Press Statement
NATO to conduct its annual crisis management exercise CMX 2004 from 4 to 10 march 2004
NATO PR/CP(2004)0022
The 19 NATO nations will conduct their annual
crisis management exercise (CMX 2004) from 4 to 10 March 2004. CMX 2004 is
sponsored by NATO's Secretary General. It is jointly run by the International Staff and the
International Military Staff, and the two NATO Strategic Commands - Allied
Command Operations and Allied Command
Transformation.
The exercise is designed to practice crisis management procedures, including civil-military cooperation, in order to maintain and improve the Alliance's ability to manage crises.
The scenario for this exercise is hypothetical. It will depict a developing Article 5 situation within a threat environment that includes a terrorism and WMD dimension. (Article 5 of the Washington Treaty is the basic commitment to collective defence that nations make when they join the Alliance. It states that an armed attack on one or more of the Allies will be deemed an attack against them all). No actual troops will be deployed.
Participants in CMX 2004 will include civil and military staffs in national capitals, at NATO Headquarters, and in both Strategic Commands.
For further information, please contact
the NATO Press and Media Service in Brussels (tel: +32.2. 707.5041; fax:
+32.2.707.5057).
NATO information is also available on
e-mail via following address: press@hq.nato.int, and on
the website: www.nato.int.
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