2009 Model NATO Conference
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2009 Model NATO Conference
North Atlantic Council
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What is the NAC?• Primary Decision Making Body of NATO• Permanent Representatives• Weekly Meetings
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What Does the NAC DO?• Issues Declarations on Policy and Decisions• Reach Full Agreement on All Issues• Tasks Other Committees of Experts for Research
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• Language is Key!• Every Member Country Has an Agenda• Compromise is Important• It’s a Full-Time Job!
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The Political Affairs Committee
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Function
• The foremost role of the Committee is to foster political cooperation among the Allies.
• The body uses two major tools to develop this cooperation:
• The policy of open information sharing and cooperation;
• and the policy of political cooperation among members on specific issues.
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Agenda• NATO - EU Relations • NATO - Russia Relations
• NATO - Ukraine Relations
• NATO – Georgia Relations
• NATO Enlargement
• NATO's role in Afghanistan & Iraq
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NATO – EU Relations• Following the collapse of the Soviet
Union, Lithuania’s move toward Europe, away from Russia, was inevitable.
• In 2004, Lithuania joined the European Union and NATO.
• Lithuania has yet to convert to the euro.
• It has joined the Schengen area.• Lithuania was the first European
state to ratify the Lisbon Treaty
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NATO – Russia Relations• NATO-Russian relations
began formally when Russia joined the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council in 1991.
• In 1997, Russian and Allied leaders signed the NATO-Russia Founding Act on Mutual Relations, Cooperation and Security, which established the Permanent Joint Council (PJC).
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NATO – Russia Relations (cont.)• In 2002, Russian and NATO
leaders sign a declaration on “NATO-Russia Relations: A New Quality” and establish the NATO-Russia Council (NRC), which replaces the PJC.
• Key Areas of Cooperation: Current security issues, Terrorism, Military-to-military cooperation, Crisis management, TMD, Defense reform, Airspace management, Non-proliferation, Civil emergency planning.
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NATO – Ukraine Relations
• 1991 – Ukraine joins the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council
• 1997 – The Allies and Ukraine formally sign the Charter on a Distinctive Partnership, establishing the NATO-Ukraine Commission (NUC)
• 2002 - Leonid Kuchma announces Ukraine’s goal of eventual NATO membership. This results in the NATO-Ukraine Action Plan
• 2005 – In Vilnius, the Allies and Ukraine launch an Intensified Dialogue on Ukraine’s aspirations to NATO membership.
2008 – At the Bucharest Summit, NATO leaders agreed that Ukraine should and would become a member of NATO
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NATO – Georgia Relations• In 1992, Georgia joined the
North Atlantic Cooperation Council.
• 2004 – Georgia finalizes its first Individual Partnership Action Plan
• 2006 – NATO offers Intensified Dialogue to Georgia
• April 2008 – At the Bucharest Summit, Allied leaders agreed that Georgia would join NATO in the future.
• September 2008 – NATO-Georgia Commission established to oversee further development of relations
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NATO Enlargement
• “The Parties may, by unanimous agreement, invite any other European State in a position to further the principles of this Treaty and to contribute to the security of the North Atlantic area to accede to this Treaty.” - Article 10 (North Atlantic Treaty)
• Currently, Croatia, Albania, and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia are participating in the MAP
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The Defense Planning Committee
The Defense Planning Committee (DPC) is the senior decision-making body on matters relating to the
integrated military structure of the Alliance.
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Integrated Military Structure
• All nations, opting to be members of the military part, of NATO contribute forces which together constitute the integrated military structure of the Alliance. – France is a member of NATO but does not opt to be a
member of the military part of NATO
• The military body of NATO follows the guidance of the collective members of NATO at all times.
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Defense Planning Committee Agenda
• NATO in Afghanistan and Iraq
• Stability and Reconstruction Issues
• New Member Integration
• NATO -– EU Relations and Operations
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Nuclear Planning Group
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Energy Security
• Information and intelligence fusion and sharing
• Projecting stability• Advancing international and regional
cooperation• Supporting consequence management• Supporting the protection of critical
infrastructure.
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The Missile Shield
• NATO has recognized the missile shield as being vital to Europe's defense.
• Poland agrees to house interceptors.• Russia threatens to deploy SRNM
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Partnership for PeaceArmament Co-op Projects
• Language training (LNG)• Command• Control and communication (C3)• Military education• Training and doctrine (TRD)• Air Space Management / Control (ASM)• Air Defence (ADF)• Logistics (LOG)
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Working Group on NATO operations
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KOSOVO• Lithuania has taken an “active part in
the peace campaign as well as contributing to Kosovo reconstruction process…” since 1999 with the OSCE & BALTCON (before it became a NATO member)
• Lithuania is determined to continuing humanitarian efforts to Kosovo until it is democratized.
• 30 Lithuanian soldiers currently present with the KFOR operation. Also, with a Polish-Ukrainian effort.
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ACTIVE ENDEAVOUR
• Lithuania supports NATO’s Active Endeavor, but is not directly involved in it.
• Its aim is to prevent any terrorist activity in the Mediterranean Sea.
• Monitored by NATO ships & allied countries.
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AFGHANISTAN
• Lithuania has been involved in Afghanistan since 2005 with over 1200 Lithuanians serving there.
• Involvement: Reconstruction & development (“infrastructure, good governance, & the rule of law, sustainable development, education, protection of cultural heritage.
• Leading the Provincial Reconstruction Team of the Ghor Province
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NATO Training Mission-Iraq
• Lithuanian personnel is directly involved in NTM-I.
• “Personnel trains & gives advice to the highest ranking & middle rank personnel of Iraqi security forces…, at NATO’s schools & training centres.
• Also donate equipment.
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NATO Support to African Union
• Lithuania, although supports NATO’s efforts, it is currently not giving any direct contributions.
• NATO began its AU mission in Sudan (especially Darfur) in 2005 & ended in 2007. Although, it is still assisting the UN & UNAMID if they need support.
• NATO provided airlift & training • of AU personnel, but did • not provide combat troops.