Relations between North American and European members of the Alliance are the bedrock of NATO. These countries share the same essential values and interests and are committed to the maintenance of democratic principles, making the security of Europe and that of North America indivisible.
NATO handbook
Pošto smo se naslušali krunskih argumenta iz prodemokratskog bloka tipa; ako oni nama ovo mi ćemo njima ono, nije vreme, svi su tu, za bolju budućnost, zato što naš neulazak vodi u izolaciju, ko je još video da se u skupštini donosi odluka o neulasku i sličnih mega oportunih blamova ( SRS i SPS argumente više poštujem), a skoro da uopšte nismo čuli argumente tipa zato što je misija NATO to i to, a mi hoćemo da budemo deo toga i toga, a zasnovana je na vrednostima tim i tim, koje mi podržavamo i želimo da uvedemo u srpsko društvo…nego sve u maniru nepotrebno precrtati, uzmi šta ti je volja, ostalo odbaci, može bit al ne mora da znači…. pomislila sam da je možda momenat da se prisetimo šta u NATO osnivačkim i drugim dokumentima uopšte piše.
Pa da i na osnovu toga razmotrimo i da li bi DSS, kome u programu stoji saradnja sa Putinovom Jedinstvenom Rusijom koji baš i ne ljubi NATO, podržavao ulazak u NATO i da nema pitanja Kosova, i da nije bilo bombardovanja. I da li slučajno Mladić još uvek nije neki faktor!
I ne bi li upravo jasnijim stavom o razlozima za eventulani ulazak u NATO, koji podrazumevaju i prihvatnje određenog sistema vrednosti i načina na koji se one brane, demokratska Srbija, konačno, pokazala da bar vrednosno raskida sa Miloševićevom Srbijom, protiv koje je NATO morao da potegne mašineriju! Bolno, sa nezavisnim Kosovom kao opomenom za budućnost, vrlo skupim načinom da pokaže da poštuje Evro-atlnatske vrenosti i pricipe i onda kad se na njenoj koži to traži. Inače, može joj se lako desiti da se iz pozicije i jare i pare nađe u koži Buridanovog magareta. Možda bi izgubila neke izbore, al bi spasla dušu. A zapadna međunarodna zajednica bi imala homogeniju političku strukturu u zemlji sa kojom bi mogla da nastavi da sarađuje. Il je vlast bitnija od ubeđenja. Il ubeđenja važe samo da se kritikuju SAD i NATO, ali ne i da se kroz njihovu prizmu pogleda nedavna prošlost svog društva.
I inače, ovo ideološko-vrednosno-operativno DSS razdvajanje EU i NATO, i igranje na tu kartu kod domaće javnosti, zaista pokazuje odsustvo bilo kakvog doslednog i principijelnog argumenta da se brani sadašnja nemoguća pozicija. Pa zbog Balkana i nas NATO i EU su se i insitucionalno povezali ( pogledati niže). A na osnovu Berlin Plus aranžmana biće, verovatno, formirana i EU država na Kosovu, u direktnoj saradnji sa NATO. Brine što DS i co nasedaju i brane svoju poziciju o potrebi nastavka atlantske komponente naših integracija, iz Koštuničinih ideološko-vrednosnih rovova.
PS next time on blog-NATO i UN!
WHAT IS NATO? *
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is an alliance of 26 countries from North America and Europe committed to fulfilling the goals of the North Atlantic Treaty signed in Washington on 4 April 1949.
In accordance with the Treaty, the fundamental role of NATO is to safeguard the freedom and security of its member countries by political and military means. NATO safeguards the Allies’ common values of democracy, individual liberty, and the rule of law and the peaceful resolution of disputes and promotes these values throughout the Euro-Atlantic area. It provides a forum in which countries from North America and Europe can consult together on security issues of common concern and take joint action in addressing them.
Relations between North American and European members of the Alliance are the bedrock of NATO. These countries share the same essential values and interests and are committed to the maintenance of democratic principles, making the security of Europe and that of North America indivisible.
The Alliance is committed to defending its member states against aggression or the threat of aggressing and the principle that an attack against one or several members would considered as an attack against all.
NATO remains an inter-governmental organization in which each member country retains its sovereignty. All NATO decisions are taken jointly by the member counters on the basis of consensus. NATO’s most important decision-making body is the North Atlantic Council, which brings together representatives of all the Allies at the level of ambassadors, ministers or heads of state and government. Each member country participates fully in the decision-making process on the basis of equality, irrespective of its size or political, military and economic strength. …
NATO has no operational forces of its own other than those assigned to it by member countries or contributed by Partner countries for the purpose of carrying out a specific mission.
HELPING TO STABILISE THE BLAKANS
The nature of NATO’s engagement in the former Yugoslavia is changing, although its commitments to long- term stability throughout southeastern Europe reamins as strong as ever. The aim to restore a secure enviroment in the regiona nd work with its partners to integrate southeastern Europe into Euro-Atlantic structures. This calls for building enduring multi—ethnic democracies, rooting organised crime and corruption and establishing the rule of law, regional cooperation, and full compliance with international obligations, including the ICTY. …
THE STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN NATO AND THE EUROPEAN UNION
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No formal realtionship existed between NATO and the European Union until 2000. Prior to that in the 199Os the Western Europen Union acted as the interface for cooperation between NATO and those European countries seeking to build stronger European securty and defense identity within NATO.
The situation changed funadamentally in 1999, when, agianst the backdrop of the conflicts in the Blakans, EU leader decided to develop a European Securty and Defence Policy within the EU itself, in coordiantion with NATO, and to take over responsibility of the functions that had been excersised by the EU. The following year, NATO and the EU started to work together to develop a framework for cooperation and consultation. This led to the development of a strategic partnership, NATO-EU Declaration on the European Securty and defence Policy, between the two organisations and the agreement of the Berlin Plus arrangements, which provide access to NATO’s collective assets and capabilitues for militarry operations led by the EU. …..
THE DEVELOPMENT OF PRACTICAL NATO—EU COOPERATION
The Berlin Plus arrangements are based on the recognition that member countires of both organiations only have one set of forces and limited defence resources on which they can draw. Under this circumstances, and to avoid an unnecesary duplication of resources, it was agreed that the operatins led by the EU would be able to benfit from NATO assets and capabilities. In efect, these arrangements enable NATO to support EU-led operations in which the Alliance as whole is not engaged. They have facilitated the transfer of responsibility from NATO to the EU of military operations in the FYR Macedonia and in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Agreed in March 2003, these arrangements are reffered to as Berlin Plus because they build on decisions taken in Berlin in 1996 in the context of NATO-WEU cooperation. The main features of the Berlin Plus arrangments consist of the following main elements:
- assured EU access to NATO planning capabilities able to contribute to military planning for EU led operations
- the persumption of availability to the EU of pre-identified NATO capabilities and common assets for use in EU led operations
- identification of a range of European command options for EU led operations, further developing of the role of NATO’s Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe in order for him to assume his European responsibilities fully and effectivly
- the further adaptation of NATO’s defence planning system to incorporate more comperhensively to availability of forces for EU led operations.
- EU-NATO agreemnt covering the exchange of classified information under reciprocal securty protection rules
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* NATO handbook