Petersberg Tasks
In 1992, the Western European Union adopted the Petersberg tasks, designed to cope with the possible destabilising of Eastern Europe. The WEU itself had no standing army but depended on cooperation between its members. Its tasks ranged from the most modest to the most robust, and included:
- Humanitarian and rescue tasks
- Peacekeeping tasks
- Tasks for combat forces in crisis management, including peacemaking
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