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that should be reviewed periodically within short intervals. I also think that the Charter will create several forums, each of them with its programme of action to be progressively implemented and periodically reviewed. 28
VIII. EUROMARFOR and security cooperation in the Mediterranean Admiral Francisco Rapallo 1 I would like to thank the Institute for the invitation to attend this meeting and for giving me the opportunity to address you. At the same time, I would like to convey to you best wishes from my three colleagues, the Commanders in Chief of the Fleets of France, Italy and Portugal, member nations of the EUROMARFOR initiative. Let me begin with the main points about EUROMARFOR. VIII.1 Background The history of EUROMARFOR begins in the WEU Ministerial Council of June 1992 that took place in Petersberg. In that Council, the WEU member nations agreed in principle to identify forces to be made available to WEU, in order to contribute to the development of the European Security and Defence Identity (ESDI). Following the Petersberg Declaration, four countries, France, Italy, Portugal and Spain agreed with the idea of a maritime Force based in two concepts: • Firstly, to provide WEU members with a basic multinational naval structure; and • Secondly, to participate, in agreement with the Petersberg Declaration, in the development of multinational initiatives for peace and security. The idea of that concept was a reality in May 1995 at Lisbon with the signature of EUROMARFOR Constitutive Document. Three months later, in October 1995, the Commander in Chief of the Spanish Fleet was appointed as the first Commander of EUROMARFOR. In my view, this is an appropriate moment to link the signature of EUROMARFOR Constitutive Document and the Barcelona Conference, that took place the same year, in 1995, because both events express a concern about the stability and security of the Mediterranean region. In that sense, it is possible to say that the EUROMARFOR concept is in line with the concept of the Barcelona Declaration. In this context, it is important to emphasise that EUROMARFOR is, by statute, open to other WEU members, which can be fully integrated without any difficulty, and has started a process of transparency-building with Mediterranean partners. VIII.2 Mission and tasks Based on the Petersberg Declaration, the missions that can be assigned to the Force are the following: • humanitarian and evacuation operations, • peace-keeping operations, and 1 Commander-in-Chief of the Spanish Fleet, Commander of EUROMARFOR, Rota, Spain. 29
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