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EU Defence:
Drafts of Helsinki Decisions Revealed
6 December 1999
The European Council (EU Heads of State and Government)
meeting in Helsinki on 10-11 December 1999 will approve
progress reports on strengthening European security and
defence cooperation and non-military crisis management tools.
This is a significant step in the implementation of the
Cologne European Council (June 1999) decision to create
a Common European Security and Defence Policy, which is
slated to become operational from the beginning of 2001.
The Finnish Presidency of the EU has been working on "[Draft]
Strengthening of the Common European Policy on Security
and Defence: First Steps and Guidance for Further Work"
and "[Draft] Presidency Report on Non-Military Crisis Management
of the European Union," which are expected to form the basis
of the European Council decisions. BASIC publishes drafts
of these document.
[Draft] Strengthening
of the Common European Policy on Security and Defence:
First Steps and Guidance for Further Work (PDF format
only)
[Draft] Presidency Report on
Non-Military Crisis Management of the European Union
(PDF format only)
European Security
- Sharks and Minnows Off Helsinki
an analysis of these reports from the Berlin Information-center
for Transatlantic Security (BITS), 2 December 1999.
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