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Date sent: Fri, 2 Jul 1999 11:21:49 +0200
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Subject: Press Statement on Environmental Protection
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PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT
With environmental issues very much to forefront of the of the
activities of Alliance members, NATO has begun the process of
drawing from the wealth of existing national procedures, and the
valuable work carried out by the International Staff Scientific
Division Committee on the Challenges for Modern Society (CCMS)
in order to develop common environmental policies and practices
for the good of all. Virtually every military action has an
effect on the environment and we clearly have a duty to act
responsibly. As each nation possesses different environmental
laws, NATO has a major task to keep abreast of the procedures it
must apply when forces of one country are operating in the
territory of another; a standardized approach will certainly
reduce the administrative burden. However, for operations in the
Balkans where national environmental policies do not exist,
multi-national forces need a unified approach to protecting the
environment; developing this is the work of the newly-formed
Environmental Protection Working Group (EPWG).
Convened for the first time from 21 -23 June 1999 at NATO
Headquarters, the EPWG is under the auspices of the Military
Agency for Standardization (MAS) Joint Service Board. Chaired by
Italy and attended by 12 nations, the group's initial focus has
been to draft environmental policy, doctrine and guidance for
NATO commanders and planners. The fruits of this work will be
STANAG 7141-EP, which will be offered to nations for
ratification during the coming months. Another topic the EPWG is
tackling is an 'Alliance approach' to the handling and disposal
of Hazardous Waste Materials.
Consideration of the environment clearly features in the work of
many other groups within NATO and the EPWG expects to have
widespread liaison and dialogue. Environmental protection is
topical and its scope is vast; the EPWG is taking its first
steps in pooling the knowledge of members and harmonizing
environmental procedures which the Alliance will use in the
next century.
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