Politik-anbefalinger tilsluttet ved NPA-forsamlingen i 2013

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NATO Parliamentary Assembly
POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS
adopted by the
NATO PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY
in 2013
www.nato-pa.int October 2013
NATO's Parlamentariske Forsamling 2013-14
NPA Alm.del Bilag 3
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
RESOLUTION 401 ...........................................................................................................................1
FURTHERING STABILITY AND THE EURO-ATLANTIC PROSPECTS OF THE
WESTERN BALKANS
RESOLUTION 402 ...........................................................................................................................4
AFGHANISTAN: A RENEWED SECURITY, POLITICAL, AND ECONOMIC
ROADMAP FOR 2014 AND BEYOND
RESOLUTION 403 ...........................................................................................................................7
THE ECONOMIC AND STRATEGIC IMPLICATIONS OF THE UNCONVENTIONAL
OIL AND GAS REVOLUTION
RESOLUTION 404 ...........................................................................................................................9
THE GROWING STRATEGIC RELEVANCE OF ASIA-PACIFIC: IMPLICATIONS
FOR NATO
RESOLUTION 405 .........................................................................................................................11
THE CRISIS IN SYRIA: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE REGION AND BEYOND
RESOLUTION 406 .........................................................................................................................13
IMPROVING THE SURVIVABILITY OF NATO GROUND FORCES
RESOLUTION 407 .........................................................................................................................15
NEW ENERGY IDEAS FOR NATO MILITARIES: BUILDING ACCOUNTABILITY,
REDUCING DEMAND, SECURING SUPPLY
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RESOLUTION 401
on
FURTHERING STABILITY AND THE EURO-ATLANTIC PROSPECTS
OF THE WESTERN BALKANS
The Assembly,
1. Reiterating its firm commitment to NATO’s “Open Door” policy and inspired by the
unambiguous success of the previous rounds of NATO enlargement;
2. Convinced that the accession to NATO of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia,
Montenegro and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia1
as well as the accession to
the European Union of all the aspiring countries, once they have met membership criteria,
are essential steps towards fulfilling the vision of a Europe whole, free and at peace and key
elements in fostering the stability of the region and its political and economic development;
3. Noting that NATO membership is subject to the ability of aspirant countries to create
genuinely democratic societies, to contribute to Euro-Atlantic security, and to cultivate
constructive relations with neighbours, and that no third country can veto the enlargement
decisions;
4. Congratulating Croatia and its people on joining the European Union and
convinced that this historic event provides a positive example and incentive for the entire
region;
5. Commending the milestone agreement between Belgrade and Pristina of
19 April 2013 and welcoming the European Union’s decisions to open accession talks with
Serbia and to sign a Stabilisation and Association Agreement with Kosovo, which open new
stabilisation and co-operation perspectives for the entire region;
6. Underlining the importance of nurturing harmonious inter-ethnic relations and fully
functioning multi-ethnic societies which resonates with the fundamental values NATO Allies
and EU member states share;
7. Aware of persistent challenges in the region with regard to fighting corruption and
organised crime and ensuring transparent administration and independence of the judiciary
and the media;
8. Commending KFOR for providing security and safety to all individuals and
communities in Kosovo and welcoming KFOR’s readiness to assist the implementation of
the 19 April Agreement;
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presented by the Committee on the Civil Dimension of Security and adopted by the Plenary
Assembly on Monday 14 October 2013, Dubrovnik, Croatia.
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Turkey recognises the Republic of Macedonia with its constitutional name.
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9. Stressing the urgent need for comprehensive constitutional reforms in
Bosnia and Herzegovina, both at state and entity levels, as a basis for the emergence of
efficient and transparent institutions in the future;
10. Welcoming the progress made by Bosnia and Herzegovina in the defence sector
and its decision to increase its contribution to the International Security Assistance Force
(ISAF) in Afghanistan, while regretting persistent blockages on the issue of immovable
defence property;
11. Commending the progress the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia has made in
the sphere of domestic reforms and particularly its efforts to build a multi-ethnic society, and
praising its substantial contribution to operations led by NATO, the EU and the UN;
12. Regretting that the unresolved ‘name issue’ remains an important obstacle to the
Euro-Atlantic integration of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia;
13. Welcoming Montenegro’s impressive efforts to meet the Euro-Atlantic membership
criteria and praising its contributions to NATO-led missions;
14. URGES the governments and parliaments of the North Atlantic Alliance and the EU:
a. to reaffirm their commitment to the Euro-Atlantic perspective of the Western Balkans
and Georgia and to consider taking the next steps in the process of NATO
enlargement at its 2014 Summit, taking into account that the accession process is
performance-driven and not calendar-driven, and that each candidate is judged on its
own merits in accordance with criteria and preconditions set by NATO;
b. to continue to provide incentives for further efforts undertaken to implement domestic
reforms and to improve relations with neighbours;
c. to maintain an international military and civilian presence in Bosnia and Herzegovina
and in Kosovo for as long as the situation requires;
d. to encourage regional political leaders to accelerate necessary constitutional and
other internal reforms and to cultivate a culture of compromise and open constructive
dialogue with domestic opponents and regional partners;
e. to step up technical and expert assistance aimed at further strengthening civil
society;
f. to facilitate inter-ethnic dialogue and to support the creation of peaceful multi-ethnic,
multi-cultural, and multi-religious societies in the region;
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15. URGES the government and Parliament of Bosnia and Herzegovina:
a. to reach an agreement on a meaningful constitutional reform, which ensures the full
implementation of the European Court of Human Rights’ judgement in the
Sejdić-Finci case;
b. to promptly resolve the issue of immovable defence property;
16. URGES the relevant authorities in Kosovo and Serbia to remain fully and genuinely
committed to the implementation of the 19 April Agreement;
17. URGES the government and Parliament of the former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia to foster constructive dialogue among all political stakeholders and to
ensure the independence of the judiciary and the freedom of the media;
18. CALLS UPON both Skopje and Athens to redouble their efforts to solve the ‘name
issue’, thus strengthening Euro-Atlantic integration as well as stability and prosperity
in the region; and,
19. URGES the government and Parliament of Montenegro to further implement security
sector reforms, to strengthen the rule of law, to enhance the administrative capacities
of state institutions, and to raise public awareness about NATO and the rights and
responsibilities of membership.
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RESOLUTION 402
on
AFGHANISTAN: A RENEWED SECURITY, POLITICAL, AND
ECONOMIC ROADMAP FOR 2014 AND BEYOND
The Assembly,
1. Underlining that NATO and its partner countries’ strategic goals in Afghanistan are
to ensure that the Afghan state will not again become a safe haven for terrorism, and to
assist its government in bringing peace and stability to a war-weary population and a
troubled region;
2. Convinced that Afghanistan, with the uninterrupted help of the International Security
Assistance Force (ISAF), is on the pathway to achieve these goals, with progress continuing
to be made at all levels on the ground;
3. Applauding the achievement of ‘Milestone 2013’, which marks the official handover
of security responsibility for the entire territory of Afghanistan from ISAF to the Afghan
National Security Forces (ANSF), as well as ISAF’s continued efforts as a Security Force
Assistance (SFA) mission to train, advise, and assist the ANSF;
4. Commending the Inteqal transition programme, particularly the progress of the
ANSF in their struggle against insurgent forces and their success in providing security for the
Afghan people, but expressing concern for the rising casualty tolls seen over the past year;
5. Underscoring that long-term stability in Afghanistan depends on continued political,
social and economic progress, as well as on the ANSF’s capacity to reflect and protect the
diversity of the Afghan population;
6. Supporting the Afghanistan Peace and Reintegration Program (APRP) in its efforts
to reintegrate insurgents who renounce violence and their ties to armed groups and terrorist
organisations;
7. Recalling the necessity for organising a credible, inclusive, and transparent
presidential election in 2014 and stressing the importance of the international community’s
commitment to support democracy and pluralism in the Afghan institutions and among its
political leaders;
8. Recognising the progress the Afghan government has achieved in building durable
state institutions, a sustainable civil society and anti-corruption mechanisms, but stressing
that additional efforts are needed;
9. Emphasising the imperative of renewed negotiations between the Afghanistan High
Peace Council (HPC) and the designated Taliban representatives and other insurgents
operating in the country, but supporting President Karzai’s stated preconditions for
reconciliation endorsed by the relevant UN Security Council resolutions: disarmament,
breaking of ties with international terrorist organisations, including al-Qaeda, and acceptance
of the Afghan Constitution;
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presented by the Defence and Security Committee and adopted by the Plenary Assembly on
Monday 14 October 2013, Dubrovnik, Croatia.
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10. Underscoring and understanding the increased fiscal constraints the Afghan
government will face after the drawdown of international forces and their associated
revenues; and,
11. Appealing, therefore, to the international community to reinvest part of the
‘drawdown dividend’ into the future of the ANSF.
12. URGES member governments and parliaments of countries contributing to ISAF:
a. to express unequivocal political and economic support to the Afghan people after the
drawdown in December 2014; and, to work with the government of Afghanistan as an
equal partner and to create a mutually beneficial relationship based on trust;
b. to commit themselves to maintaining Alliance cohesion, drive, and desire for a
successful security transition to Operation Resolute Support, including the provision of
a reserve rapid reaction force to protect it;
c. to work diligently to negotiate and sign a post-2014 Status of Forces Agreement
(SOFA) outlining the legal framework for foreign troops in the country after
December 2014;
d. to give financial, technical, and security assistance to the 2014 presidential election;
e. to remain ready to advise and assist Afghan government institutions in the
development and implementation of their border security policies, particularly those
addressing illegal migration, drug trafficking and other threats to our societies;
f. to build upon the Tokyo framework and to set clear and achievable benchmarks for the
continued improvement of the strength, transparency, and efficacy of all Afghan state
institutions, particularly the ANSF;
g. to encourage the Afghanistan HPC in its negotiations with the designated Taliban
representatives and other insurgents to establish a lasting peace in Afghanistan;
h. to prepare their publics for the range of possible outcomes of the Peace and
Reconciliation Process, while simultaneously convincing them of the need to reinvest
in the future security and prosperity of the Afghan state;
i. to continue to promote respect for human rights and gender equality in Afghanistan
beyond 2014 by encouraging a diverse and sustainable civil society;
j. to support broad co-operation with relevant regional structures, in particular in the
sphere of fighting drug trafficking from Afghanistan, extremism and challenges for
regional stability;
k. to include in all negotiations and agreements with Afghan authorities the commitment
to maintain and improve progress in the domain of the rights of Afghan women and
girls, to establish a mechanism for the assessment of this obligation and to make
support conditional to compliance.
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13. CALLS UPON the government and Parliament of Afghanistan:
a. to work diligently with the United States and NATO to develop a mutually beneficial
and feasible post-2014 SOFA;
b. to recognise the vital importance of partnering with NATO and its partner countries to
continue training and assisting the ANSF after 2014;
c. to continue to strengthen and diversify the ANSF to ensure that they:
i. maintain the balance of power in the fight against the insurgency;
ii. continue with their insurgent reintegration programmes;
iii. represent the rich ethnic diversity of the country;
d. to step up their efforts to negotiate a durable and peaceful resolution of the conflict
with insurgents;
e. to continue to build a robust democratic political sphere, dedicated to pluralism through
continued electoral reform in order to represent the true will of all of the Afghan people;
f. to continue to fight persistent institutional corruption; and,
g. to expand their existing efforts to improve relations with neighbouring countries,
particularly Pakistan, as well as other international actors working to develop a stable,
strong, and independent Afghanistan.
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RESOLUTION 403
on
THE ECONOMIC AND STRATEGIC IMPLICATIONS OF THE
UNCONVENTIONAL OIL AND GAS REVOLUTION
The Assembly,
1. Acknowledging that revolutionary advances in hydraulic fracturing and horizontal
drilling have dramatically reversed the decline in oil and natural gas production in
North America;
2. Affirming that the continued expansion of unconventional gas and oil production in
North America and elsewhere could dramatically alter regional and global energy markets
and the energy security outlook of many countries;
3. Appreciating that if extracted with proper environmental safeguards, such as those
outlined in the IEA’s (International Energy Agency) Golden Rules, unconventional oil and
gas production can generate a range of economic and security benefits;
4. Concerned about potential environmental damages and adverse social impacts linked
to under-regulation or improper oversight of these emerging industries;
5. Recognising that this industry, like some renewable industries, has not always been
entirely transparent about the potential environmental and other costs to regions where the
drilling is occurring;
6. Worried that overreliance on the promise of unconventional oil and gas could divert
political attention and financial resources from the development of more sustainable and
cleaner energy technologies that have a far lower carbon footprint at a time when prices of
these secure and clean energy sources are beginning to fall;
7. Cognizant that resistance to the shale oil and gas industry is widespread in some
Allied countries, sometimes because of strong lobbying, sometimes for perfectly justified
reasons, including population density and water shortages;
8. Noting also that Europe faces a potential competitive shock if its energy prices remain
so much higher than those of North America as this will drive up the relative costs of
production in Europe when these costs are plunging on the other side of the Atlantic;
9. Recognising that Allied nations in Europe and North America have an objective need
to diversify energy supplies and to lessen energy dependencies on sole or oligopolistic
suppliers;
10. Concerned that some European countries lack the know-how, investment capital,
legal, regulatory and organisational structures needed to exploit unconventional energy
endowments in an economic fashion;
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presented by the Economics and Security Committee and adopted by the Plenary Assembly
on Monday 14 October 2013, Dubrovnik, Croatia.
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11. Concerned that countries enjoying very powerful positions in supplying oil and gas
to Europe will undertake measures to discourage the development of unconventional oil and
gas industries in the countries that they are currently supplying;
12. Acknowledging that the development of LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas) export and
reception facilities will help globalise the trade in natural gas, further align highly
differentiated regional prices, and provide a number of countries with new opportunities for
diversifying their energy supplies;
13. Understanding that the boom in unconventional gas and oil might begin to challenge
the traditional structure of the global energy industry which has long been dominated by
cartels, oligopolies and state-run producers;
14. URGES member governments and parliaments of the North Atlantic Alliance:
a. to work together to enhance energy security and to see environmentally responsible
hydraulic fracturing as one but certainly not the only means of doing so;
b. to pursue reforms that encourage energy efficiency by adopting sensible standards,
employing emerging energy saving technologies and developing regulatory
frameworks that will further lower the ratio between energy costs and GDP growth
while enhancing energy security;
c. to develop a more integrated and transparent marketplace for energy with the
appropriate infrastructure and policies to make this possible;
d. to work towards greater energy diversification through the development not only of
unconventional oil and gas industries but also a range of sustainable energy
technologies which will provide clean, safe and secure energy in the future;
e. to develop a comprehensive energy policy that incorporates both CO2 emission
reductions and targets for renewable energy use;
f. to ensure that externality costs are reflected in energy prices; and,
g. to reach out to publics to explain in a transparent fashion the costs and benefits of
horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing and to determine a publicly acceptable path
forward in the most effective and efficient manner possible.
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RESOLUTION 404
on
THE GROWING STRATEGIC RELEVANCE OF ASIA-PACIFIC:
IMPLICATIONS FOR NATO
The Assembly,
1. Recognising that today's security threats - including failed or failing states, regional
instability, the spread of weapons of mass destruction, terrorism, cyber security, and
maritime piracy - are not confined to the Euro-Atlantic region but are global in nature;
2. Understanding that the Asia-Pacific region is of growing importance to the security
and economic well-being of NATO member states and noting that the countries of the
Asia-Pacific region and the Alliance share a host of security challenges;
3. Strongly condemning the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s (DPRK) pursuit
of a nuclear programme in defiance of its international commitments as well as its belligerent
rhetoric towards its neighbours, including the United States, an Alliance member, as well as
the Republic of Korea and Japan, two NATO partners;
4. Aware that various partner countries already co-operate with NATO in different ways
and that partners have the option of engaging in a variety of flexible formats, based on
common interests;
5. Emphasising that through training and military-to-military contacts, NATO can help
partner countries to improve their ability to safeguard their own regional security and to
manage and prevent crisis situations in their neighbourhood;
6. Commending NATO partners, including partner countries in Asia-Pacific - Australia,
Japan, New Zealand, the Republic of Korea and Singapore - for their important contributions
to NATO-led missions, in particular in Afghanistan;
7. Reminding governments and parliaments of NATO member states that the
2010 Strategic Concept identifies co-operative security through maintaining a global outlook
and partnerships as one of the three core tasks for NATO in the 21st
century;
8. Commending the progress already achieved in co-operating with Asian partners,
notably in areas such as managing crisis situations, disaster relief, counter-terrorism,
counter-piracy and cyber defence;
9. Convinced that future NATO engagements in Asia-Pacific would not include a military
presence in the region, but would focus on harmonising positions on regional crises, on
confidence-building measures and binding the maximum number of partners into a
structured security community through consultations, information exchange, military training
and maintaining force interoperability;
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presented by the Political Committee and adopted by the Plenary Assembly on
Monday 14 October 2013, Dubrovnik, Croatia.
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10. URGES member governments and parliaments of the North Atlantic Alliance and
NATO:
a. to develop further NATO’s partnerships, including with countries in Asia-Pacific, and
identify new areas of joint interest and collaboration, while preserving the ability of
each partner to form tailored co-operative relationships with the Alliance;
b. to devise a partnership policy that institutionalises the close operational co-operation
with partners in Asia-Pacific that share the values of the Alliance, thereby allowing to
maintain the military interoperability that has been achieved;
c. to explore ways to foster dialogue with Asia-Pacific countries which do not want to
engage in a formal relationship with NATO;
d. to consider establishing a structured dialogue with China to promote openness, trust
and information exchange; and,
e. to co-ordinate their policies in order to achieve a diplomatic solution to ending the
DPRK’s nuclear weapons and missile programmes.
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RESOLUTION 405
on
THE CRISIS IN SYRIA:
IMPLICATIONS FOR THE REGION AND BEYOND
The Assembly,
1. Recalling its Resolution 399 on Developments in Syria: Security Implications for the
Region and Beyond, adopted in November 2012, and reiterating its policy
recommendations;
2. Condemning the brutal and indiscriminate use of force against innocent civilians and
the extensive and persistent violations of human rights by the regime of Bashar al-Assad
and other parties to the conflict, which have resulted in the death of tens of thousands of
Syrians, including many women and children, and in the displacement of over six million
persons, including two million refugees in neighbouring countries;
3. Outraged at and strongly condemning the use of chemical weapons against an
unprotected civilian population in the Damascus suburbs on 21 August 2013, which left well
over 1,000 people dead and thousands injured, including infants, children and women;
4. Noting that the information available from a wide variety of sources implicates the
Syrian regime as responsible for the use of chemical weapons in this attack;
5. Affirming that this attack constitutes a blatant violation of international law, and
therefore a war crime and a crime against humanity;
6. Condemning the shelling of locations inside Turkey by the Syrian regime's forces,
and expressing solidarity with Turkey in the face of these flagrant violations of its
sovereignty;
7. Warning that the longer the conflict in Syria endures, the more likely it is to attract
even more extremist groups whose goals are fundamentally undemocratic and profoundly
threatening to regional stability and international security;
8. Concerned that the economic and institutional collapse of Syria is causing enormous
human suffering that will affect the country and its citizens for decades;
9. Bearing in mind that NATO’s New Strategic Concept and the Chicago Summit
Declaration underline NATO’s commitment to crisis prevention and to support for countries
in crisis;
10. Commending Turkey, Jordan, Lebanon and Iraq for hosting the bulk of the refugees
from Syria and recognising that the flow of refugees to these and other countries is
straining their infrastructure, water supplies, medical capacities, and economies;
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presented by the Political Committee and adopted by the Plenary Assembly on
Monday 14 October 2013, Dubrovnik, Croatia.
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11. Applauding the agreement between the Russian Federation and the United States
of America on a framework for the elimination of Syrian chemical weapons and welcoming
formal accession of the government of Syria to the Convention on the Prohibition of the
Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their
Destruction;
12. Welcoming also and fully supporting United Nations Security Council Resolution
2118 which requires the destruction of Syria’s chemical weapons stockpiles, calls for
reconvening the Geneva peace talks and endorses the establishment of a transitional
governing body in Syria with full executive powers;
13. URGES member governments and parliaments of the North Atlantic Alliance and
NATO:
a. to monitor the situation in Syria closely in order to contain the dangers posed to the
region, particularly to Turkey;
b. to assist the moderate forces in the Syrian opposition to overcome current divisions,
foster inter-ethnic and inter-sectarian reconciliation, curb the influence of extremist
groups, and put an end to human rights violations and to the cycle of reprisals; and,
c. to increase humanitarian aid into Syria and to provide more material aid to all countries
that are now hosting approximately two million Syrian refugees;
14. CALLS UPON all relevant parties in Syria:
a. to recommit to the Geneva Process;
b. to enter into negotiations to find a peaceful resolution to the conflict; and,
c. to create a viable political framework for Syria to engage and protect all factions of the
population, including minorities; and,
d. to install a transitional government with full executive powers, on a basis of mutual
consent, with a view to establishing a political system that meets the democratic
aspirations of the Syrian people;
15. URGES the member countries of the UN Security Council:
a. to encourage and facilitate a Syrian-led and inclusive political process that could lead
to a peaceful settlement of the conflict;
b. to consider, in consultation with relevant UN agencies, the League of Arab States and
Syria's neighbours, measures to aid those fleeing horrific violence within Syria;
c. to ensure full implementation of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development,
Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction by the
Syrian regime; and,
d. as provided in UN Security Council Resolution 2118 to take measures under
chapter VII of the United Nations Charter to respond to cases of non-compliance,
including the potential renewed use or transfer of Syria's chemical weapons arsenal by
any party in the conflict.
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RESOLUTION 406
on
IMPROVING THE SURVIVABILITY OF NATO GROUND FORCES
The Assembly,
1. Convinced that NATO remains pivotal in securing peace, prosperity, and stability in
the Euro-Atlantic area;
2. Commending the performance and dedication of member states’ soldiers who
represent the backbone of the Alliance, and honouring those who have lost their lives or
were physically or mentally injured in support of NATO missions;
3. Applauding the contributions of the Alliance’s armed forces, government services,
families, and volunteer organisations to helping soldiers and veterans recover from physical
injuries and rehabilitate from service-related mental injuries;
4. Affirming member states’ duty and commitment to ensure the best chances for
survival in military operations and for recovery and rehabilitation after deployment;
5. Conscious that Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) remain a severe threat to
armed forces and civilians in current and potential operational environments;
6. Saluting the significant progress on all aspects of soldier survivability over the last
decade, in particular in Counter-IED and combat casualty care; but recalling that many
lessons needed to be learnt or re-learnt at great cost for the soldier;
7. Aware of the challenges of sustaining excellence in survivability in an environment of
severe fiscal pressures and declining operational experience, especially after successful
transition of security across Afghanistan by the end of 2014;
8. Underlining that NATO and its member states have a strong set of institutions in
place that maintain and improve survivability;
9. Highlighting the decisive contribution of national military trauma registries in
monitoring injury care processes to improve soldier survivability, and recalling the technical
feasibility of a NATO Trauma Registry;
10. URGES member governments and parliaments of the North Atlantic Alliance:
a. to fully embed lessons learnt and best practices regarding soldier survivability,
including through NATO standardisation processes;
b. to better understand the IED threat, fully prepare the armed forces for it, and actively
undermine IED networks;
c. to continue to improve multi-national and national Counter-IED efforts, including the
NATO Counter-IED Action Plan;
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presented by the Science and Technology Committee and adopted by the Plenary Assembly
on Monday 14 October 2013, Dubrovnik, Croatia.
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d. to maintain vigilance and imagination in analysing future threat scenarios in order to
avoid strategic surprises threatening soldier survivability;
e. to increase funding for research and development on technological innovations that
can improve survivability, and to initiate further research efforts at the NATO Science
and Technology Organizations Human Factors and Medicine Panel;
f. to actively pursue multinational solutions on survivability, including through NATO’s
Smart Defence and the European Union’s Pooling & Sharing initiatives;
g. to strengthen co-operation with the defence industry and NATO partners in improving
survivability;
h. to continue to provide Allied soldiers with optimal body armour and armoured vehicles
meeting the full threat spectrum, in particular the IED threat;
i. to ensure that female soldiers receive optimal body armour fitting their morphology;
j. to reduce the weight and increase the configurability of body and vehicle armour while
maintaining or improving protection levels;
k. to maintain the medical skills of soldiers and military personnel through adequate
training;
l. to fully transfer military medical innovations to the civilian setting;
m. to pursue the establishment of a NATO Trauma Registry;
n. to adequately fund the care for injured soldiers and veterans after deployment; and,
o. to intensify studies of early intervention and preventive health programmes to most
effectively improve the quality of life of injured soldiers and veterans and mitigate
secondary and tertiary effects of their injuries.
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RESOLUTION 407
on
NEW ENERGY IDEAS FOR NATO MILITARIES:
BUILDING ACCOUNTABILITY, REDUCING DEMAND,
SECURING SUPPLY
The Assembly,
1. Acknowledging that NATO militaries’ energy consumption has reached
unprecedented levels and that military energy requirements will continue to soar in the years
to come;
2. Recognising that, in times of austerity, high levels of military energy consumption
contribute to undermining the financial solidity of Allies;
3. Convinced that current levels of Allies’ military energy consumption are
unsustainable in the long run;
4. Concerned about the negative impact of growing military energy dependence on the
security of NATO soldiers and military installations;
5. Considering therefore the implementation of new energy ideas for NATO militaries
an economic, environmental, and strategic imperative;
6. Commending recent efforts by NATO and certain Allies to increase military energy
efficiency both at home and in theatre;
7. Recognising the successful launch of the NATO Energy Security Centre of
Excellence and its great potential to contribute to the military energy efficiency of NATO;
8. Emphasising the need to take a much more active approach to developing energy
efficiency measures in future NATO operations;
9. Recalling the commitment undertaken by Allies at the 2012 Chicago Summit to work
towards significantly improving the energy efficiency of their military forces;
10. Affirming that NATO’s ability to promote new energy ideas among Allies will require
active support and collaboration of member states;
11. Bearing in mind that NATO can help exchange best practices based on the norms
established at national and European levels;
12. Underlining that activities aimed at increasing military energy efficiency should
revolve around building accountability, reducing demand, and securing supply;
13. Welcoming the recent Danish-Lithuanian initiative aimed at strengthening
NATO’s “Green Defence” dimension;
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presented by the Science and Technology Committee and adopted by the Plenary Assembly
on Monday 14 October 2013, Dubrovnik, Croatia.
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14. URGES member governments and parliaments of the North Atlantic Alliance:
a. to make available sufficient resources for research on improving military energy
efficiency, in spite of financial pressures;
b. to create coherent national political frameworks and single points of contact on
matters of military energy efficiency;
c. to build even greater energy consumption accountability within their militaries by
fostering energy awareness, promoting energy leadership and ownership
mechanisms, and creating reliable benchmarking tools;
d. to reduce military energy demands at fixed installations and in operations, including
for training, moving, and sustaining military forces and for powering military platforms;
e. to devise strategies aimed at diversifying energy supplies, putting a premium on
pursuing renewable energy sources;
f. to use off-the-shelf solutions available in the private sector whenever possible;
g. to create a political framework at NATO-level in support of NATO Smart Energy
initiatives, which should facilitate information exchange among NATO stakeholders
and guide NATO towards practical, short-term results;
h. to institutionalise current Smart Energy initiatives, such as NATO’s Smart Energy
Team, if they prove effective;
i. to ensure that NATO-owned assets and installations, including the new NATO
headquarters, are energy efficient;
j. to avoid duplication of NATO and EU activities and to strengthen NATO co-operation
with the EU and other regional organisations and groupings in the area of military
energy efficiency; and,
k. to strengthen NATO’s political dialogue and technical co-operation with partner
countries on issues of military energy efficiency.
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