Title: Germany. White Paper 1994


Date: 05/04/1994
Language: english

WHITE PAPER ON THE SECURITY OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY AND THE SITUATION AND FUTURE OF THE BUNDESWEHR

Table of Contents

FOREWORD

- Foreword by the Federal Chancellor, Dr. Helmut Kohl
- Foreword by the Federal Minister of Defence, Volker Rühe


CHAPTER I: GERMAN UNITY END THE BUNDESWEHR

- The Road to German Unity
- The Withdrawal of the Formerly Soviet Forces from Germany
- The Bundeswehr in the Unification Process
- Establishing the Bunderwehr in the New Länder


CHAPTER II: THE SITUATION

- Germany in a New Era
- Security Policy of the Future
- The Changing Face of Europe
- The New Challenges
- Regional Reflection
- Conclusion


CHAPTER III: THE CONCEPT OF GERMAN SECURITY AND DEFENCE POLICY

- Values and Interests
- Salient Features and Perspectives of German Security and Defence Policy


CHAPTER IV: GERMAN SECURITY POLICY - AREAS OF ACTIVITY AND INFLUENCE

- The Transatlantic Partnership under Future Conditions
- European Security and Defence Policy
- The Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe
- Germany's Role in the United Nations
- Arms Control and Disarmament


CHAPTER V: THE BUNDESWEHR OF THE FUTURE

- The Changed Role and Mission of the Bundeswehr
- The Concept for Development of the Bundeswehr
- Consequences for the Armed Forces
- Resources and Planning
- Equipment Planning in the Armed Forces
- National and European Armaments Base


CHAPTER VI: THE BUNDESWEHR IN TRANSITION

- The Command Structure of the Bundeswehr
- The Army
- The Air Force
- The Navy
- The Central Medical Agencies of the Bundeswehr
- The Central Military Agencies of the Bundeswehr
- Armed Forces and Reservists
- The Federal Defence Administration
- Overall Defence


CHAPTER VII: THE BUNDESWEHR IN THE STATE AND IN SOCIETY

- Innere Führung (Leadership and Civic Education)
- The Self-image of Bundeswehr Serviceman
- Training
- Socially Acceptable Transition
- System of Militaty Justice
- Chaplain Service
- The Bundeswehr and the Environment
- The Bundeswehr and the Public


ABBREVIATIONS


Source:
Federal Ministry of Defence


Published by:
The Federal Ministry of Defence on behalf of the Federal Government

Layout and Diagrams:
Abels & Grey, Corporate Mission Agency, Düsseldorf

Obtainable from:
Armed Forces Office,
Am Wiesenpfad 49,
53340 Meckenheim;
Press and Information Office of the Federal Government,
Welckestrasse 11,
53105 Bonn