On 5 February 1982, the Secretary-General of Western European Union (WEU) circulates a draft reply prepared by the French delegation to WEU Assembly Recommendation 374 on the reappraisal of global dangers to western peace and security. The WEU Council emphasises that it is paying particular attention to the development of relations between East and West and notes that the WEU Member States are in favour of any political consultation mechanisms that would enable a common assessment to be made of crisis situations endangering international peace. The Council believes that it is impossible to dissociate the security of the areas covered by the North Atlantic Treaty from that of other parts of the world. The Council’s final reply reproduces the French proposal in its entirety (C (82) 46).