No. 2.   (08/02/96)      HUNGARY AND NATO

A summary compiled by the U.S. Embassy in September 1995 (prior to the Dayton Peace Accord and the IFOR Deployment) of Hungarian accomplishments during the previous 12 months.

In less than a year, Hungary:

• Went from minimal to maximal PFP participation, hosting a bilateral search and rescue exercise with the U.S., taking part in "Cooperative Nugget", hosting "Cooperative Light", and participating in all but two other PFP exercises.

• Became the first PFP country to create a specific budget line item for PFP.

• Became the first PFP Partner to sign and apply the NATO Status of Forces Agreement.

• Hosted the first North Atlantic Assembly (NAA) meeting held outside NATO territory.

• Upgraded its representation at NATO, naming a separate "NATO Ambassador" and providing officers to staff the Partnership Coordination Cell.

• Assumed the OSCE Chairmanship and exercised these duties efficiently and impartially.

• Made major progress on civil control and military restructuring.

• Strongly supported AWACS flights in Hungarian airspace and offered the use of hungarian airfields and facilities in the event of the withdrawal of UNPROFOR.

• Sent peacekeepers - trained at a Hungary's new Peacekeeping Training Center - to the MFO force in the Sinai and the UNFICYP force on Cyprus.

• Took the lead within the region on integrating civil and military airspace management and implementing President Clinton's Regional Airspace Management Iniative.

• Ratified basic bilateral treaties with Slovakia, Ukraine, Croatia, and Slovenia.

• Outlined with Romania a 15-point program of military cooperation - including their first-ever joing exercises, direct links between border guards, and establishment of a "hot-line" between the two militaries.

• Signed a Memorandum on Military Cooperation with the U.S. and agreements on security of military information (GSOMIA) and exchange of military data.

• Became a founding member of the "New Forum" to control sensitive exports.

• Co-chaired the UN committee that steered through the indefinite, non-conditional extension of the NPT Treaty.

• Destroyed all its remaining SCUD missile components, fulfilling its commitments as an MTCR member.

• Hosted the first planning meeting and pledged to co-sponsor the U.S.-U.K. proposal for an Anti-Personnel Landmine control regime.