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The Partnership for Peace (PfP) is a programme of practical bilateral cooperation between individual Partner countries and NATO. It allows Partner countries to build up an individual relationship with NATO, choosing their own priorities for cooperation.
Based on a commitment to the democratic principles that underpin the Alliance itself, the purpose of the Partnership for Peace is to increase stability, diminish threats to peace and build strengthened security relationships between individual Partner countries and NATO, as well as among Partner countries.
The essence of the PfP programme is a partnership formed individually between each Partner country and NATO, tailored to individual needs and jointly implemented at the level and pace chosen by each participating government.
The formal basis for the Partnership for Peace is the Framework Document, which sets out specific undertakings for each Partner country.
Each Partner country makes a number of far-reaching political commitments to preserve democratic societies; to maintain the principles of international law; to fulfil obligations under the UN Charter, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Helsinki Final Act and international disarmament and arms control agreements; to refrain from the threat or use of force against other states; to respect existing borders; and to settle disputes peacefully.
Specific commitments are also made to promote transparency in national defence planning and budgeting to establish democratic control over armed forces, and to develop the capacity for joint action with NATO in peacekeeping and humanitarian operations.
The Framework Document also enshrines a commitment by the Allies to consult with any Partner country that perceives a direct threat to its territorial integrity, political ndependence or security – a mechanism which, for example, Albania and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 1 made use of during the Kosovo crisis.
Partner countries choose individual activities based on their ambitions and abilities. These are put forward to NATO in what is called a Presentation Document.
An Individual Partnership Programme is then jointly developed and agreed between NATO and each Partner country. These two-year programmes are drawn up from an extensive menu of activities, according to each country’s specific interests and needs. Cooperation focuses in particular on defence-related work, defence reform and managing the consequences of defence reform, but touches on virtually every field of NATO activity, including defence policy and planning, civil-military relations, education and training, air defence, communications and information systems, crisis management, and civil emergency planning.
More...The launch of the Partnership for Peace in 1994 represented a significant leap forward in NATO’s cooperation with partner countries.
More...There are currently 24 countries in the Partnership for Peace Programme, see list by country or date.
The Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council provides the overall political framework for NATO’s cooperation with partners and the bilateral relationships developed between NATO and individual partner countries within the Partnership for Peace programme.
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