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THE NATO PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY from 1955-2005.Pdf NATO Parliamentary Assembly 1955-2005 NATO Parliamentary Assembly 1955-2005 This book was produced with the generous assistance of the 50 Years parliaments of Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Norway, Slovenia, and Turkey. of Parliamentary Diplomacy Editor’s Note n 2004 the Assembly’s Standing Committee decided to There may be slight inconsistencies between articles. I commemorate the Assembly’s 50th anniversary. It was However, as we have aimed for articles based on personal rec- decided to hold a special plenary sitting during the 50th annual ollections, we have not attempted to reconcile occasional dif- session. To that end, during that session, which took place in ferences or discrepancies. Our goal was to retain the original Venice, a special meeting was held involving, for the first time, spontaneity of the authors’ perceptions and memories. the permanent representatives to the North Atlantic Council. This was an outstanding success, as a record number of session As with so many projects of this kind, the book has evolved participants – over a thousand – clearly showed. and become more substantial than was first envisaged. Contributions were generally longer than anticipated and as The Standing Committee also decided that the Assembly we began to see a whole picture of the project emerging, it should produce a commemorative book as an enduring way of became clear that it would merit a more visually appealing marking this important milestone in the Assembly’s history. and enduring format than was foreseen at the outset. This The volume should cover the entire span of the Assembly’s exis- had obvious financial implications, but several delegations tence, but focus specifically on the Assembly’s role from the end came forward with generous offers of assistance. I would of the Cold War. This was a period of profound significance for therefore like to extend our thanks to the delegations of all nations in the Euro-Atlantic region, and which saw a trans- Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Lithuania, formation – almost a renaissance – of the Assembly. Not only Luxembourg, Norway, Slovenia and Turkey, who made special did the Assembly become an inclusive forum for parliamentari- contributions to ensure the book’s completion in its present ans from nations beyond NATO’s borders, it became a means form. for assisting the democratic revolutions sweeping Central and Eastern Europe and for promoting the values and principles Several of the Assembly’s staff have been involved in the pro- upon which the Alliance and the Assembly were founded. duction of this book but two in particular should be singled out. The task of editing and producing this book was made It was further agreed that rather than a historical narrative, the much easier by the head of the Assembly’s Documents Service, book should be based on contributions from the parliamentar- Dominique Gins, and her able team who rose magnificently to ians themselves who had actively participated in the Assembly the challenge of producing a volume of this size in two lan- during these key years: traditional, new and potential members guages and who were deeply involved in every aspect of its and partners along with a few from key parliamentary and preparation from layout and style to proofreading and finding Assembly staff. Together with my deputy, David Hobbs, I have photographs. My executive assistant, Susan Millar, also undertaken responsibility for organizing and editing the con- deserves a special mention: she was central to the considerable tributions. task of co-ordinating the project which she did with her usual efficiency and attention to detail, plus considerable measures In doing so, we had to make several decisions which merit of tact and tenacity as she pursued the final contributions mention, even though they might seem small to a casual (including my own). reader. The first was how to list the positions that contributors have held within the Assembly. The problem is that many of Finally, we would like to thank all those who contributed the the contributors are almost by definition extremely active articles that make up this volume. The Assembly has an excel- within the Assembly, and those who have been long-serving lent story to tell, and the contributors have certainly done it members have occupied key positions on any number of com- justice. We hope that the Assembly’s membership will think mittees and sub-committees (many of which have rather likewise. lengthy titles). We therefore decided to list only the most senior offices held: committee chairs and positions on the Assembly’s Bureau – President, Vice-President and Treasurer. There can also be sensitivities about the names used for cer- Simon Lunn tain countries: here we were guided by the authors themselves Secretary General of the NATO and used the terms they themselves chose. Parliamentary Assembly Contents CHAPTER 9 The Mediterranean and Beyond Preface Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, Jean-Michel Boucheron . 163 8 Secretary General of NATO and Chairman of the North Atlantic Council . Giovanni Lorenzo Forcieri . 167 Foreword Pierre Lellouche, CHAPTER 10 The Transatlantic Relationship President of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly . 10 Doug Bereuter . 173 John Tanner . 179 Pierre Claude Nolin . 182 CHAPTER 1 The Evolving Role of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly CHAPTER 11 Simon Lunn . 17 Northern Security Jan Tore Sanner . 193 CHAPTER 2 The Assembly from 1955 to 1989 CHAPTER 12 David Hobbs . 31 The Caucasus and Central Asia Vahit Erdem . 201 CHAPTER 3 Pioneering Transition CHAPTER 13 Bruce George . 45 The Evolution of the European Security and Defence Policy 207 Loïc Bouvard . 57 Wim van Eekelen . Karsten Voigt . 62 CHAPTER 14 The Work of the Committees CHAPTER 4 The Enlargement of the Alliance The Committee on the Civil Dimension of Security, Alice Mahon . 215 The Defence and Security Committee, 221 Peter Sardi . 71 Joel Hefley . The Economics and Security Committee, 227 Longin Pastusiak . 77 Jos van Gennip . The Political Committee, 240 Ceslovas Stankevicius . 86 Markus Meckel . The Science and Technology Committee, 250 Ioan Mircea Pascu . 96 Lothar Ibrügger . Jozef Banas . 100 Appendices CHAPTER 5 Co-operation and Partnership Appendix 1 Presidents, Treasurers and Secretaries General from 1955 to 2005 . 258 105 Nano Ruzin . Appendix 2 Structure and Organisation, David Hobbs and Simon Lunn . 260 109 Giorgi Baramidze . Appendix 3 The International Secretariat, David Hobbs and Simon Lunn . 270 Andrea Cellino . 113 The Internship Programme, Paul Cook . 272 The Headquarters, Sébastien Botella . 273 CHAPTER 6 Remember Kosovo. The Evolution of the Assembly Javier Ruperez . 131 Additional contributions First Contacts with the Supreme Soviet, Sir Geoffrey Johnson Smith . 55 The Creation of the Rose-Roth Seminar Programme, Simon Lunn . 68 CHAPTER 7 Relations with the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation The First Rose-Roth Seminar, Vilnius, December 1991, Simon Lunn . 94 . 137 Rafael Estrella My Initial Encounter with the NATO PA, Hans-Dirk Bierling . 103 Lubov Sliska . 143 The Parliamentary Staff Training Programme, Svitlana Svyetova . 118 Victor Ozerov . 149 The Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces, Philipp Fluri . 122 The New Parliamentarians Programme, Svitlana Svyetova and David Hobbs . 125 HAPTER 8 C Relations with the Ukrainian Parliament Two Journeys, Doina Ghimici . 128 Peter Viggers . 153 Co-operation with the Parliamentary Network on the World Bank, Bert Koenders . 236 Oleh Zarubinsky . 159 An Enduring Relationship with OECD, Hugh Bayley . 238 Preface Preface Jaap de Hoop Scheffer or half a century, the NATO Parliamentary Assembly has been Alliance today is prepared to tackle risks and threats from wherever they may originate. We F a vital link between NATO and the wider public. The are leading complex operations in the Balkans, Afghanistan, the Mediterranean and most Assembly has offered vital input and strategic thinking to NATO’s recently a training mission in Iraq. We have embarked upon a major transformation of our ongoing work. It has acted both as an indicator of public opinion capabilities, structures and procedures to sustain such a more pro-active, functional and as a channel for informing that same opinion. It has helped par- approach to security. We have enhanced our co-operation with our Partner countries and liamentarians to learn about the views and concerns of colleagues in with other international organisations. And we have given a fresh impulse to NATO’s role as other countries, and to adequately reflect Alliance interests and con- a unique forum for transatlantic political dialogue. siderations in their national discussions. Moreover, as the only body that brings together European and North American legislators on a Against this background, the role of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly has evolved as regular basis, the Assembly has nurtured the transatlantic relation- well. It plays a key role in explaining the new security environment to our citizens – making ship. All those different roles were critical to NATO in the past. clear that NATO’s new missions are as essential to their personal security as the deterrence They are no less important now and into the future. role that the Alliance played in the past. The Assembly can be instrumental, also, in dis- In the late 1980s, the Assembly reacted promptly and deci- pelling the still widely held belief that we can have security on the cheap – explaining why sively to a rapidly changing security environment. Indeed, it added an all-European dimen- Jaap de Hoop NATO’s new missions require new, and different, capabilities. As a successful network of co- sion to its transatlantic vocation even before NATO itself was able to do.
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