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24th International Workshop - </strong><strong>Paris '07</strong></p>
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<span class="style219"><a href="/2007book/weissinger07.htm">Preface- Dr. Roger<br>
Weissinger-Baylon<br>
Workshop Chairman<br>
</a></span><span class="style219"><a href="/2007book/ranquet07.htm">Foreword - Ing General<br>
Robert Ranquet<br>
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<span class="style219"><a href="/2007book/joulwan07.htm">Opening Dinner Debate - <br>
General George Joulwan<br>
Former SACEUR<br>
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Global security challenges: <br>
Is there hope for <br>
Afghanistan or Iraq?<br>
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<p align="center" class="style17"><a href="/2007book/bentegeat07.htm">General Henri Bentegeat<br>
President of EU Military Committee</a>
<a href="/2007book/georgelin07">Gen Jean-Louis Georgelin C<strong>hef d’état</strong>-<strong>major</strong> des armées - France</a><a href="/2007book/amecourt07.htm">Mr. Jean de Ponton d'Amecourt - French Dir of Strategic Affairs</a><a href="/2007book/schuwirth07.htm">General Rainer Schuwirth <br>
Chief of Staff, SHAPE</a><a href="/2007book/ramms07.htm">General Egon Ramms <br>
Commander, Allied Joint Force Cmd, Brunssum</a>
<a href="/2007book/akram07.htm">
Amb Munir Akram<br>
Pakistan's Amb to UN</a><a href="/2007book/zhan07.htm">
Major Gen ZHAN Maohai<br>
Vice Chair of China IISS</a><br>
Energy & Climate Change<br>
<p align="center" class="style17"><a href="/2007book/jones07.htm">General James Jones<br>
Former Supreme Allied Commander Europe</a><a href="/2007book/ashton07.htm">Mr. John Ashton<br>
UK Special Repr for Climate Change</a><br>
Security in the Balkans & Black Sea region<br>
<p align="center" class="style17"><a href="/2007book/baramidze07.htm">Georgian Vice Prime Minister Giorgi Baramidze</a>
<a href="/2007book/tarasyuk07.htm">Ukrainian Foreign Minister Borys Tarasyuk</a>
<a href="/2007book/mediu07.htm">Albanian Defense Minister Fatmir Mediu</a><a href="/2007book/bliznakov07.htm">Bulgarian Defense Minister Veselin Bliznakov</a><a href="/2007book/bezhuashvili07.htm">Georgian Foreign Min Gela Bezhuashvili</a><a href="/2007book/ildem07.htm">Ambassador <strong> Tacan Ildem</strong><br>
Turkish Amb to NATO</a><a href="/2007book/buzhinsky07.htm">
Lt Gen Evgeniy Buzhinsky<br>
Russian Ministry of Defense</a><br>
Time for new strategies?<br>
NATO after the Riga Summit<br>
<p align="center" class="style17"><a href="/2007book/eldon07.htm">Amb Stewart Eldon<br>
UK Ambassador to NATO</a>
<a href="/2007book/orgaz07.htm">Amb Pablo Benavides Orgaz<br>
Spanish Amb to NATO</a>
<a href="/2007book/stefanini07.htm">Amb Stefano Stefanini <br>
Italian Amb to NATO</a><a href="/2007book/dipaola07.htm">Adm Giampaolo Di Paola<br>
Italian Chief of Defense<br>
</a><a href="/2007book/gagor07.htm">Gen Franciszek Gagor Polish Chief of Defense</a><br>
How can the EU, NATO, the OSCE, and UN reform?<br>
<p align="center" class="style17"><a href="/2007book/brichambaut07.htm">Amb Marc Perrin de Brichambaut<br>
OSCE Secretary General </a><a href="/2007book/lintonen07.htm">Amb Kirsti Lintonen Finnish Amb to UN</a>
<a href="/2007book/brodi07.htm">Amb Gabor Brodi<br>
Hungarian Amb to UN</a><a href="/2007book/rinkevics07.htm">State Sec Edgars Rinkevics - Latvian MOD</a><a href="/2007book/linkevicius07.htm">Amb Linas Linkevicius<br>
Lithuanian Amb to NATO<br>
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<a href="/2007book/chizhov07.htm">Amb Vladimir Chizhov<br>
Russian Amb to the EU<br>
</a><a href="/2007book/monteforte07.htm">Vice Adm Ferdinando Sanfelice di Monteforte<br>
Italian Mil Repr to NATO</a><br>
Dealing with middle east:<br>Views from North Africa
<p align="center" class="style17"><a href="/2007book/yousfi07.htm">Amb Youcef Yousfi<br>
Algerian Amb to UN and former Foreign Minister</a><a href="/2007book/karem07.htm">Amb Mahmoud Karem<br>
Egyptian Amb to EU and Repr to Med Dialogue</a><a href="/2007book/alem07.htm">Amb Menouar Alem<br>
Moroccan Amb to EU and Repr to Med Dialogue<br>
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<p align="center" class="style17">WMD and cyber threats
<p align="center" class="style17"><a href="/2007book/pfirter07.htm">Amb Rogelio Pfirter<br>
Director-General, OPCW</a>
<a href="/2007book/hopkins07.htm">Dr. Arthur T. Hopkins<br>
Assist to U.S. Sec of Defense - Nuclear & Chemical & Biological</a><a href="/2007book/aaviksoo07.htm">Estonian Defense Minister<br>
Jaak Aaviksoo</a><a href="/2007book/grimes07.htm">Hon John Grimes<br>
US Assistant Secretary of Defense - NII<br>
</a><a href="/2007book/lentz07.htm">Mr. Robert Lentz<br>
US Dep Asst Sec for NII<br>
</a><a href="/2007book/wolf07.htm">Lt General Ulrich Wolf<br>
Dir of NATO CIS Service Agency<br>
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<a href="/2007book/bloechl07.htm">Mr. Tim Bloechl<br>
Microsoft Exec Director</a>
<p align="center" class="style17">How industry can help address the global challenges<p align="center" class="style17"><a href="/2007book/lahoud07.htm">Mr. Marwan Lahoud<br>
Chief Operating Office EADS</a><a href="/2007book/schneider07.htm">Mr. Kent Schneider<br>
President, Defense Group<br>
Northrop Grumman IT<br>
</a><a href="/2007book/auroy07.htm">Mr. Patrick Auroy<br>
Deputy Director,<br>
French DGA
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</a><a href="/2007book/volkman07.htm">Mr. Alfred Volkman<br>
Dir, Defense Cooperation<br>
US Dept of Defense<br>
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<a href="/2007book/linnenkamp07.htm">Dr. Hilmar Linnenkamp<br>
Dep CEO, EDA</a>
<a href="/2007book/lind07.htm">Mr. Jan-Olof Lind<br>
Swedish National Armaments Director</a>
<a href="/2007book/buckley07.htm">Dr. Edgar Buckley<br>
Thales Senior Vice President</a>
<a href="/2007book/trice07">Dr. Robert Trice<br>
Lockheed Martin <br>
Senior Vice President<br>
</a><a href="/2007book/bertolone07.htm">Ing. Giovanni Bertolone<br>
CEO, Alenia Aeronautica</a>
<p align="center" class="style17">The way ahead & why current approaches don't work
<p align="center" class="style17"><a href="/2007book/martinusz07.htm">Amb Zoltan Martinusz<br>
Hungarian Amb to NATO<br>
</a><a href="/2007book/ducaru07.htm">Amb Dumitru Sorin Ducaru<br>
Romanian Amb to NATO</a><a href="/2007book/kujat07.htm"> General Harald Kujat<br>
Former Chair of NATO Military Committee</a>
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<p align="center" class="style26">Georgia�s Role in Euro-Atlantic Security </p>
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<p align="center" class="style26"><em> "Georgia saw the largest reduction in corruption among all transition countries...
95% of Georgian citizens surveyed...reported that they had not
paid or heard about anybody paying a bribe to receive a public service..." </em></p>
<p align="center" class="style26">OPENING REMARKS </p>
<p>It is a distinct
honor and pleasure for me to share with you my vision of Georgia�s role in Euro-Atlantic security, the process of Georgia�s integration with NATO, and the impact
of the Riga Summit. Obviously, at such a challenging time for NATO, the Riga
Summit, at which Allies agreed on NATO�s future key priorities, main goals, and
objectives as well as its future role in contributing to peace and stability,
was very important.</p>
<p align="center" class="style26">THE IMPACT OF THE RIGA SUMMIT</p>
<p>The
Riga Summit was rather significant in terms of observing the development of the
organization that we aspire to join. As you are aware, Georgia has been trying to contribute to global security. Hence, the challenges and
priorities identified at the Riga Summit have been incorporated into our
objectives. For example, the summit emphasized the importance of the success of
NATO�s Afghan operation. Georgia deployed soldiers in Afghanistan during the 2005 September presidential elections and is also ready to contribute during
the current crisis approximately 50 Special Forces servicemen in cooperation
with the U.S. A Georgian medical group will also operate under
Lithuanian command and additionally we are examining
the possibility of sending a contingent for French, German, or U.K. brigades. Furthermore, Georgia has already demonstrated its ability to be a reliable and credible
partner of the Alliance. At the moment Georgia has 850 people deployed in Iraq and 184 people deployed in Kosovo. The decision has been made to increase our
contingent in Iraq to 2,000. </p>
<p>The
Riga Summit reiterated the importance of ratifying the CFE Treaty, which is a
cornerstone of European security. It is of the utmost importance that this
decision not be questioned by any country. Russia should certainly fulfill the
commitments it made at the Istanbul Summit in 1999 regarding the withdrawal of
its military from Georgia and the Republic of Moldova, and we very much
appreciate the fact that ratification of the adapted treaty depends on the
fulfillment of these obligations. </p>
<p>The
increasing threats of terrorism and instability due to failing states and
regional conflicts, so familiar for my country, have been properly assessed as
having global implications. Unresolved conflicts in the Georgian
regions of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali/South Ossetia, however, have been wrongly
perceived as maintaining the status quo by a number of politicians. The
situation continues to destabilize because of events that continue to take
place in these regions, though we constantly demonstrate our peaceful
intentions by undertaking unilateral actions. However, securing
sustainable peace and stability in our region will require the collective
efforts of international organizations and countries that have the political
will and the capability to partner for security. </p>
<p>At
the Riga Summit, promoting energy infrastructure security was declared one of
NATO�s new priorities; it has been widely acknowledged that global security is
impossible without tackling the energy security issue. Naturally, it is
important that NATO, as a security organization, be involved in these matters. Georgia has already experienced the impact of using energy supplies for political reasons
and is advocating for raised awareness of the dangers of such policies. The
issue of energy security deserves to be addressed at international fora,
including at NATO, in order to forge sustainable solutions. Georgia, with its potential to link the oil-rich Caspian region to the outside
world, can be not only a contributor to European security in general but a contributor to
the field of energy security as well.� </p>
<p align="center" class="style26">GEORGIA�S INTEGRATION WITH NATO</p>
<p>Although
the Riga Summit did not focus on enlargement, it did include very clear and
important signals regarding enlargement that were encouraging to aspiring
countries including Georgia. Membership in NATO is clearly a driving force of
democratic transformation. Georgia has been working toward this goal since the
Revolution of Roses in 2003, when it set itself the objective of becoming a
self-sustaining, democratic state capable of handling its own affairs and
contributing to global stability.� </p>
<p>Naturally,
integration with NATO is a top foreign policy and security priority for my
country, and I am glad to say it is based on a national consensus not only of
the major political parties but the public as well. In March 2007 all parties
represented in parliament signed the memorandum in support of Georgia�s NATO membership and, consequently, voted on the relevant declaration. Public
opinion polls conducted in December 2006 by the Gallup organization once again
demonstrated overwhelming public support of NATO membership, with 83% of the
population in favor.� </p>
<p>We also have been successfully utilizing the instruments provided by
NATO for undertaking democratic reforms. In October 2004 Georgia was the first country to be granted Individual Partnership Action Plan (IPAP),
which has proved to be an effective mechanism. Through the successful implementation
of IPAP and the political support of Allies, in September 2006 Georgia was granted Intensified Dialogue (ID) on membership issues. We
consider this an important step toward NATO membership and are very
successfully utilizing all formats for cooperation provided in the ID framework. </p>
<p>In May 2007, the NAC-Georgia
meeting was held in Brussels, where we once again demonstrated�and the Allies
recognized�our strong progress in all fields and our serious commitment to
democracy. With the ID framework and the IPAP instrument, Georgia has all the mechanisms needed for successful cooperation with NATO, and which, in due course, should
lead us to the next stage: a Membership Action Plan (MAP). However, we are well
aware that MAP does not necessarily guarantee membership in the Alliance, although this is crucial for reinforcing the process of democratic reforms and
making them even more sustainable and irreversible. </p>
<p align="center" class="style26">GEORGIAN ADVANCES</p>
<p>Cooperation with the EU within the European Neighborhood Policy (ENP) framework is another
factor reinforcing Georgia�s reformation process and that is in full compliance
with NATO integration processes. Here I would like to briefly elaborate on a
number of important and necessary political, legal, and economic reforms that
have been carried out: </p>
<p>1. Tackling corruption was one of our highest
priorities and needed to be addressed urgently if other democratic reforms were
to be implemented. The government of Georgia launched a vigorous campaign to
eradicate corruption, which has led to an enormous decrease in bribery,
nepotism, and other such ills. This is one of our most successful areas, a fact
that has been recognized by key international organizations. For example, according to the
2006 World Bank report �Anticorruption in Transition 3,� Georgia saw the largest reduction in corruption among all transition countries between 2002
and 2005. In addition to this, 95% of Georgian citizens surveyed by the
International Republican Institute in February 2007 reported that they had not
paid or heard about anybody paying a bribe to receive a public service in the
previous 12 months. </p>
<p>The extremely corrupt fields of law enforcement, energy, public
administration, and education underwent thorough reforms with exemplary results:
public trust in the Georgian police rose from less than 2% to more than 70% and
remains high. As part of the reform, the number of taxes and the tax rates were
reduced and measures were undertaken to fight corruption, resulting in an
eight-fold increase in the budget between 2003 and 2006 and reducing the shadow
economy from 80% to less than 10%. At the same time, the government
elaborated a comprehensive strategy for criminal justice reform that aims at
establishing sound procedures and ensuring fair treatment before the law. </p>
<p>Despite
the very evident success in all fields, we are well aware that achieving
positive results in the most troubled areas does not only involve changing laws
or personnel. It requires transforming habits, attitudes, and cultural
approaches and it takes time. But the most important point is that we have
demonstrated our irreversible commitment to making comprehensive changes that
should eventually lead us to success. </p>
<p>2. As
you may know, in the fall of 2006 Georgia�s economy experienced enormous
pressure: the ban on Georgian wine and mineral water by Russia was followed by an embargo of all Georgian products, the cutting of all
transportation links, and other such hardships. However, despite the scepticism
of international experts and our economic advisors, we managed to demonstrate
incredible results, namely: </p>
<p>- Real GDP growth reached almost 10% </p>
<p>- Trade turnover saw a 40% increase </p>
<p>- Foreign direct investments increased by 155% </p>
<p>- According to the World Bank, in 2006 Georgia ranked number one in the world for the intensity of its reforms </p>
<p>All of these results prove that our economy is developing in the right direction
and that we have made very difficult adjustments. </p>
<p align="center" class="style26">CONCLUDING REMARKS</p>
<p>����������� Georgia is quite rapidly evolving as a democratic nation and playing an increasingly
important role not only in countering global challenges but spreading the
values of democracy. We are committed to further enhancing our contribution to
the development of a strong Euro-Atlantic security architecture. </p>
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