Cooperation with International Organizations

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Cooperation with International Organizations

• Presented by Ratela Asllani, M.A
• PhD Candidate

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Contents

• NATOs Partnership
• NATOs Partners
• NATO International Organizations
• Conclusion

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1. NATOs Partnership

• NATOs Strategic Concept identifies cooperative
  security as one of NATOs three essential core
  tasks.
• NATO works with partners from Central and Eastern
  Europe, Central Asia, the Caucasus, the
  Mediterranean rim, the Gulf region and individual
  countries from across the globe.
• NATOs partners also comprise other international
  organizations, including the UN and the EU, as
  well as other actors such as the International
  Committee of the Red Cross.
• Partners cooperate with NATO in a very broad
  range of security-related areas and, when taking
  part in a NATO cooperation programme, can
  participate in over 1,000 activities offered in
  the Partnership Cooperation Menu.
• Partners contribute in many ways to shaping
  discussions and debates in the Alliance.

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1. NATOs Partnership

• A cooperative Approach

• A comprehensive Approach

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1.1 A cooperative Approach to Security

• Partnership, dialogue, consultation
  cooperation
• Political consultations on security developments,
  as appropriate, including regional issues, in
  particular with a view to preventing crises and
  contributing to their management
• Cooperation in NATO-led operations and missions
• Interoperability, so that partners can support
  the Alliance in achieving its tactical,
  operational and strategic objectives
• Defense reform, capability- and
  capacity-building, education and training
• Counter-terrorism
• Counter-proliferation of weapons of mass
  destruction and their means of delivery
• Emerging security challenges, including those
  related to cyber defense, energy security and
  maritime security, including counter-piracy
• Civil emergency planning.

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1.2 A Comprehensive Approach to Crisis

• Planning and conduct of operations
• Lessons learned, training, education and
  exercises
• Enhancing cooperation with external actors
• Public messaging

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2. NATOs Partners

• Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC) (NATO
  countries)
• NATO's Mediterranean Dialogue (NATO 7
  Mediterranean countries)
• Istanbul Cooperation Initiative (ICI) (NATO 4
  Gulf Cooperation Council)
• Partners Across the Globe (countries with mutual
  interests)
• International Organizations

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3. NATO International Organizations

• United Nations Organizations
• European Union
• Organization for Security and Cooperation in
  Europe

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3.1 NATO UN
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3.1 NATO UN (Legal Aspect)

• The Charter of the United Nations, signed in San
  Francisco on 26 June 1945, establishes the
  overall responsibility of the UN Security Council
  for international peace and security.
• NATOs North Atlantic Treaty signed four years
  later, on 4 April 1949, makes clear that the UN
  Charter is the framework within which the
  Alliance operates.
• In the Treaty, Allies reaffirm their faith in the
  purposes and principles of the Charter and commit
  themselves to the peaceful resolution of
  conflicts.
• Commit themselves to the principle of collective
  defense, in line with Article 51 of the UN
  Charter which establishes the inherent right of
  individual or collective defense of all UN member
  countries.

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3.1 NATO UN

• Share a commitment to maintaining international
  peace and security. Cooperation since the early
  1990s.
• NATOs 2010 Strategic Concept commits the
  Alliance to prevent crises, manage conflicts and
  stabilize post-conflict situations, including by
  working more closely with NATOs international
  partners, most importantly the UN and the
  European Union.
• The complexity of todays security challenges has
  required a broader dialogue between NATO and the
  UN. In 2010, following the signing of the 2008
  UN-NATO declaration on cooperation, NATO
  reinforced its liaison arrangements by
  establishing the post of NATO Civilian Liaison
  Officer to the United Nations, in addition to
  that of a Military Liaison Officer, established
  in 1999. This enhanced cooperation is an integral
  part of NATOs contribution to a Comprehensive
  Approach to crisis management and operations.

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3.1 NATO UN

• Framework for Cooperation
• In September 2008, established a framework for
  expanded consultation and cooperation.
• Cooperation on issues of common interest,
  including in communication information-sharing
  capacity-building, training exercises lessons
  learned, planning support for contingencies
  operational coordination support.
• Cooperation on practical basis, taking into
  account each organization's specific mandate,
  expertise, procedures capabilities.
• Regular exchanges dialogue at senior working
  levels on political operational issues.
• NATOs Secretary General reports regularly to the
  UN Secretary-General on progress in UN-mandated
  NATO-led operations on other key decisions of
  the North Atlantic Council in the area of crisis
  management in the fight against terrorism.
• In recent years, staff-level meetings and
  high-level visits have become more frequent.
• The UN is frequently invited to attend NATO
  ministerial meetings summits,
• The NATO Secretary General participates in the UN
  General Assembly,
• Staff level meetings take place on an annual
  basis between the Secretariats of NATO the UN.
• NATO contributes to the work of a number of UN
  committees and bodies

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3.1 NATO UN

• Key areas of cooperation
• Counter-terrorism (UNSCR 1373, 2001)
• Non-proliferation (UNSCR 1540, 2004)
• Women, peace and security (UNSCR 1325, in August
  2012, the NATO Secretary General appointed a
  NATO Special Representative )
• Protecting children in armed conflict (UNSCR
  1612, appointment of a NATO Focal Point for
  Children and Armed Conflict ).
• Small arms and light weapons NATO also
  contributes to the UN Programme of Action to
  Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade
  in Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) in All its
  Aspects, adopted in July 2001 by nearly 150
  countries, including all NATO member states.
• Disaster relief Through the Euro-Atlantic
  Disaster Response Coordination Centre
  (EADRCC), NATO coordinates consequence-management
  efforts with UN and other bodies and shares
  information on disaster assistance.

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3.1 NATO UN

• Evaluation of cooperation in field
• Bringing peace to the former Yugoslavia
• Afghanistan
• Iraq
• Supporting African Union missions
• Deterring piracy
• Libya

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3.2 NATO EU
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3.2 NATO EU

• Strategic Partnership
• Sharing strategic interests.
• Cooperate on issues of common interest.
• Working side by side in crisis management,
• capability development political
  consultations.
• The EU is a unique essential partner for NATO.
• Both share a majority of members (22), who share
  common values.

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NATO EU

• Framework for Cooperation
• NATO-EU Declaration on ESDP
• The Berlin Plus arrangements 

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NATO EU

• Cooperation in Field
• The Western Balkans
• FYROM
• Bosnia-Herzegovina
• Kosovo
• Cooperation in other regions
• Afghanistan
• Darfur, Sudan
• Piracy (EUNAVFOR Atalanta)

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NATO EU

• Areas of Cooperation
• Political consultation
• Capabilities
• Terrorism and WMD proliferation
• New areas of cooperation

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3.2 NATO EU

• Participation
• The organizations have 22 member countries in
  common.
• Albania, Canada, Iceland, Norway, Turkey, and the
  United States, which are members of NATO but not
  of the EU, participate in all NATO-EU meetings.
• Austria, Finland, Ireland, Sweden, and since
  2008, Malta, which are members of the EU and of
  NATOs Partnership for Peace (PfP) programme,
  participate in all NATO-EU meetings.
• However, Cyprus which is not a PfP member does
  not have a security agreement with NATO on the
  exchange of classified documents, cannot
  participate in official NATO-EU meetings. This is
  a consequence of decisions taken by NATO in
  December 2002. Informal meetings including Cyprus
  take place occasionally at different levels.

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3.3 NATO OSCE
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3.3 NATO OSCE

• Work together to build security promote
  stability in the Euro-Atlantic area
• Cooperate at both the political the operational
  level in areas such as conflict prevention and
  resolution, post-conflict rehabilitation, crisis
  management, as well as in addressing new security
  challenges
• At the political level, consult each other on
  thematic and regional security issues of common
  interest such as border security disarmament.
• At the operational level, cooperation in conflict
  prevention, crisis management post-conflict
  rehabilitation has been particularly active in
  the Western Balkans.

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NATO OSCE

• Complement each others efforts on the ground.
• NATO initiatives to support defense reform,
  including arms control, mine clearance the
  destruction of stockpiles of arms munitions,
  dovetail with OSCE efforts aimed at preventing
  conflict and restoring stability after conflict.
• Close cooperation in the development of an
  international Comprehensive Approach to crisis
  management, which requires the effective
  application of both military and civilian means.
  At the Lisbon Summit in 2010, the Allies decided
  to enhance NATOs contribution to a comprehensive
  approach to crisis management as part of the
  international communitys effort and to improve
  NATOs ability to deliver stabilization
  reconstruction effects.

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NATO OSCE

• At recent summits, the Allies have reiterated
  the importance of the OSCEs role in regional
  security as a forum for dialogue on issues
  relevant to Euro-Atlantic security.
• Encompassing the political/ military, economic/
  environmental human dimensions, the OSCE plays
  an important role in promoting security and
  cooperation.
• The Allies aim to further enhance NATOs
  cooperation with the OSCE.

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NATO OSCE

• Political Dialogue
• Regularly exchange views information on key
  security-related issues such as border security,
  disarmament, arms control (in particular,
  controlling the spread of small arms and light
  weapons), energy security terrorism,
  environmental issues (Environment and Security
  Initiative (ENVSEC)¹ ),
• Political relations governed today by the
  "Platform for Co-operative Security", which was
  launched by the OSCE in 1999 at the NATO Istanbul
  Summit. Via the Platform, OSCE in order to
  restore democracy, prosperity and stability in
  Europe and beyond.
• Since the Platform was adopted, experts from both
  NATO and the OSCE have met regularly to discuss
  operational and political issues of common
  interest in the areas of conflict prevention,
  crisis management and post-conflict
  reconstruction operations.
• December 2003, the OSCEs "Strategy to Address
  Threats to Security and Stability in the 21st
  Century"
• Dialogue also takes place at a higher political
  level. The NATO Secretary General is occasionally
  invited to speak at the OSCE Annual Security
  Review Conference. The OSCE Secretary General
  addressed the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council
  (EAPC) Ambassadors meeting (2007 2008). NATO
  regularly participates in the annual meetings of
  the OSCE Ministerial Council, as an observer. The
  OSCE Chairperson-in-Office is also invited to
  some of the meetings held at NATO Headquarters in
  Brussels.
• The NATO Science for Peace and Security Programme
  is associated with the ENVSEC, which brings
  together NATO, the OSCE, the Regional
  Environmental Center, the United Nations (UN)
  Development Programme, the UN Economic Commission
  for Europe and the UN Environment Programme.

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NATO OSCE

• Cooperation in Western Balkan
• Bosnia and Herzegovina
• NATO and the OSCE developed a joint action
  programme
• NATO assisted the OSCE in its work in the area of
  arms control confidence security-building
  measures in the country.
• NATO has, inter alia, contributed to the proper
  conduct of elections under OSCE auspices.
• Kosovo
• (1998-1999), the OSCE mounted a Kosovo
  Verification Mission to monitor compliance on the
  ground with the Holbrooke-Milosevic cease-fire
  agreement. NATO conducted a parallel aerial
  surveillance mission.
• UNSCR 1244 in June 1999, a new OSCE Mission in
  Kosovo was established as part of the United
  Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo
  (UNMIK).
• The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
• A NATO Task Force provided additional security
  for international monitors in early 2000. Today,
  the NATO Liaison Office in Skopje continues to
  exchange information with the OSCE Mission to
  Skopje.
• Border security
• in May 2003, five Western Balkans countries
  endorsed a Common Platform developed by the
  European Union, NATO, the OSCE and the then
  Stability Pact for South-East Europe aimed at
  enhancing border security in the region.

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Conclusion

• New threats led to cooperation with International
  Organizations
• Common values interests led to consultation
  cooperation
• Organizations tried to minimize their overlapping
  issues complement each other
• Building peace security to the world

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