REPORT ON POSSIBLE REVISIONS TO THE NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY.

SEC. 1314. REPORT ON POSSIBLE REVISIONS TO THE NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY. (a) Findings.—The Congress finds that— (1) when the North Atlantic Treaty was signed in 1949, the clear military threat to the security of Western Europe was the Soviet Union and its allies in Eastern Europe; (2) since 1949 it has been clearly understood by the people of the Western World that the primary mission or NATO was to deter an attack from the Soviet Bloc; (3) the dramatic changes in Europe since the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, and the subsequent dissolution of the Warsaw Pact and the Soviet Union have fundamentally changed the security situation in Europe; (4) one of the consequences of the breakdown of 40 years of Communist rule in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union has been ethnic conflict throughout the region, particularly in the Balkans and the Republics of the former Soviet Union; 106 STAT. 2549 (5) those fundamental changes in the security threats facing NATO member nations have caused confusion concerning the mission of NATO in the post-cold war world and the role of NATO military forces outside of the NATO Theater, particularly in the former Soviet Union; (6) if NATO is to continue to be relevant to the security interests of Western Europe and North America through the 1990’s and beyond, the alliance’s mission must be recrafted in order to enable it to address common transatlantic security concerns, including those beyond NATO’s geographic boundaries; and (7) a fundamental review of the North Atlantic Treaty is necessary, in light of the new security situation in Europe. (b) Report.—Not later than April 1, 1993, the President shall submit to Congress a report on the North Atlantic Treaty of 1949. The report shall include— (1) a detailed analysis of the forseeable threats to the security of NATO member nations; (2) a determination whether the North Atlantic Treaty of 1949 should be revised to meet the future challenges to peace and security; and (3) the extent to which the NATO charter permits the use of NATO forces for peacekeeping purposes, given the steadily increased use of military forces for such purposes, and the range of missions that should be considered for such peacekeeping to protect the interests of member nations