Tasks and Experiences of the Hungarian Defence Forces in Crisis Management

Abstract

The most important task of the Hungarian Defence Forces is the armed defence of the country and the fulfilment of other military obligations arising from international treaties, particularly collective defence, peacekeeping and humanitarian functions (Act CXIII of 2011 in Hungary). In addition to the basic responsibilities described in the Home Defence Act, an essential, and, as experience shows, very frequent, function is “contribution to the performance of tasks related to disaster management”. The purpose of this paper is to present the work of the Hungarian Defence Forces in two large segments of crisis management: we analyse experiences from international peace support operations and protection against disasters. Our other aim is to show an example of smaller European countries engaging in possible peaceful multilateral military cooperation. Najpomembnejši nalogi madžarske vojske sta oborožena obramba države in izpolnjevanje drugih vojaških obveznosti, ki izhajajo iz mednarodnih pogodb, še zlasti kolektivne obrambe, ter mirovnih in humanitarnih dejavnosti (madžarski Zakon št. CXIII iz leta 2011). Poleg temeljnih obvez, opredeljenih v Zakonu o domovinski obrambi, je ključna in, kot kažejo izkušnje, tudi zelo pogosta funkcija »prispevanje k izvedbi nalog, povezanih z ravnanjem ob nesrečah«. Namen tega prispevka je predstaviti delovanje madžarske vojske na dveh večjih področjih kriznega upravljanja, pri čemer analiziramo izkušnje iz mednarodnih mirovnih operacij ter varstvo pred nesrečami. Naš drugi namen pa je prikazati primer morebitnega miroljubnega večstranskega sodelovanja manjših evropskih držav na vojaškem področju.

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