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In a referendum 90 percent of the voters in Ukraine opt for independence
from the Soviet Union.
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Representatives of the three former Soviet Republics of Russia,
Belarus and Ukraine meet in Minsk and agree to set up a Commonwealth
of Independent States to replace the Soviet Union.
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At the Maastricht European Council, Heads of State and Government
of the EC adopt treaties (subject to ratification) on Economic and
Monetary Union and Political Union. WEU Member States also meeting
in Maastricht invite members of the European Union to accede tothe
WEU or to become observers, and other European members of NATO to
become associate members of the WEU.
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Ministerial meeting of the Defence Planning Committee in Brussels.
Defence Ministers review major changes in force structures called
for in the Alliances new Strategic Concept, including substantial
reductions in troops and equipment.
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First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia, Gennadij Burbulis, visits
NATO for discussions with Secretary General Manfred Woerner on the
situation in the Soviet Union following the foundation of the Commonwealth
of Independent States by Russia, Ukraine and Belarus.
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During talks in Moscow President Yeltsin and President Gorbachev
agree that the transition to the Commonwealth of Independent States
would take place at the end of December 1991.
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Ministerial meeting of the North Atlantic Council in Brussels.
Foreign Ministers condemn the violence in Yugoslavia and pursue
initiatives taken at the Rome Summit Meeting in November, inter
alia on NATO assistance in providing humanitarian aid to the Soviet
Union.
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Inaugural meeting of the North Atlantic Cooperation Council attended
by Foreign Ministers and Representatives of 16 NATO countries and
9 Central and Eastern European countries. On the same day, developments
in Moscow mark the effective end of the USSR.
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Eleven of the constituent republics of the former Soviet Union
meet in Alma Ata and sign agreements creating a new Commonwealth
of Independent States.
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President Gorbachev announces his resignation as Soviet President
and signs a Decree relinquishing his function as Supreme Commander-in-Chief
of Soviet Forces.
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