4.1. Political and security issues EMP regional activities have made most satisfying progress in this area on four issues in particular: - confidence-building measures have been approved, including the creation of a network of political and security correspondents, the compilation of human rights and weapons inventories, the effective launch of a Euro- Mediterranean network of defence institutes, the planned launch of machinery for exchanges of senior political and military officials, and ongoing work on the organization of civil and military cooperation machinery for use in the event of disasters in the region; - discussions are under way on a plan of action covering six areas: strengthening of democracy, preventive diplomacy, security an
...[+++]d confidence- building measures (see above), disarmament, terrorism and organized crime; - work has started on a Euro-Mediterranean Charter for Peace and Stability, an institutional dialogue and crisis-prevention mechanism seen as the cornerstone of the EMP's political and security dimension; - September saw the inauguration of joint information and training measures aimed at diplomats from the twenty-seven Partnership countries - these will continue next year, when an electronic information network linking their foreign ministries will be put in place.4.1. Questions politiques et de securite Dans ce domaine, les activites regionales du Partenariat euro-mediterraneen ont progresse de maniere la plus particulierement satisfaisante,
et ceci dans quatre directions: -- des mesures de confiance ont ete agreees: constitution d'un reseau de correspondants politiques et de securite, etablissement d'inventaires dans le domaine des droits de l'homme et des armements, lancement effectif d'un reseau euro-mediterraneen des instituts de defense, lancement prevu d'un mecanisme d'echanges entre responsables politico-militaires, mise au point en cours d'un mecanisme de cooperation civile et militaire e
...[+++]n cas de catastrophes dan la region; -- un plan d'action a ete mis en discussion. Il comprend six domaines: renforcement de la democratie, diplomatie preventive, mesures de confiance et de securite (cf. ci-dessus), desarmement, terrorisme, crime organise; -- une Charte euro-mediterraneenne pour la paix et la stabilite a ete mise en chantier. Ce mecanisme institutionnel de dialogue et de prevention des crises constitue l'objectif principal du volet politique et de securite du Partenariat euro-mediterraneen; -- enfin, des actions d'information et de formation communes aux diplomates des 27 Partenaires ont ete mises en oeuvre a partir de septembre 1996 et se poursuivront en 1997, y compris par la mise en place d'un reseau d'information electronique entre les Ministeres des Affaires etrangeres.
