Mr Clinton's 1996 joint declaration on security with Japan, before he began the tilt towards China that culminated in his trip to Tiananmen Square, yielded a new set of defence guidelines that tightened American-Japanese co-operation a bit.
At the summit, Nato and the EU issued their first joint declaration on security cooperation, pledging to work together particularly in the fields of hybrid warfare and cyberwarfare, as well as joint maritime operations to prevent illegal migration.
"We hope sometime next week to have declarations on security that will comfort the Iraqi people," he said without elaborating.
And I trust him on security".
As expected, an EU-US joint declaration on aviation security was agreed, which included the use of biometrics, passenger screening and the "identification of illicit materials" through "enhanced technologies" (eg body scanners, which in effect strip people naked).
Following are excerpts from the arms reduction treaty signed yesterday by President Bush and President Vladimir V. Putin in Moscow and from a joint declaration on strategic security, as provided by the White House.
At the summit, NATO leaders will adopt a Declaration on Alliance Security that will not only reaffirm NATO's core business but also set out, in general terms, what it should do in future.
In the group's "Declaration on Alliance Security," issued on Saturday as a blueprint for rethinking NATO for a new century, there is only one paragraph on Russia, which describes the status quo and states emptily, "We stand ready to work with Russia to address the common challenges we face".
Regional interior ministers belonging to Merkel's Christian Democrats (CDU) and her Christian Social Union (CSU) allies will later present a declaration on tougher security measures, including more police and greater surveillance in public areas.
We follow the Declaration on World Food Security, which states that food security exists 'when all people at all times, have physical and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food to meet their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life' [ 5].
Mr. de Maizière's declaration on Wednesday that "the security situation in Germany has become more serious," and the decision to put on a show of force on the streets, represented a significant shift in strategy.
