Defence - Eighth Report
Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 19 April 2000.
CONTENTS
Terms of Reference
REPORT
The European Scrutiny
Committee Reference
The Progress Report
The CESDP, the CFSP and
the ESDI
BACKGROUND
NATO, THE WEU AND EUROPE DURING THE COLD
WAR
History of the ESDI (Continued)
NATO, THE EU AND THE WEU AFTER THE COLD WAR
History of the ESDI (Continued)
The Transatlantic Debate
OPINION
European Security
and Defence
The Three Ds
The Helsinki Proposals
The EU Structures
The New Bodies
EU/NATO Relations
The WEU Residue
Accountability
CONCLUSION
ANNEX: EXTRACTS FROM
KEY DOCUMENTS
Extracts from the Adapted
Brussels Treaty, 1954
Extracts from the WEU
Council of Ministers' Rome Declaration, 1984
Extracts from the WEU
Platform on European Security Interests, 1987
Extracts from WEU Council
of Ministers' Petersberg Declaration, 1992
Extracts from the Final
Communiqué of the NATO Berlin Summit, 1996
Extracts from the WEU
Council Declaration on the Amsterdam Treaty, 1997
Text of Joint Declaration
on European Defence, UK-French Summit, 1998
Colgne European Council
Declaration, 1999
Presidency Report on Strengthening of the
common European policy on security and defence
Joint Declaration of
the UK-Italian Summit, 1999
WEU Audit of Assets and
Capabilities, 1999
Joint declaration by
the British and French Governments on European Defence, 1999
Extract from the Declaration
of the Helsinki European Council, 1999
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
USED IN THE REPORT
PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMITTEE
LIST OF WITNESSES
LIST OF WRITTEN EVIDENCE
DEFENCE COMMITTEE REPORTS
IN THE CURRENT PARLIAMENT
MINUTES OF EVIDENCE
APPENDICES TO THE MINUTES OF EVIDENCE
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