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	EUROPA - Glossary - Petersberg tasks
		The "Petersberg tasks" are an integral part of the European security and defence policy (ESDP).
		tasks of combat forces in crisis management, including peacemaking.
		These tasks were set out in the Petersberg Declaration adopted at the Ministerial Council of the Western European Union (WEU) in June 1992.
	europa.eu /scadplus/glossary/petersberg_tasks_en.htm (133 words)

	Petersberg tasks Biography,info
		The Petersberg tasks are a list of military and security priorities incorporated within the European Security and Defence Policy of the European Union.
		The Petersberg tasks were first fomulated by the Western European Union (WEU) in 1992 during a summit in at the Hotel Petersberg near Bonn.
		Both the WEU and the EU are empowered to enforce the Petersberg tasks, but with the transfer of the most important WEU assets to the EU in 1999, this distinction is mostly artificial.
	www.danceage.com /biography/sdmc_Petersberg_tasks (230 words)

	HELSINKI EUROPEAN COUNCIL : PRESIDENCY CONCLUSIONS (Documents submitted : see Press Release Library / Miscellaneous)
		To assume their responsibilities across the full range of conflict prevention and crisis management tasks defined in the EU Treaty, the Petersberg tasks, the Member States have decided to develop more effective military capabilities and establish new political and military structures for these tasks.
		Determination to carry out Petersberg tasks will require Member States to improve national and multinational military capabilities, which will at the same time, as appropriate, strengthen the capabilities of NATO and enhance the effectiveness of the Partnership for Peace (PfP) in promoting European security.
		Member States recall their commitment made at Cologne and their determination to give the EU appropriate capabilities, without unnecessary duplication, to be able to undertake the full range of Petersberg tasks in support of the CFSP.
	www.fas.org /news/europe/991211-mil-eu1.htm (3503 words)

	House of Lords - European Union - Fifteenth Report
		It is less clear where the division of responsibilities between other defence and security tasks lies, and in particular where the boundary lies between the Petersberg tasks and other missions.
		In evidence to the Committee, the Secretary of State for Defence acknowledged that the Petersberg tasks "are not precisely defined and quite deliberately so; that would give a great deal of flexibility…we would simply have to make a judgement according to the particular circumstances." (Q360).
		At the moment, the EU is not suited to managing the full range of Petersberg tasks, and nor is it clear that the EU will ever lead the full range of Petersberg tasks.
	www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk /pa/ld199900/ldselect/ldeucom/101/10107.htm (1367 words)

	Address by the Minister Cowen to the 10th Junior Command and Staff Course, Military College Part 2 - 27 April 2001 - ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		In parallel to developing its military capabilities for Petersberg tasks, the EU is also developing its capabilities for civilian crisis management.
		One of its primary tasks is to carry forward work on the establishment of a goal to provide police in support of peacekeeping operations.
		The development of the EU=s capability to carry out Petersberg tasks should be seen in the context of the range of instruments available to the EU including diplomatic and economic measures.
	foreignaffairs.gov.ie /Press_Releases/20010427/765.htm (1928 words)

	Dáil Éireann - Volume 491 - 28 May, 1998 - Ceisteanna—Questions. Priority Questions. - Petersberg Tasks.
		Andrews: Effective participation by Ireland in the Petersberg tasks, which is voluntary and entirely a sovereign decision for Ireland in each case, has been facilitated by a number of important developments, which I will summarise.
		In response to a proposal by Sweden and Finland, both of whom are Western European Union observers, and with the support of Ireland, the Petersberg tasks were included in the Amsterdam Treaty so that the European Union may avail of the Western European Union to implement such tasks.
		I will continue to ensure that Ireland will be in a position to participate effectively in any Petersberg tasks to which we may propose to contribute.
	www.oireachtas-debates.gov.ie /D/0491/D.0491.199805280014.html (705 words)

	The fight against international terrorism: defence aspects
		Defeating terrorism is consequently the task of society as a whole, not just of governments, and there is even less of a case for claiming that it is the sole responsibility of the security services.
		These missions were adopted on the basis of the tasks endorsed in June 1992 by the Ministerial Council of Western European Union, which decided that military units of WEU member states could be employed for humanitarian and rescue tasks; peacekeeping tasks; and tasks of combat forces in crisis management, including peacemaking.
		Numerical targets for the ESDP to develop an operational capability for the Petersberg tasks were adopted during the Helsinki European Council of 1999.
	assembly-weu.itnetwork.fr /en/documents/sessions_ordinaires/rpt/2005/1900.html (10269 words)

	Luxembourg Presidency - P
		The Petersberg tasks were adopted in June 1992 at a ministerial council of the Western European Union (WEU) which was held at the Petersberg Hotel near Bonn.
		In addition to contributing towards collective defence within the context of the application of Article 5 of the Treaty of Washington and Article 5 of the Treaty of Brussels as amended, the military units of the Member States of the WEU may be employed for:
		These tasks are now expressly included in Article 17 of the EU Treaty and form an integral part of the European Security and Defence Policy.
	www.eu2005.lu /en/savoir_ue/glossaire/glossaire_p (1092 words)

	EUABC A dictionary on words related to the EU
		The tasks have now been introduced into the TEU under the Amsterdam Treaty as a new EU competence, allowing the EU to act.
		The "Petersberg" tasks are named after the Petersberg mountain hotel outside Bonn, Germany, where the 1992 Council meeting took place.
		There must be unanimity in the Council for the EU to undertake one of the Petersberg tasks.
	en.euabc.com /?word_id=710 (273 words)

	Rapidly deployable European air forces
		For the purpose of the Petersberg missions, the EU member states' armed forces must be capable of conducting "tasks of combat forces in crisis management, including peacemaking".
		Following WEU's reactivation for the purpose of crisis management (Petersberg, June 1992), a number of cooperative initiatives involving headquarters and bilateral or multilateral air forces were taken and made available first to WEU and subsequently to the EU.
		Essentially its task would be to draw up concepts, doctrines, rules of engagement and interoperability specifications on the basis of those which exist within NATO.
	assembly-weu.itnetwork.fr /en/documents/sessions_ordinaires/rpt/2003/1836.html (10075 words)

	Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic
		The task of the Government of the Czech Republic (‘Government’) and local government at regional and municipal levels is to safeguard, within their respective areas of competence, the security of the country’s population, sovereignty, the democratic establishment, and the principles of the rule of law.
		One of the Czech Republic’s priority tasks is to create legislative preconditions for preventing corruption in public administration and for developing an anti-corruption programme focused on the assessment of the risk of corruption associated with the functions of elected representatives of the State.
		Their work is coordinated and tasks regularly updated to ensure timely threat identification and risk assessment, as well as a continuous exchange of information and analyses between the intelligence services, the Government and the executive elements responsible for the Czech Republic’s security.
	www.mzv.cz /wwwo/mzv/default.asp?id=24118&ido=7567&idj=2&amb=1&prsl=tr... (9427 words)

	House of Lords - European Union - Eleventh Report
		At Helsinki EU governments set themselves the goal of being able to conduct the full range of Petersberg tasks by 2003, and in doing so committed themselves to being able to deploy within two months 50-60,000 troops which could be sustained for a year.
		It is therefore important to consider the military requirements of the Petersberg tasks and to assess whether the capabilities necessary will be delivered on time and in such a manner as to enable the EU to be able to undertake the full range of tasks in all scenarios.
		Greater clarity in establishing the military tasks that an EU force might be capable of undertaking and where and how it might be expected to operate is central to effective force development.
	www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk /pa/ld200102/ldselect/ldeucom/71/7104.htm (4118 words)

	Afri -- The Treaty of Nice
		A distinction may be drawn here between the Petersberg Tasks and a mutual defence pact - the latter would oblige Ireland to come to the military defence of any other EU state, and would therefore constitute a break from traditional conceptions of Irish neutrality.
		This illustrates the elasticity of the concepts under consideration, a point acknowledged by former Fine Gael leader John Bruton in the Dáil in October 1999: "Peacemaking means imposing, by the use of force, peaceful conditions under the terms laid down by the peacemaker.
		The Petersberg Tasks allow for no such precise definition, and therefore people are being asked to sign up to an essentially open agenda.
	www.afri.ie /the-treaty-of-nice/treaty-of-nice-pp2.htm (1552 words)

	BBC News \| EUROPE \| The EU gets teeth
		EU leaders want to announce at the Laeken summit that the European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP) - and its keystone, the planned rapid reaction force - is "operational".
		Europe has long wished to match its economic muscle with political and military weight - as it was notably unable to do in Kosovo - and this is perceived as the moment of truth.
		"When we say ESDP is operational, we mean that it has the basic framework to fulfil basic tasks such as humanitarian rescue missions, not that it has the ability to engage in peace enforcement operations," UK Europe Minister Peter Hain said last month.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/low/europe/1704566.stm (455 words)

	EU Glossary
		The Petersberg Declaration is a pivotal element in the determination to develop the Western European Union (WEU) as the EU's defence component and as a means of strengthening the European pillar of the Atlantic Alliance (NATO).
		The different types of military tasks which WEU might undertake were defined: apart from contributing to the common defence in accordance with Article 5 of the Washington Treaty and Article V of the modified Brussels Treaty, military units of WEU Member States could be employed for:
		The Petersberg Declaration also states that WEU is prepared to support, on a case-by-case basis and in accordance with its own procedures, the effective implementation of conflict-prevention and crisis-management measures, including peacekeeping activities of the CSCE (now OSCE) or the United Nations Security Council.
	www.itcilo.it /actrav/actrav-english/telearn/global/ilo/law/eug14.htm (1301 words)

	EIoP: Text 2004-003: Full Text (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Placing emphasis on the softer side of Petersberg Tasks rather than on worst-case scenarios, the Nordic official interpretation was that engagement in the EU-enacted military crisis management in the scope of Petersberg Tasks was, by and large, unproblematic.
		Subsequent to official acquiescence of the country's involvement in the total spectrum of Petersberg Tasks, Klima’s government issued a number of declarations stating that Austria desired to concentrate on the lower level of the Petersberg Tasks, and that these tasks should be brought in line with the current understanding of neutrality.
		In any case, by keeping the CFSP centred around the Petersberg Tasks concept, the militarily non-allied states managed to rule out the necessity of resorting to an ‘opting out’ strategy that was judged to be detrimental for their image.
	eiop.or.at /eiop/texte/2004-003.htm (9898 words)

	Dáil Debates Official Report -13-10-99
		We emphasised our readiness to consider participation in the Petersberg Tasks under the Amsterdam Treaty and we stated our intention to join PfP subject to Dáil approval as a logical extension of our existing policy and not as a departure from it.
		At Cologne, the EU agreed to develop its role in the Petersberg Tasks on the basis of the Treaty of Amsterdam.
		The defence challenges which EU countries face as we enter the new millennium are tasks of peacekeeping and crisis management.
	www.irlgov.ie /debates-99/13oct99/sect3.htm (1835 words)

	Dáil Éireann - Volume 491 - 28 May, 1998 - Written Answers. - Petersberg Tasks.
		Connaughton asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the measures, if any, he intends to take to ensure that Ireland will be in a position to participate effectively in Petersberg tasks, including peacekeeping, should the Government decide to participate in a particular mission.
		Kenny asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the measures, if any, he intends to take to ensure that Ireland will be in a position to participate effectively in Petersberg tasks, including peacekeeping, should the Government decide to participate in a particular mission.
		Foreign Affairs the measures, if any, he intends to take to ensure that Ireland will be in a position to participate effectively in Petersberg tasks, including peacekeeping, should the Government decide to participate in a particular mission.
	www.oireachtas-debates.gov.ie /D/0491/D.0491.199805280031.html (246 words)

	Assembly of WEU
		One of the tasks to be carried out is implementing the cooperation arrangements reached between WEU and the European Union in accordance with the Protocol on Article 17 of the TEU.
		The Assembly's task is to oversee the activities of the Council, which was created inter alia for the purpose of strengthening the security of the WEU member countries but also of promoting unity and encouraging the progressive integration of Europe and closer cooperation between the signatory states and with other European organisations.
		These tasks complement the obligation WEU has to elaborate and implement decisions and actions of the EU which have defence implications where the European Union avails itself of WEU in accordance with Article 17.3 of the Treaty on European Union.
	assembly-weu.org /en/documents/sessions_ordinaires/rpt/2000/1689.html (11691 words)

	Petersberg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Petersberg agreement, 1949, regarding the international status of West Germany.
		Petersberg tasks, 1992 and 1997, regarding European security cooperation.
		The term 'Petersberg Accords' normally refers to the Petersberg Agreement, 1949, but may refer to the Petersberg tasks, 1992 and 1997.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Petersberg (120 words)

	EU Reporter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Since the inception of ESDP in 1999, the EU has steadily been improving its capability to make a significant response in cases such as humanitarian and rescue tasks, peacekeeping tasks and tasks of combat forces in crisis management, including peacemaking (known as the Petersberg tasks).
		In the case of Exercise MILEX 05, the EU was operating entirely autonomously with France contributing the Operational Headquarters in Mont Valérien, outside Paris, and Germany supplying a deployable Force Headquarters in Ulm.
		It must be stressed that such operations are always within the parameters of the Petersberg Tasks; that is, crisis management.
	www.eureporter.co.uk /showarticle.php?newsid=2087 (366 words)

	NATO Handbook: The Western European Union (WEU)
		These tasks, the so-called "Petersberg missions", consisted of humanitarian and rescue tasks; peacekeeping tasks; and tasks of combat forces in crisis management including peacemaking.
		In the Petersberg Declaration, WEU members pledged their support for conflict prevention and peacekeeping efforts in cooperation with the CSCE and with the United Nations Security Council.
		In particular, the Petersberg missions, as defined by the WEU at the Ministerial meeting in June 1992, were included in the Treaty of Amsterdam.
	www.nato.int /docu/handbook/2001/hb1504.htm (1551 words)

	EUROPEAN SECURITY AND DEFENSE POLICY
		This task was originally performed at the ministerial capacity-pledging Conference in November 2000, which was preceded by a feedback process under the direction of the EUMC which recorded Member States' original offers, their quantitative and qualitative scrutiny, the identification of requirements not entirely met and additional offers.
		The main task of the police forces, which should be deployed as early as possible, is to contribute to restoring public security (keep order, protect people and property).
		To prepare the EU's response to a crisis, it is for the PSC to propose to the Council the political objectives to be pursued by the Union and to recommend a cohesive set of options aimed at contributing to the settlement of the crisis.
	www.info-france-usa.org /news/statmnts/2000/defenrep.asp (15331 words)

	QCEA: Briefing Paper - Militarisation of the European Union (2) Previous Treaties and Agreements – What they say ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		In 1992, the Members of the Western European Union (WEU) agreed a Declaration at Petersberg in Bonn (referred to as the Petersberg Declaration) which set out the view of the Members of the WEU of their role in terms of security and defence in Europe.
		The implications of the Petersberg Declaration for the issue of the militarisation of the European Union are:
		Nowhere in either the Petersberg Declaration or in Article I-40 of the Draft Constitutional Treaty is there any reference to civilian capacity building, civilian intervention or the value of non-military and/or non-violent approaches to any of the humanitarian, rescue, peacekeeping, crisis management or peacemaking tasks.
	www.quaker.org /qcea/briefings/militarisation/milbriefing2.htm (1268 words)

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