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      <p class="style18"><a href="/99Book/weissingerbaylon.htm">Workshop Chairman Roger Weissinger-Baylon </a></p>
      <p align="center" class="style18"><strong>Part 1</strong></p>
      <p align="left" class="style18"><span class="style217"><strong><a href="/99Book/goncz.htm">Hungarian President Arpad Goncz </a></strong></span><span class="style217"><a href="/99Book/kwasniewski.htm">Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski </a><a href="/99Book/adamkus.htm">Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus</a></span><span class="style217"><a href="/99Book/solana.htm">NATO Secretary General Javier Solana </a><a href="/99Book/orban.htm">Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban </a></span><span class="style217"><a href="/99Book/dzurinda.htm">Slovakian Prime Minister Mikulas Dzurinda </a></span><span class="style217"><a href="/99Book/majko.htm">Albanian Prime Minister Pandeli Majko </a><a href="/99Book/hamre.htm">US Dep Secretary of Defense John Hamre </a></span></p>
      <p align="center" class="style18"><strong>Part 2</strong></p>
      <p align="left" class="style18"><span class="style217"><a href="/99Book/vetchy.htm">Czech Defense Minister Vladimir Vetchy </a><span class="style222"><a href="/99Book/haekkerup.htm">Danish Defense Minister Hans Haekkerup </a><a href="/99Book/szabo.htm">Hungarian Defense Minister Janos Szabo</a></span></span><span class="style217"><span class="style222"><a href="/99Book/bodry.htm">Luxembourgan Defense Minister Alex Bodry </a><a href="/99Book/onyszkiewicz.htm">Polish Defense Minister Janusz Onyszkiewicz </a></span></span><span class="style219"><a href="/99Book/henderson.htm">UK Minister of State for the Armed Forces Doug Henderson </a><a href="/99Book/fasslabend.htm">Austrian Defense Minister Werner Fasslabend</a></span><span class="style219"><a href="/99Book/clark.htm">SACEUR Gen Wesley Clark</a><a href="/99Book/ellis.htm">CINC AFSOUTH Adm James Ellis</a><a href="/99Book/spiering.htm">CINC AFCENT Gen Joachim Spiering </a><a href="/99Book/skjostad.htm">AFNORTHWEST Chief of Staff Gen Odd Vincent Skjostad </a></span></p>
      <p align="center" class="style18"><strong>Part 3</strong></p>
      <p class="style18"><span class="style219"><a href="/99Book/geremek.htm">Polish Foreign Minister Bronislaw Geremek </a><a href="/99Book/mihailova.htm">Bulgarian Foreign Minister Nadezha Mihailova </a><a href="/99Book/kukan.htm">Slovakian Foreign Minister Eduard Kukan </a></span><span class="style209"><span class="style197"><a href="/99Book/babiuc.htm">Romanian Defense Minister Victor Babiuc</a></span><span #invalid_attr_id="10px 0px 0px 10px"><span class="style197"><a href="/99Book/luik.htm">Estonian Defense Minister Juri Luik </a></span></span></span><span class="style219"><a href="/99Book/birkavs.htm">Latvian Foreign Minister Valdis Birkavs </a></span></p>
      <p align="center" class="style18"><strong>Part 4</strong></p>
      <p class="style18"><span class="style219"><a href="/99Book/gansler.htm">US Under Secretary of Defense Jacques Gansler</a></span><span class="style219"><a href="/99Book/franklin.htm">BMDO Dep Director Gen Peter Franklin </a><a href="/99Book/herzog.htm">Israeli Defense Forces Strat Planning Head Gen Michael Herzog</a></span><span class="style219"><a href="/99Book/hoeper.htm">US Assist Secretary of the Army Paul Hoeper</a></span></p>
      <p align="center" class="style18"><strong>Part 5</strong></p>
      <p class="style18"><span class="style219"><a href="/99Book/pereiradospenedos.htm">Portuguese State Secretary Jose Rodrigues Pereira dos Penedos </a></span><span class="style219"><a href="/99Book/weston.htm">British Aerospace Chief Executive John Weston </a><a href="/99Book/zappa.htm">Alenia Aerospazio President Giorgio Zappa </a></span><span class="style219"><a href="/99Book/fernandez.htm">CASA President Alberto Fernandez </a><a href="/99Book/josefsson.htm">Celsius AB CEO Lars Josefsson </a><a href="/99Book/boyle.htm">Boeing Vice President Gen Jean Boyle </a><a href="/99Book/denker.htm">Daimler-Chrysler Aerospace Vice President Wolf-Peter Denker </a><a href="/99Book/crosby.htm">Northrop-Grumman Vice President Ralph Crosby </a><a href="/99Book/pellicci.htm">Oracle Vice President Jack Pellicci </a></span></p>
      <p align="center" class="style18"><strong>Part 6</strong></p>
      <p class="style18"><span class="style219"><a href="/99Book/cutileiro.htm">WEU Secretary General Jose Cutileiro </a></span><span class="style219"><a href="/99Book/tarasyuk.htm">Ukranian Foreign Min Borys Tarasyuk </a></span><span class="style219"><a href="/99Book/portillo.htm">UK Fmr Sec of State for Defense Michael Portillo </a></span><span class="style219"></span><br>
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      <h1 align="center" class="style196 style26">Current and Future Tasks of Headquarters Allied Forces Central Europe</h1>
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      <P ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT COLOR="#1f1a17"><span class="style24"><span class="style8"><FONT COLOR="#000000">B</FONT>ecause our current focus is on the Balkan region, I would like to briefly talk about the work that is ongoing at Headquarters Allied Forces Central Europe in Brunssum, the Netherlands. As Commander-in-Chief, my focus and first priority is to support the continuing NATO-led operations in the Balkans. In addition to the large contributions from the Central Region nations, 320 people from various NATO Headquarters from within my region augment the various staffs, and I expect this number to increase with the new Kosovo mission. This work in essence shows that the current Central, soon to be Northern, Region is the principal force provider and thereby the Alliance&#146;s strategic turntable. </span></span></FONT></P>
      <P ALIGN="LEFT" class="style24 style8"><FONT COLOR="#1f1a17"> However, HQ AFCENT is decisively engaged in myriad other tasks as well, all vitally important to the future of NATO. Presently we are implementing the new NATO command structure whereby the current Headquarters Allied Forces Northwest at High Wycombe, England, and Allied Forces Central Europe will cease to exist, and will be replaced by Regional Headquarters Allied Forces NORTH in early March 2000.&nbsp;One of the key points to note about the new Regional HQ NORTH is that the new Area of Responsibility is four times the size of AFCENT&#146;s current area&#151;almost 7 million square kilometers. The maritime area of responsibility for the region has expanded from almost nothing to a substantial area, incorporating vital sea lines of communication. The land area has also increased significantly with the inclusion of Poland and the Czech Republic. The task of building an entirely new regional command has been, and continues to be, an increasingly detailed and complex task involving an entirely new personnel structure, Communications and Information Systems connectivity, and new infrastructure and training of assigned personnel for the new mission. Regional Headquarters AFNORTH and its five subordinate Headquarters will be ready to assume their new responsibilities by March 3, 2000. </FONT></P>
      <P ALIGN="CENTER" class="style8 style27"> <B>THE COMBINED JOINT TASK FORCE HEADQUARTERS CONCEPT</B></P>
      <P ALIGN="LEFT" class="style24 style8"><FONT COLOR="#1f1a17"> The Combined Joint Task Force, or CJTF, Headquarters Concept is another area in which AFCENT is expending considerable effort. AFCENT has been at the forefront of CJTF HQ Concept development, and held the much-publicized first trial in November 1997. Since then, we have continued to contribute to the refinement of the concept in order to create a readily available crisis-response tool for NATO. We recently completed our second CJTF Exercise, COOPERATIVE GUARD 99, in Vyskov, Czech Republic, an exercise in which Partner nations worked alongside NATO personnel. Although we have achieved an initial CJTF Headquarters capability it will take us until 2005 to achieve the full desired End State as a Parent headquarters. This result is principally resource driven, since we need to obtain the necessary deployable Communication Information Systems and various headquarters support equipment such as mobile shelters as well as provide the necessary personnel to man them. The Headquarters Concept is not inexpensive, and the full support of all nations is required. However, it is an essential capability as we have learned from the Balkan situation. An effective CJTF HQ capability will help us avoid the ad hoc approach we have been forced to use to date. </FONT></P>
      <P ALIGN="CENTER" class="style8 style27"> <B>INTEGRATING NEW NATO MEMBERS</B></P>
      <P ALIGN="LEFT" class="style24 style8"><FONT COLOR="#1f1a17"> We are now focusing on improving the interoperability of the new member-nations across the board. This undoubtedly will be a comprehensive and lengthy process and because of this we are approaching it in an incremental fashion. I have delegated single service aspects of the integration to my subordinate headquarters&#151;for example, my air component headquarters located in Ramstein, Germany, is addressing the air interoperability of the Czech and Polish air forces&#151;while my own headquarters maintains oversight of the entire process. Though it took us Germans, who were latecomers to NATO, ten years to fully integrate with the various levels of NATO, I sincerely hope we can improve upon that time with the new member-nations, but it is an enormous task. </FONT></P>
      <P ALIGN="CENTER" class="style8 style27"> <B>PARTNERSHIP FOR PEACE</B></P>
      <P ALIGN="LEFT" class="style24 style8"><FONT COLOR="#1f1a17"> As part of the PFP enhancement process, NATO is developing a more operational role for PFP nations. This will enable them, for example, to participate in a Crisis Response Operation alongside NATO nations.&nbsp;Some time ago at AFCENT we started to prepare our Partners for this important role. The CJTF Exercise COOPERATIVE GUARD 99 was another encouraging step in this direction. </FONT></P>
      <P ALIGN="CENTER" class="style8 style27"> <B>CONCLUDING REMARKS</B></P>
      <P ALIGN="LEFT" class="style24 style8"><FONT COLOR="#1f1a17"> Even during crisis operations, NATO must not lose sight of its comprehensive mission spectrum as outlined in the new Strategic Concept. This spectrum runs from peacetime engagement activities such as PFP to readily available crisis-response options such as CJTF to maintaining our capabilities for collective defense&#151;all of which ultimately preserve security and enhance stability in the Euro-Atlantic area. In coming years, Headquarters AFCENT and the future Regional Headquarters AFNORTH will continue to take part in this work, which will be busy, very challenging, but also extremely rewarding. </FONT></P>
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