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Petersberg Declaration
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<p>The Petersberg Declaration was adopted by ministers of the <a href="/facts/Western_European_Union/KLtu7fbc">Western European Union</a> on 19 June 1992 at <a href="/facts/Hotel_Petersberg/5df5v4nf">Hotel Petersberg</a>, near <a href="/facts/Bonn/eCSu8vB1">Bonn</a> in <a href="/facts/Germany/paluuWBX">Germany</a>. It defined <a href="/facts/Military/kgNmLUnN">military</a> tasks of a <a href="/facts/Humanitarian/lq8n2I4x">humanitarian</a>, disarming, peacekeeping and peacemaking nature that the WEU would be empowered to do. The contents and responsibilities arising from the declaration, known as the Petersberg Tasks, were later transferred to the <a href="/facts/European_Union/6GYcR8qM">European Union</a>'s (EU) <a href="/facts/European_Security_and_Defence_Policy/rDpJzIrn">European Security and Defence Policy</a> (ESDP), presently known as the <a href="/facts/Common_Security_and_Defence_Policy/rDpJzIrn">Common Security and Defence Policy</a> (CSDP). </p>