elements of instability they generate often have direct or indirect impacts on our security, our society and our economy. It is essential for Luxembourg to closely monitor, influence and adapt to such changes. es and equipment needed to contribute to defending our security interests and to successfully accomplish national and international missions. Luxembourg must make its due contribution to collective security. To protect its security interests, Luxembourg has chosen to have an army and to integrate into multilateral structures. Luxembourg thus supports national and international peace and stability efforts in a holistic and coherent approach combining diplomacy, development cooperation and defence (known as the “3D approach”). While the Luxembourg Defence, in particular the army, provides territorial defence, it is also a component of Luxembourg’s foreign policy which, in conjunction with traditional diplomacy and development cooperation policy, contributes to conflict prevention and post-conflict reconstruction. For this reason, Luxembourg attaches particular importance to modes of action that are not exclusively military, and contributes to training or equipments that enable other countries to provide their own security, for instance in the context of the EU “Capacity Building in support of Security and Development” programme and NATO’s “Projecting Stability” initiative. The preservation of a rules-based international order is a vital security interest for Luxembourg. Luxembourg is one of the founding members of the 20th century’s major multilateral institutions, in particular the United Nations, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the European Union and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. This gives it not only great pride but also an affirmed sense of special responsibility when it comes to defending the founding values of these institutions. These multilateral fora provide the formal framework and the necessary assurances to protect our vital interests, in particular our economic and security interests, and justify taking decisions that commit our country. In order to assert its interests, to have its voice heard and to enjoy the collective security assured in particular by NATO, Luxembourg must meet the commitments it has entered into in the international organizations, bear its share of responsibility in the efforts and risks inherent in collective and common defence, and be recognized as a partner making relevant contributions. The goal of the defence policy is also to ensure that Luxembourg’s army has the human resourc- 13