Editing Munich Security Conference (section)

==Purpose==
At this conference, under the theme of peace through dialogue, senior politicians, diplomats, military and security experts from the member countries of [[NATO]] and the [[European Union]], but also from other countries such as [[China]], [[India]], [[Iran]], [[Japan]], 
[[South Korea]] and [[Russia]] are invited to discuss the current issues in security and defense policies.

The intention of the conference is to address the topical main security issues and to debate and analyze the main security challenges in the present and the future in line with the concept of networked security. A focal point of the conference is the discussion and the exchange of views on the development of the [[wikt:transatlantic|transatlantic]] relations as well as European and global security in the 21st century.

The conference is organized privately and therefore not an official government event. It is used exclusively for discussion; an authorization for binding intergovernmental decisions does not exist. Furthermore, there is - contrary to usual conventions - no common final communiqué. The high-level meeting is also used to discrete background discussions between the participants. An exception is the presentation of global political decisions, such as the exchange of instruments of [[ratification]] for the [[New START]] disarmament agreement between the United States and Russia, which was held at the conclusion of the security conference in 2011.