198 PC 05 E Original: English POLITICAL NATO Parliamentary Assembly DRAFT RESOLUTION on NATO TRANSFORMATION AND THE FUTURE OF THE ALLIANCE presented by Bert KOENDERS (Netherlands) General Rapporteur The Assembly, 1. Emphasizing  the  crucial  role  the  Alliance  continues  to  play  for  the  security  of  member countries and the Euro-Atlantic region as a whole; 2. Acknowledging and  welcoming the pragmatic adaptations after the end of the Cold War which have made NATO an important security provider both in and out of its traditional area; 3. Deploring  that national caveats on the use of allied forces may impede the effectiveness of joint   NATO-led   operations,   particularly   in   Afghanistan,   and   noting   that   it   is   important   to reach fundamental  agreement  on  issues  like  the  rules  of  engagement,  detention  policy  and relationship with Operation Enduring Freedom; 4. Noting that the funding of joint operations along the "costs lie where they fall" principle is no longer  appropriate  and  discourages  participation  in  NATO  operations,  particularly  those  by  the NATO Response Force (NRF); 5. Criticising  the  fact  that  some  Allies  have  not  matched  political  commitments  with  the necessary resources and stressing that all NATO member countries have a stake in a stable and secure Afghanistan; 6. Affirming   that   especially   NATO   can   generate,   deploy,   command   and   sustain   large, multinational military operations but reminding that the Alliance depends on close and effective co-operation with other international organisations to perform the non-military functions essential to the success of post-conflict operations, including nation-building; 7. Stressing the importance of NATO's co-operation with the European Union, but lamenting that further progress in improved institutional co-operation is on hold as a result of the unresolved Cyprus-Malta issue;

198 PC 05 E 2 8. Recognising that failing states, internationally active terrorist groups and  the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) are the key threats to the security of NATO members and partner countries; 9. Acknowledging that there are more crises in the world than the Allies have the political will or resources to manage, and that NATO therefore needs to agree on priorities and on the means to tackle crises; 10. Stressing that NATO should be used more as an important  forum for political and strategic dialogue and consensus building among the Allies; 11. Praising  the  initiative  by  NATO  Secretary  General  Jaap  de  Hoop  Scheffer  to  advance NATO's political transformation to complement its ongoing military adaptation; 12. URGES governments and parliaments of member and partner countries of the North Atlantic Alliance: a. to further improve military capabilities in order to make NATO’s military forces more mobile, more  effective,  more  interoperable  and  more  sustainable  and  to  stimulate  debate  among national governments and parliaments on a more political role for NATO; b. to  review  urgently  declared  and  undeclared  caveats  in  order  to  minimise   their  use  in  joint operations; c. to  review  urgently  the  funding  for  joint  operations  to  achieve  a  more  equitable  and  fair distribution of costs among the Allies; d. to match actual contributions to NATO operations with the political commitments made; e. to build and expand the role of the Alliance in humanitarian and natural disaster relief with a view to improving co-ordination of member and partner countries' activities in these areas; f. to  improve  the  co-ordination  among  Allies  and  with  international  organisations  like  the European  Union,  the  United  Nations  and  the  African  Union  in  the  fight  against  terrorism, conflict prevention and post-conflict stabilisation; g. to use NATO as a platform and as a facilitator to make multilateral non-proliferation regimes more effective; h. to engage in a dialogue on NATO's role in promoting effective conflict prevention, including through  training  and  capacity  building,  especially  in  the  case  of  failing  states,  in  close partnership with the European Union, the United Nations, and other regional organisations, in particular the African Union; i. to improve the planning and co-ordination of national contributions to the NRF, EU Headline Goals, and Battle Groups, among others, in order to avoid duplications and lack of clarity. ________________________