In addition, we managed to take an institution founded for a single purpose to contain Soviet power and turn it into an extraordinary organization involved in a number of challenges, including peacekeeping. All 16 Allies are now working together in Bosnia, and doing it right. We have developed a powerful underpinning for everything we do in the future. Finally, at NATO we made the fundamental decision to become involved in Central and Eastern Europe, and we made political and strategic commitments to assume responsibilities in our common interests and our self interest. Partnership for Peace is one such commitment.
Enlargement is perhaps the centerpiece commitment.
Now I am going to speak about the challenges NATO is currently facing. One of them is enlargement. Now we must work on making sure that NATO will be as strong if not stronger when it is larger. We must also determine what countries must do to become real Allies producers and not just consumers of security when they join the Alliance. This year we are conducting deep individual dialogues with some 12 countries, and we will soon be moving to decide which countries will be accepted first and when.