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Partnership for Peace and NATO Enlargement 
A major success story for NATO. The Partnership for Peace (PfP) aims to enhance security in Europe by 
strengthening political and military ties between NATO countries and the states of Central and Eastern 
Europe. It also helps those states to improve their ability to operate with NATO forces and contribute more 
effectively to crisis management, humanitarian aid and peace support operations. This was successfully 
demonstrated during and in the wake of the Kosovo crisis. 
European Defence 
In parallel with developments in NATO, our European defence initiative is aimed at improving the ability of 
European (Union (EU)) nations to act on their foreign and security policy objectives. 
This means enhancing European military capabilities, so that we can contribute better to NATO and take 
effective action where NATO as a whole is not engaged. It also means strengthening the European Union’s 
Common Foreign and Security Policy. 
Our approach is to develop the ability of the EU to take decisions on military aspects of crisis management, 
while the bulk of military capabilities to implement these decisions will be drawn from resources available to 
NATO. At NATO’s Washington Summit, in April 1999, the Alliance announced its willingness to develop 
arrangements to allow EU ready access to its assets and capabilities. In this way the EU can develop its 
responsibilities in the field of security and defence in a way that does not duplicate NATO63. 
At the Helsinki European Council in December 1999, EU leaders confirmed the political and military 
structures that will be necessary for the EU to decide and to act in response to crises. They also committed 
themselves to modernising their military capability, including a Headline Goal64 of being able to deploy rapidly 
and sustain up to 60,000 troops for possible EU led peacekeeping operations 
The Nice European Council in December 2000 represented another important milestone65 in the 
development of new European Security and Defence arrangements. Member States reaffirmed the 
commitment to improve military capability, including by remedying capability shortfalls in key capabilities (e.g. 
lift) and in the characteristics of the armed forces (e.g. availability). 
Nice also looked forward to the establishment of the permanent political and military structures; and to a 
close relationship with NATO on the basis of co-operation, consultation and transparency. 
The Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) 
The UK also participates in the "Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe" (OSCE) which is a 
Europe-wide organisation comprising 54 states. 
The OSCE has a secretariat in Vienna where the UK has a permanent delegation. The OSCE's main roles 
are: 
 
promotion of: human rights and fundamental freedom, early warning, conflict prevention and post-
conflict rehabilitation, democracy and the rule of law;  
 
election monitoring, conventional arms control and confidence building measures.  
A number of field missions are currently deployed under OSCE auspices in Central and Eastern Europe, to 
promote peace and stability. The OSCE's role in implementing the Bosnia Peace Agreement arms control 
provisions and organising elections in Bosnia demonstrates the value of its work on conflict prevention, crisis 
management and post-conflict rehabilitation. 
 
Source : http://www.mod.uk/aboutus/keyfacts/factfiles/nato.htm 
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63 Sans chercher à remplacer l’OTAN, sans faire double-emploi avec l’OTAN. 
64 Un objectif prioritaire. 
65 Une étape cruciale, importante.