Post by menorah on Aug 31, 2006 8:55:25 GMT -5
Javier Solana on the far right at the UN September 20, 2005 - Is the Writing on the Wall?
Revelation 13:18
Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for the number is that of a man; and his number is six hundred and sixty-six.
There are a couple of points I would like to make about the following articles and why at this point I am paying greater attention to them.
First, I know many Be Alert! subscribers are familiar with Fulfilled Prophecy and the work Herb Peters has been doing over the years. Many of you have sent me emails mentioning him and that his site is one of the excellent resources the LORD has provided the remnant in these very last days.
I was first alerted to this site by Pastor Bill Randles at a Discernment Ministries conference in Albany, NY in November of 2004. So all the information I will be sharing is mostly the research coming from Herb's watch and thanks to Bill Randles "heads up", I have been able to be blessed from it.
Secondly, I have noticed that events have really been speeding up, especially since the Tsunami hit on December 26, 2004. I don't know if that in itself was something Biblically significant or relevant, but since then the pace has grown quicker and the world even more evil and the church has fallen away faster and further. I started pleading for those who knew better to get out of the bad churches, yet at least for the many brethren I know who do know better, not one left their bad church which now have gone or on the verge of being completely apostate. At the same time however, I did see many either leave the church completely, or return to the Catholic church.
When the Israeli-Hezbollah War started my spirit was stirred that it was time to start focusing more on the coming events that the remnant need to be aware of and less time trying to awaken those who don't want to listen anyways. It is not that I have completely given up, but it is as if the Lord is saying that many have already been given over and we need to take some time to prepare for the Hades that is about to break loose on earth. Hopefully, that one last chance would awaken those stubborn ones who refuse to listen, before Jesus returns and it's too late!
As I have really started to dig through the facts regarding Javier Solana it is quite astonishing how much he fits the beast that rises out of the sea (Gentile nations). Herb has done his homework and what you are about to see are all official EU documents with the link to the EU pages. What stands out the most as you will see are the numbers associated with these documents. For example, Recommendation 666 sounds like a cheesy, Christian, end times, B-movie, but I assure you it is the real thing.
Better yet is document # 666, and if that is not enough, we have the picture above that brings to mind what God did in Daniel 5.
In the midst of something this serious, the LORD sure does have a sense of humor!
There has been much debate over the last 2000 years what the number of the beast is. I find the following documents very intriguing.
A think a statement from Fulfilled Prophecy states thinks quite succinctly and is a good way to start.
The Rise of Javier Solana
Fulfilled Prophecy - By Herb L. Peters - May 17, 2004 - No matter your view on end-times Bible prophecy, you must admit watching Javier Solana rise from being an unknown official in Spain to become the single voice of the new, unified Europe has been fascinating beyond words.
And according to this report, that's what it appears Solana is scheduled to become when his term as EU High Representative expires this November. High Representative Solana, who is also Secretary General of the Council of Europe and Secretary General of the 10-nation Western European Union, will be made vice-president of the European Commission and given power to act alone in external affairs.
Like I said, this has been quite a trip. I've been watching Solana since his sudden appearance among the 10 Brussels Treaty Powers back in 1999. My reason for doing this was because all the old Bible prophecy scholars said in the end-times someone would rise to power among a 10 nation confederacy in Western Europe. So when I saw it happen, I naturally took notice.
Then I watched as the 10-nation alliance, under Solana's leadership, made themselves the military wing of the EU by moving their command structures in the Council in 2000. And if that wasn't enough, I witnessed how they did it by implementing their Assembly Recommendation 666.
Now I believe we may be witnessing the final moves in a brilliantly played chess game. If Solana is given the new Foreign Minister job called for in the new Constitution this November, he will be in a position of power along side those 10 Brussels Treaty Powers to dominate the EU's foreign policy for years to come.
Friends, we are warned. If Solana is given these powers over the new, reunified Europe, his historical rise will be, in two places, directly connected with the number in prophecy -- 666.
I'm sorry to be the one to tell you.
www.fulfilledprophecy.com/rise_of_solana.html
[The Following Line of Events is from the main page of Fulfilled Prophecy - I have included some additional information]
Events are unraveling in Europe and Israel that appear to be major fulfillments of prophecy, and some-nobody has noticed!
1992
Israel began saying "Peace and safety" by voting for Yitzhak Rabin and by beginning to trade land for peace. This important, overlooked sign signaled the soon coming of the Antichrist and his false seven-year agreement (1 Thess. 5:3, Daniel 9:27).
1995
A 10-nation military alliance appeared in Europe. According to Bible prophecy, if the Antichrist was on his way, this 10-nation alliance had to come first. And, it did (Daniel 7:7).
The Western European Union has 10 member countries
, ....6 associate member countries, 5 observer countries and 7 associate partner countries. They are as follows:
Member countries: (modified Brussels Treaty - 1954)
All of them being members of both NATO and the European Union. These are the only nations that have full voting rights.
France
Germany
Italy
United Kingdom
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Portugal (March 27, 1990)
Spain (March 27, 1990)
Greece (1995)
(See Above Link For More Info)
THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION MAY BE THE SMOKING GUN - This document is between # 665 & 667 - This is not a joke!
1998
Javier Solana's Office of High Representative was created by the EU heads in December of 1998 and, out of over 1100 documents, this document's number was 666.
General Report 1998 - Chapter V: Role of the Union in the world
Section 1: Common foreign and security policy (3/24)
666. In December the Vienna European Council expressed the opinion that the Secretary-General of the Council and High Representative for the CFSP should be appointed as soon as possible and be a personality with a strong political profile. It invited the Council to prepare common strategies on Russia, Ukraine, the Mediterranean region and the western Balkans, on the understanding that the first would be on Russia. Welcoming the new impetus given to the debate on a common European policy on security and defence, the European Council also noted that the CFSP should be backed by credible operational capabilities (1).
(1). Bull. 12-1998.
© European Communities, Brussels - Luxembourg 1999
European Commission; Manuscript completed January 1999
europa.eu/generalreport/en/1998/x0666.htm
1999
The first Mr. Europe, Javier Solana, appeared on the scene to oversee the EU's foreign and security policy. The same year he also became head over the 10-nation alliance (Daniel 7:8).
"After this I kept looking in the night visions, and behold, a fourth beast, dreadful and terrifying and extremely strong; and it had large iron teeth. It devoured and crushed and trampled down the remainder with its feet; and it was different from all the beasts that were before it, and it had ten horns.
"While I was contemplating the horns, behold, another horn, a little one, came up among them, and three of the first horns were pulled out by the roots before it; and behold, this horn possessed eyes like the eyes of a man and a mouth uttering great boasts. - Daniel 7:7-8
2000
The 10-nation alliance made themselves the official military wing of the EU and the new Mr. Europe was given emergency powers. And the most shocking part ... this was all done with the Western European Union's Assembly Recommendation 666!
RECOMMENDATION 666 comes between RECOMMENDATION 665 and OPINION 36 - This again is not a joke!
Assembly of the WEU - Interparliamentary European Security and Defence Assembly: Texts adopted (June 2000)
RECOMMENDATION 666
on the consequences of including certain functions of WEU
in the European Union - reply to the annual report of the Council
The Assembly,
(i) Thanking the Council for rapidly conveying the second part of its forty-fifth annual report and the detailed information contained therein;
(ii) Noting that the Council's informal reflection process on Security and Defence Europe deals with the preparation of WEU's legacy and problems connected with the inclusion of those WEU functions that the European Union regards as necessary to fulfil its responsibilities in the area of crisis management, but that the parliamentary dimension is not part of that process;
(iii) Aware that the Council and the Assembly will continue to exist for as long as the modified Brussels Treaty remains in force and that they both bear the prime responsibility for application of the Treaty;
(iv) Reminding the Council nevertheless that the modified Brussels Treaty assigns it responsibilities with a view to promoting the progressive integration of Europe and cooperation with other European organisations and that the Treaty on European Union, which states that WEU is an integral part of its development, confers upon it additional tasks in respect of the European Union;
(v) Recalling that the parliamentary dimension of European security and defence forms part of WEU's legacy and that the Council must exercise its responsibility with a view to guaranteeing the continuity of such dimension;
(vi) Stressing the fundamental importance of WEU's responsibility to ensure that the establishment of direct cooperation between the European Union and NATO can be successfully achieved once WEU ceases to play its pivotal role between the European Union and NATO;
(vii) Stressing also the need for the Council urgently to clarify what is to become of those WEU responsibilities that are not transferred to the European Union and the resultant consequences for WEU as an Organisation;
(viii) Strongly desirous that WEU, whose major achievements since its reactivation laid the foundations for the initiatives that led to the Cologne and Helsinki decisions, should do its utmost to further the success of projects to be finalised between now and the end of 2000;
(ix) Welcoming with satisfaction the Declaration issued at the Helsinki Summit which confirms that the European Union recognises that primary responsibility for maintaining international peace and security lies with the United Nations Security Council,
RECOMMENDS THAT THE COUNCIL
1- Take the measures necessary for WEU to ensure that the collective defence commitment provided for in Article V of the modified Brussels Treaty is effectively maintained, taking account of the recent decisions concerning the European Security and Defence Policy;
2- Pursue its process of informal reflection on Security and Defence Europe and include the parliamentary dimension within it on the basis of the proposals contained in Assembly Recommendation 664;
3- Propose to the European Union that, on the basis of the work undertaken by the Portuguese presidency and joint proposals put forward by Britain and France, it establish a Consultative Council for the CESDP bringing together European Union member states, EU applicant countries and non-EU European members of NATO, which would meet at least twice a year at ministerial level;
4- Ensure, while respecting the European Union's decision-making autonomy, that the delegations of the non-EU European members of NATO and of the EU applicant countries have participation rights in the Consultative Council for the CESDP at least equivalent to those they have acquired in the WEU Council as associate members and associate partners;
5- Propose to the European Council that the European Union sign a protocol to be appended to the Treaty on European Union, stipulating that the Consultative Council for the CESDP - without prejudice to the provisions of Articles 4 and 21 - shall make an annual report on those of its activities under the CFSP which have defence implications, to the European Security and Defence Assembly (ESDA) composed of representatives of the fifteen parliaments of the signatory states of the Treaty on European Union, representatives of the fifteen parliaments of the EU applicant countries and the non-EU European members of NATO, and representatives of the European Parliament;
6- Ensure that the delegations of the non-EU European members of NATO and of the EU applicant countries have participation rights in the European Security and Defence Assembly that are at least equivalent to those they have acquired in the WEU Assembly as associate members and associate partners;
7- Do what is necessary to ensure that during the transitional period WEU is in a position to respond more effectively to any requests from the European Union to develop and implement actions of the Union, anticipating them in so far as is possible;
8- Assist the European Union in framing its "headline goal" of deploying and sustaining a European force capable of carrying out the full range of Petersberg missions, on the basis of the work done by WEU, in relation especially to the illustrative Petersberg mission profiles;
9- Make public opinion and the political authorities in the member states aware of the need for additional funding to achieve the "headline goal", in particular to guarantee that the said European force is militarily self-sufficient and has the necessary capability to carry out the proposed missions;
10- Ensure that the function WEU currently fulfils as an essential element of the European Security and Defence Identity (ESDI) within the Atlantic Alliance is in future fulfilled by the European Union's CESDP;
11- Support efforts to set up flexible forms of closer cooperation in the framework of the CFSP and CESDP that are not strictly limited to European Union member states;
12- Support proposals for the WEU Secretary-General and CFSP High Representative to preside over the PSC and civilian crisis-management machinery and give him powers to convene the Council of the European Union in the event of an emergency;
13- Propose to the European Union that it base its relationship with NATO on a provision of the Treaty on European Union comparable with that of Article IV of the modified Brussels Treaty;
14- Prepare and transmit to the European Union an in-depth assessment of its experience in the field of crisis management and propose to the Union that it base its new responsibilities in this area on a new provision of the Treaty on European Union drawing on Article VIII.3 of the modified Brussels Treaty;
15- Assist the European Union in coordinating civilian and military crisis management using the CIMIC concept as a basis and inform the Assembly about this concept;
16- Carry out an audit of those areas of the modified Brussels Treaty not transferred to the European Union and a study of the resultant consequences for WEU as an Organisation;
17- Give the Assembly an indication of the repercussions the transfer of certain WEU functions to the EU will have for the annual report the Council has to make to the Assembly, pursuant to Article IX of the modified Brussels Treaty;
18- Strengthen and extend the activities of the Torrejón Satellite Centre, taking into account all the implications of its transfer to the European Union, including the fact that it works in a configuration of 16 countries, and inform the Assembly of its findings before taking any decision on such a transfer;
19- Ensure that the WEU Institute for Security Studies can continue its activities in the service of WEU and the European Union;
20- From now on, give the National Armaments Directors, and WEAG and WEAO which the Council has decided should for the time being remain WEU's responsibility, more specific guidance and a more positive political impetus, so as to strengthen European cooperation in this connection, and consult the Assembly before taking any decision on the future tasks and institutional position of such organisations;
21- Take a decision on the future of the Transatlantic Forum, ensuring that the European Union is able to take advantage of the Forum's acquis to help it organise security cooperation with the transatlantic allies:
22- Ensure that all WEU bodies for a time continue their dialogue with Russia and Ukraine and consider how the acquis represented by that dialogue can be preserved if transferred to the European Union, taking account in particular of the need for continuity of the formal relations the WEU Assembly has established with both chambers of the Russian Parliament;
23- Continue its dialogue with the southern Mediterranean countries and consult the Assembly before taking any decision as to the future of that dialogue;
24- Oppose any solution worked out within the European Union framework that seeks to reduce associate member and associate partner participation rights in missions whose implementation is to be transferred to the European Union;
25- Encourage the observer countries to commit themselves fully and without reservation to all aspects of the European Security and Defence Policy and invite their parliaments to send full delegations to the Assembly's meetings and sessions as the Assembly invites them so to do in Order 112;
26- Propose to the European Union General Affairs Council that it hold a meeting with the Assembly's Presidential Committee as soon as possible.
www.assembly-weu.org/en/documents/sessions_ordinaires/txt/2000/jun00_txts_adopted.php#P51_3072
2006
Hey, and just for laughs, another triple 6 associated with Solana just this month.
Council Conclusion NO. 66/06
No. 66/06
August 2, 2006
CONCLUSIONS OF EU FOREIGN MINISTERS MEETING ON LEBANON
Yesterday, Foreign Ministers of the 25 EU Member States, High Representative Javier Solana (on the left) and EU External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner (on the right, with EU Finnish Presidency's Finnish Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja in center) convened for an extraordinary meeting to discuss the situation in Lebanon. The conclusions they reached follow:
"The Council expresses its utmost concern at the Lebanese and Israeli civilian casualties and human suffering, the widespread destruction of civilian infrastructure, and the increased number of internally displaced persons following the escalation of violence.
"The Council condemns the rocket attacks by Hezbollah on Israel. The Council condemns the death of innocent civilians, mostly women and children, in an Israeli air strike on the Lebanese village of Qana. The Council also states that all attacks against UN personnel are unacceptable and deplores the tragic deaths of four UN military observers.
"The Council deplores the loss of innocent civilian life. All parties must do everything possible to protect civilian populations and to refrain from actions in violation of international humanitarian law.
"The Council calls for an immediate cessation of hostilities to be followed by a sustainable cease-fire.
"In this context, the Council fully supports the efforts of the UN Secretary General and the Security Council to be rapidly convened to define a political framework for a lasting solution agreed by all parties, which is a necessary precondition for deployment of an international force. Such a force requires a strong mandate from the UN to act in support of a political settlement and the Lebanese armed forces. Once this framework has been established, EU Member States have indicated their readiness to contribute to such an operation together with international partners.
"The Council underlines the EU's commitment to Lebanon, to its full sovereignty, and to its long term political and economic partnership with Europe. The EU is ready to contribute to rebuilding a Lebanese state able to exercise full sovereignty on its territory and to protect its people.
"The Council commends the Lebanese Government for its seven point plan for peace as a good basis for a lasting solution. Any solution must include the return of abducted soldiers and prisoners, a settlement of the international borders of Lebanon, deployment of the Lebanese armed forces through the whole of its territory, backed by an international force and the implementation of the Ta'if Accords and UNSCRs 1559, 1680.
"The Council calls on all parties in the region with influence to help bring to an end the violence and the suffering that it brings.
"The EU reiterates its determination to work with the wider international community to bring humanitarian relief to the people of Lebanon. The EU calls on all parties to grant secure and efficient passage for the delivery of humanitarian assistance especially in southern Lebanon. So far the Community and EU member states have committed over 56 million euros to the relief efforts, with another 52 million in pledges. The EU stands ready to contribute fully to the planned international conference to assist Lebanon's revival and reconstruction.
"The Council deplores the continuing violence in Gaza and the West Bank that has led to an equally distressing humanitarian situation. The Council reiterates its call for the parties to return to the peace process on the basis of the Roadmap. An unequivocal commitment by all parties to a viable independent Palestinian state living side by side in peace and security with Israel and its other neighbours is a key to stability and security in the whole region.
"The EU is committed to promote a comprehensive peace plan for the Middle East in close cooperation with partners and the countries in the region. There is no military solution to any of the problems facing the people of the region. The Council asked the High Representative to remain engaged and to remain in contact with all the relevant parties and to be ready to contribute to a political solution and to the peace process."
For further information, please visit: :
www.eurunion.org/newsweb/HotTopics/mideast.htm .
One of the questions asked is that since Javier Solana is from Spain, how can he be the prince to come when the people who destroyed Jerusalem and the Temple in 70 AD were Roman?
Revelation 13:18
Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for the number is that of a man; and his number is six hundred and sixty-six.
There are a couple of points I would like to make about the following articles and why at this point I am paying greater attention to them.
First, I know many Be Alert! subscribers are familiar with Fulfilled Prophecy and the work Herb Peters has been doing over the years. Many of you have sent me emails mentioning him and that his site is one of the excellent resources the LORD has provided the remnant in these very last days.
I was first alerted to this site by Pastor Bill Randles at a Discernment Ministries conference in Albany, NY in November of 2004. So all the information I will be sharing is mostly the research coming from Herb's watch and thanks to Bill Randles "heads up", I have been able to be blessed from it.
Secondly, I have noticed that events have really been speeding up, especially since the Tsunami hit on December 26, 2004. I don't know if that in itself was something Biblically significant or relevant, but since then the pace has grown quicker and the world even more evil and the church has fallen away faster and further. I started pleading for those who knew better to get out of the bad churches, yet at least for the many brethren I know who do know better, not one left their bad church which now have gone or on the verge of being completely apostate. At the same time however, I did see many either leave the church completely, or return to the Catholic church.
When the Israeli-Hezbollah War started my spirit was stirred that it was time to start focusing more on the coming events that the remnant need to be aware of and less time trying to awaken those who don't want to listen anyways. It is not that I have completely given up, but it is as if the Lord is saying that many have already been given over and we need to take some time to prepare for the Hades that is about to break loose on earth. Hopefully, that one last chance would awaken those stubborn ones who refuse to listen, before Jesus returns and it's too late!
As I have really started to dig through the facts regarding Javier Solana it is quite astonishing how much he fits the beast that rises out of the sea (Gentile nations). Herb has done his homework and what you are about to see are all official EU documents with the link to the EU pages. What stands out the most as you will see are the numbers associated with these documents. For example, Recommendation 666 sounds like a cheesy, Christian, end times, B-movie, but I assure you it is the real thing.
Better yet is document # 666, and if that is not enough, we have the picture above that brings to mind what God did in Daniel 5.
In the midst of something this serious, the LORD sure does have a sense of humor!
There has been much debate over the last 2000 years what the number of the beast is. I find the following documents very intriguing.
A think a statement from Fulfilled Prophecy states thinks quite succinctly and is a good way to start.
The Rise of Javier Solana
Fulfilled Prophecy - By Herb L. Peters - May 17, 2004 - No matter your view on end-times Bible prophecy, you must admit watching Javier Solana rise from being an unknown official in Spain to become the single voice of the new, unified Europe has been fascinating beyond words.
And according to this report, that's what it appears Solana is scheduled to become when his term as EU High Representative expires this November. High Representative Solana, who is also Secretary General of the Council of Europe and Secretary General of the 10-nation Western European Union, will be made vice-president of the European Commission and given power to act alone in external affairs.
Like I said, this has been quite a trip. I've been watching Solana since his sudden appearance among the 10 Brussels Treaty Powers back in 1999. My reason for doing this was because all the old Bible prophecy scholars said in the end-times someone would rise to power among a 10 nation confederacy in Western Europe. So when I saw it happen, I naturally took notice.
Then I watched as the 10-nation alliance, under Solana's leadership, made themselves the military wing of the EU by moving their command structures in the Council in 2000. And if that wasn't enough, I witnessed how they did it by implementing their Assembly Recommendation 666.
Now I believe we may be witnessing the final moves in a brilliantly played chess game. If Solana is given the new Foreign Minister job called for in the new Constitution this November, he will be in a position of power along side those 10 Brussels Treaty Powers to dominate the EU's foreign policy for years to come.
Friends, we are warned. If Solana is given these powers over the new, reunified Europe, his historical rise will be, in two places, directly connected with the number in prophecy -- 666.
I'm sorry to be the one to tell you.
www.fulfilledprophecy.com/rise_of_solana.html
[The Following Line of Events is from the main page of Fulfilled Prophecy - I have included some additional information]
Events are unraveling in Europe and Israel that appear to be major fulfillments of prophecy, and some-nobody has noticed!
1992
Israel began saying "Peace and safety" by voting for Yitzhak Rabin and by beginning to trade land for peace. This important, overlooked sign signaled the soon coming of the Antichrist and his false seven-year agreement (1 Thess. 5:3, Daniel 9:27).
1995
A 10-nation military alliance appeared in Europe. According to Bible prophecy, if the Antichrist was on his way, this 10-nation alliance had to come first. And, it did (Daniel 7:7).
The Western European Union has 10 member countries
, ....6 associate member countries, 5 observer countries and 7 associate partner countries. They are as follows:
Member countries: (modified Brussels Treaty - 1954)
All of them being members of both NATO and the European Union. These are the only nations that have full voting rights.
France
Germany
Italy
United Kingdom
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Portugal (March 27, 1990)
Spain (March 27, 1990)
Greece (1995)
(See Above Link For More Info)
THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION MAY BE THE SMOKING GUN - This document is between # 665 & 667 - This is not a joke!
1998
Javier Solana's Office of High Representative was created by the EU heads in December of 1998 and, out of over 1100 documents, this document's number was 666.
General Report 1998 - Chapter V: Role of the Union in the world
Section 1: Common foreign and security policy (3/24)
666. In December the Vienna European Council expressed the opinion that the Secretary-General of the Council and High Representative for the CFSP should be appointed as soon as possible and be a personality with a strong political profile. It invited the Council to prepare common strategies on Russia, Ukraine, the Mediterranean region and the western Balkans, on the understanding that the first would be on Russia. Welcoming the new impetus given to the debate on a common European policy on security and defence, the European Council also noted that the CFSP should be backed by credible operational capabilities (1).
(1). Bull. 12-1998.
© European Communities, Brussels - Luxembourg 1999
European Commission; Manuscript completed January 1999
europa.eu/generalreport/en/1998/x0666.htm
1999
The first Mr. Europe, Javier Solana, appeared on the scene to oversee the EU's foreign and security policy. The same year he also became head over the 10-nation alliance (Daniel 7:8).
"After this I kept looking in the night visions, and behold, a fourth beast, dreadful and terrifying and extremely strong; and it had large iron teeth. It devoured and crushed and trampled down the remainder with its feet; and it was different from all the beasts that were before it, and it had ten horns.
"While I was contemplating the horns, behold, another horn, a little one, came up among them, and three of the first horns were pulled out by the roots before it; and behold, this horn possessed eyes like the eyes of a man and a mouth uttering great boasts. - Daniel 7:7-8
2000
The 10-nation alliance made themselves the official military wing of the EU and the new Mr. Europe was given emergency powers. And the most shocking part ... this was all done with the Western European Union's Assembly Recommendation 666!
RECOMMENDATION 666 comes between RECOMMENDATION 665 and OPINION 36 - This again is not a joke!
Assembly of the WEU - Interparliamentary European Security and Defence Assembly: Texts adopted (June 2000)
RECOMMENDATION 666
on the consequences of including certain functions of WEU
in the European Union - reply to the annual report of the Council
The Assembly,
(i) Thanking the Council for rapidly conveying the second part of its forty-fifth annual report and the detailed information contained therein;
(ii) Noting that the Council's informal reflection process on Security and Defence Europe deals with the preparation of WEU's legacy and problems connected with the inclusion of those WEU functions that the European Union regards as necessary to fulfil its responsibilities in the area of crisis management, but that the parliamentary dimension is not part of that process;
(iii) Aware that the Council and the Assembly will continue to exist for as long as the modified Brussels Treaty remains in force and that they both bear the prime responsibility for application of the Treaty;
(iv) Reminding the Council nevertheless that the modified Brussels Treaty assigns it responsibilities with a view to promoting the progressive integration of Europe and cooperation with other European organisations and that the Treaty on European Union, which states that WEU is an integral part of its development, confers upon it additional tasks in respect of the European Union;
(v) Recalling that the parliamentary dimension of European security and defence forms part of WEU's legacy and that the Council must exercise its responsibility with a view to guaranteeing the continuity of such dimension;
(vi) Stressing the fundamental importance of WEU's responsibility to ensure that the establishment of direct cooperation between the European Union and NATO can be successfully achieved once WEU ceases to play its pivotal role between the European Union and NATO;
(vii) Stressing also the need for the Council urgently to clarify what is to become of those WEU responsibilities that are not transferred to the European Union and the resultant consequences for WEU as an Organisation;
(viii) Strongly desirous that WEU, whose major achievements since its reactivation laid the foundations for the initiatives that led to the Cologne and Helsinki decisions, should do its utmost to further the success of projects to be finalised between now and the end of 2000;
(ix) Welcoming with satisfaction the Declaration issued at the Helsinki Summit which confirms that the European Union recognises that primary responsibility for maintaining international peace and security lies with the United Nations Security Council,
RECOMMENDS THAT THE COUNCIL
1- Take the measures necessary for WEU to ensure that the collective defence commitment provided for in Article V of the modified Brussels Treaty is effectively maintained, taking account of the recent decisions concerning the European Security and Defence Policy;
2- Pursue its process of informal reflection on Security and Defence Europe and include the parliamentary dimension within it on the basis of the proposals contained in Assembly Recommendation 664;
3- Propose to the European Union that, on the basis of the work undertaken by the Portuguese presidency and joint proposals put forward by Britain and France, it establish a Consultative Council for the CESDP bringing together European Union member states, EU applicant countries and non-EU European members of NATO, which would meet at least twice a year at ministerial level;
4- Ensure, while respecting the European Union's decision-making autonomy, that the delegations of the non-EU European members of NATO and of the EU applicant countries have participation rights in the Consultative Council for the CESDP at least equivalent to those they have acquired in the WEU Council as associate members and associate partners;
5- Propose to the European Council that the European Union sign a protocol to be appended to the Treaty on European Union, stipulating that the Consultative Council for the CESDP - without prejudice to the provisions of Articles 4 and 21 - shall make an annual report on those of its activities under the CFSP which have defence implications, to the European Security and Defence Assembly (ESDA) composed of representatives of the fifteen parliaments of the signatory states of the Treaty on European Union, representatives of the fifteen parliaments of the EU applicant countries and the non-EU European members of NATO, and representatives of the European Parliament;
6- Ensure that the delegations of the non-EU European members of NATO and of the EU applicant countries have participation rights in the European Security and Defence Assembly that are at least equivalent to those they have acquired in the WEU Assembly as associate members and associate partners;
7- Do what is necessary to ensure that during the transitional period WEU is in a position to respond more effectively to any requests from the European Union to develop and implement actions of the Union, anticipating them in so far as is possible;
8- Assist the European Union in framing its "headline goal" of deploying and sustaining a European force capable of carrying out the full range of Petersberg missions, on the basis of the work done by WEU, in relation especially to the illustrative Petersberg mission profiles;
9- Make public opinion and the political authorities in the member states aware of the need for additional funding to achieve the "headline goal", in particular to guarantee that the said European force is militarily self-sufficient and has the necessary capability to carry out the proposed missions;
10- Ensure that the function WEU currently fulfils as an essential element of the European Security and Defence Identity (ESDI) within the Atlantic Alliance is in future fulfilled by the European Union's CESDP;
11- Support efforts to set up flexible forms of closer cooperation in the framework of the CFSP and CESDP that are not strictly limited to European Union member states;
12- Support proposals for the WEU Secretary-General and CFSP High Representative to preside over the PSC and civilian crisis-management machinery and give him powers to convene the Council of the European Union in the event of an emergency;
13- Propose to the European Union that it base its relationship with NATO on a provision of the Treaty on European Union comparable with that of Article IV of the modified Brussels Treaty;
14- Prepare and transmit to the European Union an in-depth assessment of its experience in the field of crisis management and propose to the Union that it base its new responsibilities in this area on a new provision of the Treaty on European Union drawing on Article VIII.3 of the modified Brussels Treaty;
15- Assist the European Union in coordinating civilian and military crisis management using the CIMIC concept as a basis and inform the Assembly about this concept;
16- Carry out an audit of those areas of the modified Brussels Treaty not transferred to the European Union and a study of the resultant consequences for WEU as an Organisation;
17- Give the Assembly an indication of the repercussions the transfer of certain WEU functions to the EU will have for the annual report the Council has to make to the Assembly, pursuant to Article IX of the modified Brussels Treaty;
18- Strengthen and extend the activities of the Torrejón Satellite Centre, taking into account all the implications of its transfer to the European Union, including the fact that it works in a configuration of 16 countries, and inform the Assembly of its findings before taking any decision on such a transfer;
19- Ensure that the WEU Institute for Security Studies can continue its activities in the service of WEU and the European Union;
20- From now on, give the National Armaments Directors, and WEAG and WEAO which the Council has decided should for the time being remain WEU's responsibility, more specific guidance and a more positive political impetus, so as to strengthen European cooperation in this connection, and consult the Assembly before taking any decision on the future tasks and institutional position of such organisations;
21- Take a decision on the future of the Transatlantic Forum, ensuring that the European Union is able to take advantage of the Forum's acquis to help it organise security cooperation with the transatlantic allies:
22- Ensure that all WEU bodies for a time continue their dialogue with Russia and Ukraine and consider how the acquis represented by that dialogue can be preserved if transferred to the European Union, taking account in particular of the need for continuity of the formal relations the WEU Assembly has established with both chambers of the Russian Parliament;
23- Continue its dialogue with the southern Mediterranean countries and consult the Assembly before taking any decision as to the future of that dialogue;
24- Oppose any solution worked out within the European Union framework that seeks to reduce associate member and associate partner participation rights in missions whose implementation is to be transferred to the European Union;
25- Encourage the observer countries to commit themselves fully and without reservation to all aspects of the European Security and Defence Policy and invite their parliaments to send full delegations to the Assembly's meetings and sessions as the Assembly invites them so to do in Order 112;
26- Propose to the European Union General Affairs Council that it hold a meeting with the Assembly's Presidential Committee as soon as possible.
www.assembly-weu.org/en/documents/sessions_ordinaires/txt/2000/jun00_txts_adopted.php#P51_3072
2006
Hey, and just for laughs, another triple 6 associated with Solana just this month.
Council Conclusion NO. 66/06
No. 66/06
August 2, 2006
CONCLUSIONS OF EU FOREIGN MINISTERS MEETING ON LEBANON
Yesterday, Foreign Ministers of the 25 EU Member States, High Representative Javier Solana (on the left) and EU External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner (on the right, with EU Finnish Presidency's Finnish Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja in center) convened for an extraordinary meeting to discuss the situation in Lebanon. The conclusions they reached follow:
"The Council expresses its utmost concern at the Lebanese and Israeli civilian casualties and human suffering, the widespread destruction of civilian infrastructure, and the increased number of internally displaced persons following the escalation of violence.
"The Council condemns the rocket attacks by Hezbollah on Israel. The Council condemns the death of innocent civilians, mostly women and children, in an Israeli air strike on the Lebanese village of Qana. The Council also states that all attacks against UN personnel are unacceptable and deplores the tragic deaths of four UN military observers.
"The Council deplores the loss of innocent civilian life. All parties must do everything possible to protect civilian populations and to refrain from actions in violation of international humanitarian law.
"The Council calls for an immediate cessation of hostilities to be followed by a sustainable cease-fire.
"In this context, the Council fully supports the efforts of the UN Secretary General and the Security Council to be rapidly convened to define a political framework for a lasting solution agreed by all parties, which is a necessary precondition for deployment of an international force. Such a force requires a strong mandate from the UN to act in support of a political settlement and the Lebanese armed forces. Once this framework has been established, EU Member States have indicated their readiness to contribute to such an operation together with international partners.
"The Council underlines the EU's commitment to Lebanon, to its full sovereignty, and to its long term political and economic partnership with Europe. The EU is ready to contribute to rebuilding a Lebanese state able to exercise full sovereignty on its territory and to protect its people.
"The Council commends the Lebanese Government for its seven point plan for peace as a good basis for a lasting solution. Any solution must include the return of abducted soldiers and prisoners, a settlement of the international borders of Lebanon, deployment of the Lebanese armed forces through the whole of its territory, backed by an international force and the implementation of the Ta'if Accords and UNSCRs 1559, 1680.
"The Council calls on all parties in the region with influence to help bring to an end the violence and the suffering that it brings.
"The EU reiterates its determination to work with the wider international community to bring humanitarian relief to the people of Lebanon. The EU calls on all parties to grant secure and efficient passage for the delivery of humanitarian assistance especially in southern Lebanon. So far the Community and EU member states have committed over 56 million euros to the relief efforts, with another 52 million in pledges. The EU stands ready to contribute fully to the planned international conference to assist Lebanon's revival and reconstruction.
"The Council deplores the continuing violence in Gaza and the West Bank that has led to an equally distressing humanitarian situation. The Council reiterates its call for the parties to return to the peace process on the basis of the Roadmap. An unequivocal commitment by all parties to a viable independent Palestinian state living side by side in peace and security with Israel and its other neighbours is a key to stability and security in the whole region.
"The EU is committed to promote a comprehensive peace plan for the Middle East in close cooperation with partners and the countries in the region. There is no military solution to any of the problems facing the people of the region. The Council asked the High Representative to remain engaged and to remain in contact with all the relevant parties and to be ready to contribute to a political solution and to the peace process."
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One of the questions asked is that since Javier Solana is from Spain, how can he be the prince to come when the people who destroyed Jerusalem and the Temple in 70 AD were Roman?