11. Bringing European third states closer in line with EU standards. 12. Expansion and intensification of relationships with EU neighbours (eastern dimension, southern neighbouring states) and further development of special partnerships. 13. Strong advocacy of an active and effective role of the OSCE as an indispensable factor in panEuropean security; as well as intensive utilization of the OSCE for a comprehen-sive European security dialogue, conventional arms control and confidence and security building. 14. Active involvement in NATO crisis management activities, open to its partners; exploit-ing opportunities for cooperation and dialogue offered within the corresponding partner-ship frameworks. 15. Active involvement in and strengthening of the UN as an instrument for managing the global challenges of the 21st century. 16. Active involvement in international efforts in arms control and disarmament, and press-ing forward with initiatives which aim to ban further weapons with indiscriminate effects or which cause excessive suffering. 17. Using the resources of the Austrian development cooperation in order to achieve the objectives of the Strategic Guidelines on Security and Development. 18. Working towards strengthening and advancing the standards of international law, par-ticularly in the area of international humanitarian law, and supporting the implementa-tion of these standards. 19. Promoting comprehensive and improved cooperation between all of the international organisations working in the field of security and continuing Austria’s traditional involve-ment in multilateral institutions. 20. Strong commitment to ensuring coordinated, complementary and coherent cooperation among international actors. 4.4 Defence policy Austria’s defence policy shall be based on the following principles: 1. 2. 3. 20 The Austrian Armed Forces must align its conception, structure, equipment and training with the tasks defined in the analysis section, on the basis of the Austrian Federal Consti-tution and thus also on general conscription. The Austrian Armed Forces’ planning must be specified in detail accordingly, as part of the sub strategy for defence policy which must build upon these plans. The Austrian Armed Forces must ensure that they possess the personnel and qualitative response capacities in order to be able to fulfil their role as a strategic reserve for the Republic of Austria. The training and routine management of conscripts must be designed and further de-veloped in a manner which is consistent with the changes in the general security condi-tions. It must also take into account the capabilities and the interests of young citizens, for whom it should have a meaningful and motivating effect. This must occur in a way which allows conscripts to make a greater contribution to the security of Austria during their period of military service and to derive personal benefits for their lives from their time in the Austrian Armed Forces. Conscripts should also be specifically motivated to assume functions in the active reserve. In their training, particular attention must be paid to military national defence, foreign commitments, disaster relief, protecting critical infrastructures, border surveillance, sup-port for maintaining public order and security in Austria, according to Article 79 of the Constitutional Law of Austria, and cyber security.