Petersberg Declaration

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The Petersberg Declaration is a 1992 statement by the Western European Union that defined a range of military and humanitarian tasks for European security and defense cooperation, later forming a core part of the EU’s Common Security and Defence Policy.

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Petersberg Declaration canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf political declaration
security and defence policy document
adoptedAt Petersberg Hotel
adoptedNear Bonn
aimedAt enabling European-led military operations
strengthening European crisis-management capabilities
supporting Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe operations
supporting United Nations operations
appliesTo Western European Union member states
author Western European Union
category 1992 in international relations
European Union security policy
codifiedIn Treaty of Amsterdam
context post-Cold War European security environment
countryOfAdoption Germany
dateAdopted 1992-06-19
defines Petersberg Tasks
surface form: Petersberg tasks
followedBy Amsterdam Treaty provisions on Petersberg tasks
hasEffectOn EU crisis management operations
EU military missions outside the EU
hasPart Petersberg Tasks
surface form: Petersberg tasks
influenced Common Security and Defence Policy
Common Security and Defence Policy
surface form: European Security and Defence Policy
language English
French
legalStatus politically binding declaration
partOf European security architecture
placeOfOrigin Petersberg near Bonn
surface form: Petersberg, near Bonn
publisher Western European Union
region Europe
relatedTo Common Foreign and Security Policy
surface form: European Union Common Foreign and Security Policy

NATO
surface form: North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Western European Union
scope humanitarian tasks
military tasks
peace-making tasks
peacekeeping tasks
rescue tasks
tasks of combat forces in crisis management
subject European security and defence cooperation
crisis management
humanitarian operations
peacekeeping
peacemaking
year 1992

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Western European Union adopted Petersberg Declaration
Petersberg Tasks legalBasis Petersberg Declaration