Public Information Adviser International Military Staff Press Release 004.96 26 Aug. 1996

1996 Military Committee Tour Military Committee to Visit Portugal and Spain The Military Committee of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the highest military authority in NATO, will visit military installations and armed forces in Portugal and Spain during the period 08-13 September 1996. The Military Committee is composed of the Chiefs of Defence Staff of each member country except Iceland, which has no armed forces. The tour is one of a continuing programme of visits to regions of the Alliance. During both the Portuguese and the Spanish part of this tour, the Military Committee will hold a meeting in Chiefs of Staff Session, on 10 September 1996 in Cascais, Portugal and on 13 September 1996 in Madrid, Spain. The visiting group includes the President of the Military Committee, Admiral António Carlos Fuzeta da Ponte, the Chairman of the Military Committee, General Klaus Naumann, the Chiefs of Defence Staff who will be accompanied by their Representatives to the Military Committee in Permanent Session in Brussels. The Supreme Allied Commander Europe, General George A. Joulwan, and the Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic, General John J. Sheehan, will also participate in the tour. The last Military Committee tour was in September 1995, when Belgium, Luxembourg and The Netherlands were visited.