U.S. Department of Defense
Mr. Malcolm R. Uffelman; Vice President, E Systems Inc.
Field Marshal Sir Richard Vincent GBE KCB DSO; Chairman of the NATO Military Committee
Mr. Alexandr Vondra; Vice Foreign Minister of the Czech Republic
Honorary General Chairman:General George Joulwan, SACEUR
Chairman:Dr. Roger Weissinger Baylon
AGENDA
Theme: The New NATO--Building Stability, Democracy, and Peace through Cooperation
 
SUNDAY, 18 JUNE 1995
2:30-5:00 P.M.  Registration for workshop and opportunity to visit Dresden's historic center.
7:00 P.M.  Reception at the Dresden Rathaus and welcoming remarks by Dr. Herbert Wagner, Lord Mayor of Dresden. Ceremonial signing of the Golden Book by Secretary General Willy Claes and Supreme Allied Commander Europe General George Joulwan.
8:30 P.M.  Dinner at Taschenbergpalais. Welcome by Workshop Chairman Dr. Roger Weissinger-Baylon and German Chief of Defense General Klaus Naumann.
DINNER ADDRESS
Introduction by SACEUR General George Joulwan. 

Secretary General Willy Claes
North Atlantic Treaty Organization

 
MONDAY, 19 JUNE 1995
9:00 A.M.  OPENING REMARKS
General George Joulwan, Supreme Allied Commander Europe
Dr. Roger Weissinger-Baylon, Workshop Chairman
9:05 A. M.  NATOíS ROLE: A GERMAN PERSPECTIVE
General Klaus Naumann
Chief of Defense of Germany
9:20 A.M.  BEYOND PARTNERSHIP FOR PEACEóTHE NEW CHALLENGES
General George Joulwan
Supreme Allied Commander Europe 

This is an historic and exciting time to be in the New Europe. Despite the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of Communism, Europe is still a dangerous place. In addition to its fundamental mission of collective security and defense, the New NATO has had to adapt quickly and respond rapidly to these dangers and the other demands of the dynamic European security environment. Crises in the republics of the former Soviet Union, the continuing conflict in the Balkans, and the maturing of newly-formed democracies and free-market economies in Central and Eastern Europe are just a few of the specific challenges facing the Alliance. In response, the streamlined New NATO has launched a host of initiatives including Partnership for Peace, the Combined Joint Task Force, and Counter Proliferation programs. It has also developed impressive, new crisis management capabilities. These programs will enable the New NATO to respond effectively to today's and tomorrow's challenges, to help consolidate the gains of Europe's democratic revolution, and to foster continued European peace and prosperity well into the next century. The operational challenges in the New Europe are many. In fact, with reduced forces and resources, the need for an effective and efficient Atlantic Alliance is greater than ever before. The mission of the New NATO continues; its importance and relevance make it a key component in the emerging European security architecture.

10:00 A.M.  Break
10:30 A.M. Panel Discussion by SACEUR and the Major Subordinate Commanders of Allied Command Europe. Discussions of issues including how NATO is adapting its military structure, exercise and other plans for the current year, and "muddy boots" planning for crisis management.

General George Joulwan
Supreme Allied Commander Europe 

Air Chief Marshal Sir Richard Johns KCB CBE LVO
Commander-in-Chief Allied Forces Northwest Europe 

Admiral Leighton Smith
Commander-in-Chief Allied Forces Southern Europe 

Air Chief Marshal Sir Michael Stear KCB CBE
Deputy Commander-in-Chief Allied Forces Central Europe 

11:50 A.M.  End of session
12:30 P.M.  Lunch
1:45 P.M.  THE PARTNERSHIP FOR PEACE: VIEWS FROM CENTRAL EUROPE ó PART ONE
Chairman: Major General Kenneth Hagemann, Director of Defense Nuclear Agency

"The Partnership for Peace: a Central European/Hungarian View"
His Excellency State Secretary Ferenc Somogyi
Foreign Ministry of Hungary 

"Partnership for Peace: a Slovakian View"
His Excellency Professor Juraj Schenk
Foreign Minister of the Slovak Republic 

3:00 P.M.  A POLISH VIEW ON PARTNERSHIP FOR PEACE AND NATO ENLARGEMENT
Chairman: Field Marshal Sir Richard Vincent; Chairman, NATO Military Committee

His Excellency Zbigniew Okonski
Minister of Defense of Poland

3:30 P.M.  Break
4:00 P.M.  SPECIAL CHALLENGES TO THE NEW NATO
Chairman: Lieutenant General Malcolm R. O'Neill
Director, Ballistic Missile Defense Organization

Professor Stefano Silvestri
Under Secretary of Defense of Italy 

5:30 P.M.  End of session
7:45 P.M.  Reception and dinner at the Dresden Stadtschloss at the invitation of His Excellency Dr. Kurt Biedenkopf, Minister-President of the Free State of Saxony.

Remarks by Minister-President Dr. Kurt Biedenkopf 

8:15 P.M.  Dinner
 
TUESDAY, 20 JUNE 1995
8:45 A.M.  SPECIAL INVITED ADDRESS
Chairman: Ambassador Thorsteinn Ingolfsson
Icelandic Permanent Representative on the North Atlantic Council

His Excellency Tiit Vahi
Prime Minister of Estonia

9:15 A.M. COOPERATION IN THE NORTHERN REGION AND THE BALTICS
Chairman: General Jørgen Lyng
Chief of Defense of Denmark

His Excellency Valdis Birkavs
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Latvia 

His Excellency Linas Linkevicius
Defense Minister of Lithuania

Progress in building stable democracies and implementing economic reforms. The importance of integration into European and transatlantic economic, political, and security structures. Major areas of cooperation with NATO within the Partnership for Peace program: the introduction of common standards for equipment and weaponry, training of military personnel, participation in joint exercises and peacekeeping activities.

10:15 A.M. Break Break
10:45 A.M.  COOPERATION IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE
Chairman: Lieutenant General G. J. Folmer
Director of NATO International Military Staff

His Excellency Teodor Melescanu 
Foreign Minister of Romania 

His Excellency Alexandre Vondra
First Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic

12:00 A.M.  End of session
12:15 P.M.  Lunch
1:45 P.M. NATOíS FUTURE: AN UKRAINIAN PERSPECTIVE
Chairman: Ambassador Dr. Hermann Freiherr von Richtofen, German Permanent Representative on the North Atlantic Council

His Excellency Hennadiy Udovenko
Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs

2:45 P.M.  Break
3:15 P.M. BUILDING GLOBAL EUROPEAN SECURITY: WHAT PLACE FOR PARTNERSHIP FOR PEACE
Chair: Mr. François Heisbourg
Former Director of International Institute of Strategic Studies

His Excellency Nikolai Afanassievsky
Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation 

How to create an enduring and stable security framework for Europe: Russia's views of the role of NATO, the OSCE, and other international organizations. The assessment of NATO's Partnership for Peace Program. The need to create a mechanism for political and military consultations between Russia and NATO and to enhance cooperation in conflict prevention, crisis management, and peacekeeping. How Russia perceives NATO's possible eastward expansion and how prospects for broadening the Alliance affect Russia's future relationship with NATO. Other questions of significance for Russia's security including the fate of arms limitations agreements, nonproliferation efforts, and questions concerning nuclear and missile technologies and their export. How NATO and its member countries perceive the Russian Federation and its responses to the current security challenges.

4:15 P.M.  End of Session
7:45 P.M.  Informal reception followed by dinner hosted by German Defense Minister Volker Rühe.
8:15 P.M.  Dinner
DINNER ADDRESS
His Excellency Volker Rühe
Minister of Defense of Germany 

Our responsibility is to shape a new Europe of lasting peace and stability, with NATO as the continued basis for security in Europe. The political and strategic relationship between Europe and North America is essentially based on common values and similar interests. It is the Alliance that can genuinely guarantee the security of its members. It is a model for working political and military cooperation between sovereign democratic nations and at the same time an important driving force for political change in Europe. It is our historical obligation to admit the young democracies in our eastern neighborhood, that have contributed so much to the radical change in Europeówhich resulted also in Germany's unificationóto NATO and the European Union. The recent decisions of the Alliance have established a defined agenda for this process. Integration and cooperation are key elements for stability in the whole of Europe. We must preserve what we have already achieved, and we must be willing to share it with new partners.

 
WEDNESDAY, 21 JUNE 1995
9:00 A.M. EUROPEAN PREREQUISITES FOR A TRUE TRANSATLANTIC DEFENSE COOPERATION
Chairman: Mr. Rich Milburn

Dr. Wolfgang Piller, Chief Financial Officer, Daimler-Benz Aerospace
President of German Aerospace Association 

Expectations as to the possible contributions of industrial organizations to Partnership for Peace. Defense industry "down-sizing" in both Western and Eastern European nations. Its effects on global competition, availability of technologies, and costs. The challenges to industrial cooperation caused by these factors. And the need for new perspectives and incentives that will build a cooperative "bridge" between East and West.

10:00 A.M.  Break
10:30 A.M. THE NEW NATO: WORKING WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS
Chairman: Vice Admiral Robert George, CMM CD
Canadian Military Representative to NATO Military Committee

Mr. Sergio Vieira de Mello, Director of Policy Planning and Operations 
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

Ambassador Dr. Istvan Gyarmati, Director
Department of European Security and Cooperation, Hungarian Foreign Ministry

11:45 A.M. NATO BEYOND 2000
Chairman: Dr. Frank B. Horton, III, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense

Ambassador Robert Hunter
United States Permanent Representative on the North Atlantic Council 

12:30 P.M. Lunch at Kempinski Taschenbergpalais Bel Etage
3:00 P.M. Period reserved for meetings among participants; post-workshop excursion for participants and spouses aboard paddle-wheel steamer LEIPZIG on the Elbe River to Schloss Pillnitz.
7:45 P.M. Informal Reception and dinner at Kempinski Taschenbergpalais. Informal remarks by Ambassador Vernon Penner.

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