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<p align="left" class="style17"><strong><span class="style18"><a href="/98Book/fasslabend.htm">Austrian Defense Minister Werner Fasslabend </a></span></strong><a href="/98Book/weissingerbaylon.htm">Workshop Chairman Roger Weissinger-Baylon </a></p>
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<p align="left" class="style18"><span class="style217"><strong></strong></span><span class="style217"><a href="/98Book/kwasniewski.htm">Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski </a><a href="/98Book/klestil.htm">Austrian President Thomas Klestil</a></span><span class="style217"><a href="/98Book/meri.htm">Estonian President Lennart Meri </a><a href="/98Book/adamkus.htm">Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus </a></span><span class="style217"><a href="/98Book/constantinescu.htm">Romanian President Emil Constantinescu </a></span><span class="style217"><a href="/98Book/drnovsek.htm">Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Drnovsek </a><a href="/98Book/nano.htm">Albanian Prime Minister Fatos Nano </a></span></p>
<p align="center" class="style18"><strong>Part 2</strong></p>
<p align="left" class="style18"><span class="style217"><a href="/98Book/solana.htm">NATO Secretary General Javier Solana </a><span class="style222"><a href="/98Book/clark.htm">SACEUR Gen Wesley Clark </a></span></span><span class="style217"><span class="style222"><a href="/98Book/cheshire.htm">CINC AFNORTHWEST Air Chief Marshal John Cheshire </a><a href="/98Book/spiering.htm">CINC AFCENT Gen Joachim Spiering </a></span></span></p>
<p align="center" class="style18"><strong>Part 3</strong></p>
<p align="left" class="style18"><span class="style219"><a href="/98Book/robertson.htm">UK Secretary of State for Defense George Robertson</a><a href="/98Book/cutileiro.htm">WEU Secretary General Jose Cutileiro</a></span><span class="style219"><a href="/98Book/schussel.htm">Austrian Foreign Minister Wolfgang Schussel</a><a href="/98Book/bodry.htm">Luxembourgan Defense Minister Alex Bodry </a><a href="/98Book/fjaervoll.htm">Norwegian Defense Minister Dag Jostein Fjaervoll</a></span></p>
<p align="center" class="style18"><strong>Part 4</strong></p>
<p class="style18"><span class="style219"><a href="/98Book/tarasyuk.htm">Ukranian Foreign Minister Borys Tarasyuk </a><a href="/98Book/geremek.htm">Polish Foreign Minister Bronislaw Geremek </a><a href="/98Book/novotny.htm">Czech Dep Defense Minister Jaromir Novotny </a></span></p>
<p align="center" class="style18"><strong>Part 5</strong></p>
<p class="style18"><span class="style209"><span class="style197"><a href="/98Book/veigasimao.htm">Portuguese Defense Minister Jose Veiga Simao </a></span><span #invalid_attr_id="10px 0px 0px 10px"><span class="style197"><a href="/98Book/tsohatzopoulos.htm">Greek Defense Minister Apostolos Tsohatzopoulos </a></span></span></span><span class="style219"><a href="/98Book/mihailova.htm">Bulgarian Foreign Minister Nadezha Mihailova</a></span><span class="style219"><a href="/98Book/babiuc.htm">Romanian Defense Minister Victor Babiuc</a></span></p>
<p align="center" class="style18"><strong>Part 6</strong></p>
<p class="style18"><span class="style219"><a href="/98Book/gansler.htm">US Under Secretary of Defense Jacques Gansler </a><a href="/98Book/weston.htm">British Aerospace Chief Executive John Weston </a></span><span class="style219"><a href="/98Book/piller.htm">Daimler-Benz Aerospace Board Member Wolfgang Piller</a></span><span class="style219"><a href="/98Book/sears.htm">Boeing President Michael Sears </a></span><span class="style219"><a href="/98Book/josefsson.htm">Celsius Chief Executive Lars Josefsson</a></span></p>
<p align="center" class="style18"><strong>Part 7</strong></p>
<p class="style18"><span class="style219"><a href="/98Book/naumann.htm">NATO Military Committee Chair Gen Klaus Naumann </a></span><span class="style219"><a href="/98Book/voorhoeve.htm">Dutch Defense Minister Joris Voorhoeve </a><a href="/98Book/lyles.htm">US BMDO Director Lt Gen Lester Lyles </a> <a href="/98Book/portillo.htm">UK Fmr Secretary of State for Defense Michael Portillo </a><a href="/98Book/hamre.htm">US Dep Secretary of Defense John Hamre </a></span> </p>
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<P ALIGN="CENTER" class="style8 style27">General Joachim Spiering<br>
Commander-in-Chief Allied Forces Central Europe</P>
<P ALIGN="LEFT" class="style8 style24 style24 style8"><FONT COLOR="000000">The Central Region, previously NATO’s primary focus in its defense of the sovereignty and integrity of its member-states, no longer faces a threat just outside its borders. Today the Central Region enjoys relative stability within NATO’s area of responsibility and beyond it as well. Since the breakdown of the Warsaw Pact and the Soviet Union, much of this stability can be attributed to our political and military cooperation with our partners in Central and Eastern Europe, particularly through the highly successful Partnership for Peace program. These initiatives have also, <I>inter alia</I>, paved the way for NATO accession, and resulted in the current accession of the three invited countries. </FONT> </P>
<P ALIGN="CENTER" class="style8 style27"><B>THE CENTRAL REGION AS "TURNTABLE" AND FORCE PROVIDER</B></P>
<P ALIGN="LEFT" class="style8 style24 style24 style8"><FONT COLOR="000000">Although there is no direct military threat to the Central Region currently, our primary mission is to remain prepared and able to defend it, and the capability to achieve this remains the prerequisite for all our other tasks. This capability will be maintained by a credible arsenal of defense resources. However, the Central Region has changed from being a receiver of forces and resources to a provider of them—in essence it has become the Alliance’s “strategic turntable.” The Central Region now houses a ready pool of assets with which it can reinforce other NATO regions or contribute to peace-support operations beyond NATO’s area of responsibility. We are, without doubt, the principal force provider in NATO regarding land and air forces. The SFOR mission is a case in point—60 percent of those forces have come from Central Region sources. In addition, almost all of the major ground force formations, at least down to corps level, are multinational, giving us the opportunity to develop multinational expertise and procedures. Sustaining these forces throughout the spectrum of missions are the Central Region’s operating and support-base infrastructure and the command and control assets necessary to direct operations within the Region and beyond. </FONT> </P>
<P ALIGN="CENTER" class="style8 style27"><B>PREPARING FOR FUTURE TASKS</B></P>
<P ALIGN="LEFT" class="style8 style24 style24 style8"><FONT COLOR="000000">How are we preparing for the tasks of the future? To meet its new roles and missions, NATO has adapted its C2 structures, resulting in the new NATO command structure and the Combined Joint Task Force concept. The Central Region has been a pioneer in implementing the CJTF HQ concept; we were the first to trial the CJTF HQ and have been nominated as one of three “parent” CJTF HQs providing the Alliance with an initial capability that includes a deployable nucleus of personnel and equipment around which the balance of a CJTF headquarters and CJTF force can be built. We will continue our work on this important project in order to reach full capability, which includes a mobile and modular mix of communications and computer technology designed to optimize flexibility in future operations. </FONT> </P>
<P ALIGN="CENTER" class="style8 style27"><B>THE NEW REGIONAL COMMAND NORTH</B></P>
<P ALIGN="LEFT" class="style8 style24 style24 style8"><FONT COLOR="000000">I am sure you are all well aware of the decision regarding the new NATO command structure. Preparations to implement Regional Command NORTH are the current primary focus of both the headquarters staff within the Central Region and the staffs at Headquarters AFNORTHWEST and its principal subordinate commands. These preparations include disbanding HQ AFCENT and HQ AFNORTHWEST and setting up an entirely new HQ at Brunssum. The CJTF concept, NATO accession, and an enhanced PFP program all will have a direct or an indirect impact on virtually every aspect of the implementation, and all are important parts of the overall plan. </FONT></P>
<P ALIGN="LEFT" class="style8 style24 style24 style8"><FONT COLOR="000000">In terms of geography, Regional Command NORTH will have an Area of Operational Responsibility four times the size of that currently allocated to the Central Region. Of greater significance is its new maritime responsibility, which will include the maritime littoral of Norway and the United Kingdom, as well as the North Sea and the Baltic Sea, making it a truly joint headquarters at the operational level. </FONT></P>
<P ALIGN="LEFT" class="style8 style24 style24 style8"><FONT COLOR="000000">In terms of stability, the new Area of Operational Responsibility will bring new challenges. Regional Command NORTH will continue to contribute to the enhancement of stability together with our PFP Partners in Northeastern and Eastern Europe, particularly in the Baltic Region. It will also remain—for the foreseeable future—the Alliance’s turntable and force provider with headquarters and forces available to take on a full range of missions within and beyond its own region. </FONT></P>
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