Press Release (2000)092 11 Oct. 2000

A Seminar on Co-operation in Peace-keeping: Political / Military Tools for Conflict Prevention within the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council and the Partnership for Peace Programme. Ljubljana, 13-14 October 2000 A Seminar on "Political/Military Tools for Conflict Prevention within the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC) /Partnership for Peace Programme" will take place in Ljubljana from 13 to 14 October 2000. It will be supported by the EAPC's Ad Hoc Group on Co-operation in Peacekeeping, which brings together NATO Allies and members of the Partnership for Peace Programme. The Seminar will develop suggestions on concrete ways for the EAPC to contribute to conflict prevention, while making the best possible use of links with other international organisations. The Seminar will be organised by Slovenia in co-operation with the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and NATO. It will be opened by the State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Slovenia, Mr Mitja Drobnic, the Under-Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Mr Victor Gaber, Mrs. Nancy Aly Raphel, Ambassador of the USA to Slovenia (NATO Contact Point Embassy) and NATO's Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs, Ambassador Klaus-Peter Klaiber. Dr. Elisabeth Rehn, former Minister of Defence of Finland and former Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General in Bosnia and Herzegovina, will introduce the theme of the discussion. Among the participants there will be representatives of NATO and Partner Countries as well as international organisations such as the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), the Council of Europe, the European Union, the Conflict Prevention Centre of the United Nations in Skopje and the International Centre on Conflict and Negotiation, a non-governmental organisation based in Tbilisi. Friday, 13 October 2000 09:00 - 09:45 Opening Session and Introduction 10:00 - 11:00 Session I: The role of the EAPC/PfP in conflict prevention: Long term political/military conflict prevention and confidence building tools 11:30 -18:00 Session II: Panel - The role of the EAPC/PfP in conflict prevention: Short term political/military conflict prevention tools Saturday, 14 October 2000 09:00 - 12:30 Session III: Panel - Divisions of labour between different International Organisations regarding political/military tools for conflict prevention: How can EAPC/PfP activities better support conflict prevention activities undertaken by other international organisations? 12.30-13.00: Summary and closing remarks Journalists are welcome to attend as observers. The Seminar will take place in the M Hotel, Derceva 4, 1000 Ljubljana, tel: + 386 1 513 7000. For more information, please contact: Barbara Zvokelj, Slovenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, tel:+386 61 178 22 56 or NATO Press and Media Service in Brussels, Tel.: +32 - 2 707 5035, fax: +32 - 2 707 50 57

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