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Titolo: The Washington Declaration

Il testo della  Washington Declaration, firmata da massimo D'Alema
senza preventiva autorizzazione del paròlamento
The Washington Declaration
Signed and issued by the Heads of State and Government participating
in the meeting
of the North Atlantic Council in Washington D.C. on 23rd and 24th
April 1999
We, the Heads of State and Government of the member countries of the
North Atlantic Alliance, declare for a new century our mutual
commitment to defend our people, our territory and our liberty,
founded on democracy, human rights and the rule of law. The world has
changed dramatically over the last half century, but our common values
and security interests remain the same. 
At this anniversary summit, we affirm our determination to continue
advancing these goals, building on the habits of trust and
co-operation we have developed over fifty years. Collective defence
remains the core purpose of NATO. We affirm our commitment to promote
peace, stability and freedom. 
We pay tribute to the men and women who have served our Alliance and
who have advanced the cause of freedom. To honour them and to build a
better future, we will contribute to building a stronger and broader
Euro-Atlantic community of democracies - a community where human
rights and fundamental freedoms are upheld; where borders are
increasingly open to people, ideas and commerce; where war becomes
unthinkable. 
We reaffirm our faith, as stated in the North Atlantic Treaty, in the
purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations and
reiterate our desire to live in peace with all nations, and to settle
any international dispute by peaceful means. 
We must be as effective in the future in dealing with new challenges
as we were in the past. We are charting NATO's course as we enter the
21st century: an Alliance committed to collective defence, capable of
addressing current and future risks to our security, strengthened by
and open to new members, and working together with other institutions,
Partners and Mediterranean Dialogue countries in a mutually
reinforcing way to enhance Euro-Atlantic security and stability. 
NATO embodies the vital partnership between Europe and North America.
We welcome the further impetus that has been given to the
strengthening of European defence capabilities to enable the European
Allies to act more effectively together, thus reinforcing the
transatlantic partnership. 
We remain determined to stand firm against those who violate human
rights, wage war and conquer territory. We will maintain both the
political solidarity and the military forces necessary to protect our
nations and to meet the security challenges of the next century. We
pledge to improve our defence capabilities to fulfill the full range
of the Alliance's 2lst century missions. We will continue to build
confidence and security through arms control, disarmament and
non-proliferation measures. We reiterate our condemnation of terrorism
and our determination to protect ourselves against this scourge. 
Our Alliance remains open to all European democracies, regardless of
geography, willing and able to meet the responsibilities of
membership, and whose inclusion would enhance overall security and
stability in Europe. NATO is an essential pillar of a wider community
of shared values and shared responsibility. Working together, Allies
and Partners, including Russia and Ukraine, are developing their
cooperation and erasing the divisions imposed by the Cold War to help
to build a Europe whole and free, where security and prosperity are
shared and indivisible. 
Fifty years after NATO's creation, the destinies of North America and
Europe remain inseparable. When we act together, we safeguard our
freedom and security and enhance stability more effectively than any
of us could alone. Now, and for the century about to begin, we declare
as the fundamental objectives of this Alliance enduring peace,
security and liberty for all people of Europe and North America. 
 
 

 senza preventiva autorizzazione del parlamento...
Translate please...
anche se,
su certe cose sporche,  noi due ci intendiamo bene.
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"Con Bush condividiamo il valore supremo della democrazia.
E, pur nel dissenso sugli strumenti da utilizzare, con Bush
dobbiamo difendere questo valore supremo, che ci accomuna
tutti".
Massimo D'Alema