
:''This Wikipedia article uses British English because of NATO's historical use of this style as a standard. NATO is also an acronym for the National Association of Theatre Owners.'' The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), sometimes called North Atlantic Alliance, Atlantic Alliance or the Western Alliance, is an international organization for collective security established in 1949, in support of the North Atlantic Treaty signed in Washington, D.C., on April 4, 1949. Its other official name is the French language equivalent, ''l'Organisation du Traité de l'Atlantique Nord'' (''OTAN''). The core provision of the treaty is Article V, which states: :''The Parties agree that an armed attack against one or more of them in Europe or North America shall be considered an attack against them all. Consequently they agree that, if such an armed attack occurs, each of them, in exercise of the right of individual or collective self-defence recognised by Article 51 of the Charter of the United Nations, will assist the Party or Parties so attacked by taking forthwith, individually and in concert with the other Parties, such action as it deems necessary, including the use of armed force, to restore and maintain the security of the North Atlantic area.'' This provision was intended so that if the USSR and its allies launched an attack against the Western European allies of the United States, it would be treated as if it was an attack on all member states, including the United States, which has the largest military in the alliance and could thus provide the most significant retaliation. However, the feared invasion of Western Europe never came. Instead, the provision was invoked for the first time in the treaty's history on September 12, 2001, in response to the September 11, 2001 attacks the day before. See also: Ranks and Insignia of NATO == Member states == ===Founding members (April 4, 1949)=== * * * * 1966 France withdraws from the integrated command of NATO and all NATO forces leave France * * * * * * * * ===States that joined NATO during the Cold War=== * (February 18, 1952) * (February 18, 1952) * (May 9, 1955 as West Germany) * (May 30,1982) ===Former Eastern Bloc states that joined NATO after the Cold War=== * (May 27, 1999) * (May 27, 1999) * (May 27, 1999) * (March 29, 2004) * (March 29, 2004) * (March 29, 2004) * (March 29, 2004) * (March 29, 2004) * (March 29, 2004) * (March 29, 2004) Greece and Turkey joined the organisation in February 1952. Germany joined as Germany in 1955 and German reunification in 1990 extended the membership to the areas of the former German Democratic Republic, which became part of the Federal Republic of Germany. Spain was admitted on May 301982, and the former Warsaw Pact countries of Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic made history by becoming members on March 121999. France is a member of NATO, but it withdrew from the military command in 1966. Following this decision, the NATO headquarters was moved from Paris to Brussels. Iceland, the sole member of NATO which does not have its own military force (the Icelandic Defense Force being the United States Military contingent permanently stationed in Iceland), joined on the condition that they would not be expected to establish one. Slovenia, Slovakia, the former Warsaw Pact countries of Bulgaria and Romania, and Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, previously annexed by the USSR, officially acceded to NATO on March 292004. They attended their first NATO meeting in April 2004. ==Political structure== Like any alliance, NATO is ultimately governed by its 26 member states. However, the North Atlantic Treaty, and other agreements, outline how decisions are to be made by NATO. Each of the 26 members sends a delegation or mission to NATO's headquarters in Brussels, Belgium. The senior permanent member of each delegation is known as the Permanent Representative and is generally a senior civil servant or an experienced ambassador. Together the Permanent Members form the North Atlantic Council, a body which meets together at least once a week and has effective political authority and powers of decision in NATO. From time to time the Council also meets at higher levels involving Foreign Ministers, Defence Ministers or Head of government and it is at these meetings that major decisions regarding NATO's policies are generally taken. However, it is worth noting that the Council has the same authority and powers of decision-making, and its decisions have the same status and validity, at whatever level it meets. The meetings of the North Atlantic Council are chaired by the Secretary General of NATO of NATO and, when decisions have to be made, action is agreed upon on the basis of unanimity and common accord. There is no voting or decision by majority. Each nation represented at the Council table or on any of its subordinate committees retains complete sovereignty and responsibility for its own decisions. A second member of each country's delegation is the Military Representative, a senior officer from each country's armed forces. Together the Military Representatives form the Military Committee, a body responsible for recommending to NATO's political authorities those measures considered necessary for the common defence of the NATO area. Its principal role is to provide direction and advice on military policy and strategy. It provides guidance on military matters to the NATO Strategic Commanders, whose representatives attend its meetings, and is responsible for the overall conduct of the military affairs of the Alliance under the authority of the Council. Like the council, from time to time the Military Committee also meets at a higher level, namely at the level of Chiefs of Defence, the most senior military officer in each nations armed forces. ==Military structure== NATO's military operations are directed by two Strategic Commanders, both senior American Officers assisted by a staff drawn from across NATO. The Strategic Commanders are responsible to the Military Committee for the overall direction and conduct of all Alliance military matters within their areas of command. Before 2003 the Strategic Commanders were the Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) and the Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic (SACLANT) but the current arrangement is to separate command responsibility between Allied Command Transformation (ACT), responsible for transformation and training of NATO forces, and Allied Command Operations, responsible for NATO operations world wide. The commander of Allied Command Operations retained the title "Supreme Allied Commander Europe", and is based in the Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe located at Casteau, north of the Belgian city of Mons. This is about 80 km (50 miles) away from NATO's political headquarters. Allied Command Transformation (ACT) is based in the former Allied Command Atlantic headquarters in Norfolk, Virginia. ==History== *March 17, 1948: The Benelux countries, France, and the United Kingdom sign the Treaty of Brussels, a precursor to the NATO Agreement. *April 4, 1949: North Atlantic Treaty is signed in Washington, DC. *May 14, 1955: Warsaw Pact treaty is signed in Warsaw by the Soviet Union and its satellite states as a formal response to NATO. Both organisations are opposing sides in the Cold War. After the fall of the Iron Curtain in 1989, the Warsaw Pact disintegrates. *1966: Charles de Gaulle removes France from NATO's military command to pursue its own nuclear defence programme. All non French NATO troops are forced to leave France. This precipitates the relocation of the NATO Headquarters from Paris, France to Brussels, Belgium by October 16, 1967. While the political headquarters are located in Brussels the military headquarters, the Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE), are located just south of Brussels, in the town of Mons. *May 30, 1978 NATO countries define two complementary aims of the Alliance, to maintain security and pursue détente. This is supposed to mean to keep their defences at the level rendered necessary by the Warsaw Pact's offensive capabilities without spurring a further arms race. *December 12, 1979 In light of a build-up of Warsaw Pact nuclear capabilities in Europe, ministers approved the deployment of U.S. Cruise and Pershing II theater nuclear weapons in Europe. The new warheads are also meant to strengthen the western negotiating position in regard to nuclear disarmament. *May 30, 1982: Spain joins the alliance. *1983-1984: Soviet activity in the Middle East leads to the end of western détente. Responding to the stationing of Warsaw Pact SS-20 medium-range missiles in Europe, NATO deploys modern Pershing II missiles able to reach Moscow within minutes. This action leads to bitter peace movement protests throughout Western Europe. *May 1984: A NATO manoeuvre codenamed Able Archer, which simulates a NATO response to a Soviet nuclear attack, causes panic in the Kremlin. Soviet leader Yuri Andropov becomes concerned that Ronald Reagan intends to launch a real first strike, and places Soviet nuclear forces at full readiness. Only after the collapse of the Soviet Union does it become clear that US intelligence had mistaken real Soviet nervousness for propaganda efforts. *October 3, 1990: With the reunification of Germany, the former East Germany becomes part of the Federal Republic of Germany and the alliance. This had been agreed in the Two Plus Four Treaty earlier in the year. To secure Soviet approval of united Germany remaining in NATO, it is agreed that there will be no new foreign military bases in the east, and that nuclear weapons will not be permanently stationed there. *March 31, 1991: The Warsaw Pact comes to an end. It is officially dissolved on July 1, 1991. The Soviet Union collapses in December the same year. *February 8, 1994: NATO takes its first military action, shooting down two Bosnian Serb aircraft violating a UN no-fly zone over central Bosnia and Herzegovina. NATO airstrikes the following year help bring the Yugoslav wars to an end, resulting in the Dayton Agreement. *July 8, 1997: Three former communist countries, Hungary, the Czech Republic, and Poland, are invited to joined NATO. They join in 1999. *March 24, 1999: NATO sees its first broad-scale military engagement in the Kosovo War, where it wages an 11-week bombing campaign against what was then the Serbia and Montenegro, aimed at preventing the ethnic cleansing of Albanians. It ends on June 11, 1999, when Yugoslavian leader Slobodan Milosevic agrees to NATO's demands. It is later shown that, although the Yugoslav army was incapacitated, far less of its equipment was destroyed than NATO had estimated. *April 1999: At the Washington, D.C. summit, Germany proposes that NATO adopt a no-first-use nuclear strategy; the proposal is rejected. *September 12, 2001: NATO provisionally invokes, for the first time in its history, the collective security clause of its charter. Article 5 states that any attack on a member state is considered an attack against the entire alliance. This comes in response to the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack against the United States. *October 5, 2001: NATO confirms the invocation of Article 5, having determined that the attacks of 11 September were eligible under the terms of the North Atlantic Treaty. [http://www.nato.int/docu/update/2001/1001/e1002a.htm] *November 21, 2002: During the Prague summit, seven countries are invited to start talks in order to join the Alliance: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovenia, Slovakia, Bulgaria, and Romania. The invited countries join NATO on March 29, 2004. Further countries express the wish to join the alliance, including Albania, the Republic of Macedonia, and Croatia. The summit also launches the NATO Response Force (NRF). *February 10, 2003: NATO faces a crisis when France and Belgium veto the procedure of silent approval concerning the timing of protective measures for Turkey in case of a possible war with Iraq. Germany does not use its right to break the procedure but says it supports the veto. *April 16, 2003: NATO agrees to take command in August of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan. The decision comes at the request of Germany and the Netherlands, the two nations leading ISAF at the time of the agreement. All 19 NATO ambassadors approve it unanimously. The handover of control to NATO takes place on August 11, and marked the first time in NATO's history that it takes charge of a mission outside the north Atlantic area. Canada had originally been slated to take over ISAF by itself on that date. *June 19, 2003: A major restructuring of the NATO military commands begins as the Headquarters of the Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic was abolished and a new command, Allied Command Transformation, was established in Norfolk, Virginia, U.S. *March 29, 2004: Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia join NATO. == Secretaries General of NATO == # Hastings Lionel Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay (United Kingdom): April 4, 1952, to May 16, 1957 # Paul-Henri Spaak (Belgium): May 16, 1957, to April 21, 1961 # Dirk Stikker (Netherlands): April 21, 1961, to August 1, 1964 # Manlio Brosio (Italy): August 1, 1964, to October 1, 1971 # Joseph Luns (Netherlands): October 1, 1971, to June 25, 1984 # Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington (United Kingdom): June 25, 1984, to July 1, 1988 # Manfred Wörner (Germany): July 1, 1988, to August 13, 1994 # ''Sergio Balanzino (Italy, acting): August 13, 1994, to October 17, 1994'' # Willy Claes (Belgium): October 17, 1994, to October 20, 1995 # ''Sergio Balanzino (Italy, acting): October 20, 1995, to December 5, 1995'' # Javier Solana (Spain): December 5, 1995, to October 6, 1999 # George Robertson (United Kingdom): October 14, 1999, to January 1, 2004 # Jaap de Hoop Scheffer (Netherlands): January 1, 2004, to present == Debate on the future of NATO == The crumbling of the main "Enemy of the West" in Eastern Europe, as well as dissensions between members about the latest Iraq operations, makes some wonder – in North America as well as in Europe – if NATO has not become obsolete. The presumed terrorist threat could give this institution a new life, but some think also that fighting this new enemy needs a completely different political and military organisation, as well as completely different weapons systems other than those on which NATO was built. Many also argue that NATO is in conflict with the prospects of deeper European integration in the fields of foreign policy and security within the framework of the EU institutions. Advocates for a strong EU Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) would like to see NATO dismantled and create common defence and foreign policy within the existing EU institutions. In November 2004 after the re-election of President George W. Bush the Norwegian Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik publicly discussed whether Norway would gain by strengthening her defence relations with the EU. Many Norwegian political analysts consider NATO to be a "politically dead organisation". So do several pundits and political leaders in other member nations. These attitudes will of necessity be reflected in future discussions of NATO expansion. ==See also== *Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council *OSCE *Partnership for Peace *WEU *UN *Atlantic Council *Headquarters Allied Command Europe Rapid Reaction Corps *Warsaw pact *Non-Aligned Movement *NATO Medal *silence procedure == External links == * [http://www.nato.int/ NATO Official Website] * [http://www.namsa.nato.int/ NATO Maintenance and Supply Agency (NAMSA) Official Website] * [http://www.army-technology.com/contractors/missiles/nato.html NATO Response Force Article] * [http://www.nato.int/issues/nrf/index.html Official Article on NATO Response Force] * [http://www.nato.int/docu/basics.htm Basic NATO Documents] * [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4232381.stm NATO searches for defining role] * [http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,1211214,00.html 'NATO force 'feeds Kosovo sex trade' - The Guardian] NATO International organizations == Notes == This convention is discussed in NATO's [http://www.nato.int/issues/faq/index.html#C4 online frequently asked questions]: ''"Q: Why do you spell ‘organisation’ with an ‘s’and not a ‘z’? A: By tradition, NATO uses European English spellings in all public information documents..."''. NATO has two official languages, English and French, this is defined in Article 14 of the North Atlantic Treaty. hi:नैटो lv:NATO se:NATO th:องค์การสนธิสัญญาป้องกันแอตแลนติกเหนือ vi:NATO
== Spelling == NATO historically uses British spelling as a standard. It is an "organisation". It deals with issues of "defence". It has "internship programmes".
There have been numerous edits changing the spelling of this article, which have all been reverted. The spelling comment in the source code, which has been removed and put back several times, was intended to prevent such editing. User:SpNeo 02:45, 24 Mar 2005 (UTC) It seems that changing the spelling from UK to US is an ongoing problem, just look at all the ''"rv; this article uses UK spellings."'' comments in the page's history. Magna Carta has a similar problem, only this time it is with people adding "the" before "Magna Carta". The problem there seems to have been solved by adding: :''As there is no definite article in Latin, the document is usually referred to as simply "Magna Carta" rather than "the Magna Carta."'' to the very top of the article. Would something similar be worth a try here? I sugest: :''This Wikipedia article uses British spelling because of NATO's historical use of this style as a standard.'' Just an idea - and I may be off my head on this one. Any comments? User:Andreww 10:53, 25 May 2005 (UTC) :''This Wikipedia article uses British English because of NATO's historical use of this style as a standard.'' linking British spelling to British English and it is a great idea that i wouyld support, User:SqueakBox 14:13, May 25, 2005 (UTC) ::Ok, I have added the text and a note on the subject - lets see what happens. User:Andreww 00:15, 28 May 2005 (UTC) == Miscellaneous == :This is stupid. Not agreeing to participate in American aggression is not sign of crisis - it's a sign that NATO is still working. It was a crisis in that NATO has been an effective organization since its inception because its members have seen eye to eye on important defense matters. The refusal to enact protective measures in Turkey at the onset of the invasion of Iraq was shocking to all in that the alliance was fractured over a matter that would have once seemed routine and trivial. A single member of NATO can veto all actions by NATO by simply voting against it. In this respect it is like the failed League of Nations. This might have been well and fine during the Cold War, when the alliance banded together on security matters, but with the unaminity in question over such a trivial matter, the very relevance of NATO comes into question. It was a crisis. ----- ''An event in this article is a MediaWiki:April 4 selected anniversaries (may be in HTML comment). '' ----- :On February 10, 2003 NATO faced a serious crisis because of France and Belgium breaking the procedure of silent approval concerning the timing of protective measures for Turkey in case of a possible war with Iraq. Germany did not use its right to break the procedure but said it supported the veto. This is stupid. Not agreeing to participate in American aggression is not sign of crisis - it's a sign that NATO is still working. User:Taw 10:19 Mar 9, 2003 (UTC) The real stupidity is that both France and Germany, especially their socio-political elite think that they are someone, when really their time in the sun is over. Get used to the fact that you are have-beens. --User:Numerousfalx 11:51, 26 Oct 2004 (UTC) Very funny. Well that is the reason they didn´t go und never will go to iraq. The the sun down there is awful hot :-) ---- I think this should be moved to: North Atlantic Treaty Organization -fonzy :I disagree. See Wikipedia:Naming conventions (acronyms). Generally acronyms that have four or more letters are unambiguous. --User:Maveric149 Then EFTA should be moved. :Is it more widely known as EFTA or the European Free Trade Association? --User:Maveric149 erm, i ahev no idea, if i asked ppl in my A-levekl class they probably will habe nevere heard of either term. -fonzy :It is known as EFTA only, and nobody refers to it by the full name. So the placement is okay. -- User:Cordyph 10:49 Mar 9, 2003 (UTC) ::? The article is at European Free Trade Association. --mav I will move it then - fonzy --------- ON Rory Bremners show yesterday they gave a ranking of countries' use of the NATO veto. This is something which should be explained in the article. (BTW, the top country was the USA) -- User:Tarquin 13:51 Feb 17, 2003 (UTC) ---- The article says Art. V was invoked on September 12 (in the intro) and September 13 (in the timeline). I'm pretty sure it was the 12th, but I'm not Wikipedia:Be bold. --User:Calieber 23:32, Jan 26, 2004 (UTC) : Sept 12th according to http://www.nato.int/terrorism/index.htm User:145.254.54.96 22:02, 25 Mar 2004 (UTC) ---- ===Article needs a map=== A map with NATO countries shaded would be a good addition to this article, if someone could find or make one. --User:Lowellian 00:43, Apr 1, 2004 (UTC) The map is fine, but Denmark is not marked as a Nato member.--User:217.230.175.214 11:32, 2 Apr 2004 (UTC) I try to re-upload an updated map. But it still gives the old version? I tried to upload twice the same file and on the wikipedia the fgure is different. http://en.wikipedia.org/upload/archive/2/23/20040402124804%21Nato_map.png is the correct one. Can anybody help?? User:Donarreiskoffer 12:50, 2 Apr 2004 (UTC) I reverted to the version above and it seems ok now. User:Donarreiskoffer 14:03, 2 Apr 2004 (UTC) I have a question on the map I uploaded: I marked Greenland as NATO member. Is this correct or not? Greenland can be seen as a part of Denmark, which is a NATO member. On the other hand Greenland is not a part of the European Union. User:Donarreiskoffer 09:05, 30 Apr 2004 (UTC) Greenland is an autonomous province og Denmark and voted to exclude itself from the European Union and remain part of NATO.--User:68.80.223.233 13:57, 21 Sep 2004 (UTC) ==NATO - Where from Here?== What happens next with NATO? The Members have stated the intent to stay clear of the EU, the French and Germans want to run it, and NATO is trying to "transform" itself into what? A Northern Hemisphere Treaty Organization or NHTO of Warhammer 40,000 fame? Will NATO form its own standing force of non-national units? Probably. Will the CIS countries eventually join? Probably. Will NATO achieve universal hegomy? and become the dominant military force in the world?--User:Tomtom 11:44, 29 Jul 2004 (UTC) What will happen to the EU's idea, actually France and Germany and Benelux, of a EGF or European military? == A Technical Point == It is wrong to refer to Lituania, Latvia, and Estonia as "former Warsaw Pact" members. They were consitituent republics of the former Soviet Union when the WP was operative and lacked the sovereignty presumably necessary to join such an organisation, had they desired to. What they really are is former ''parts'' of a former nation that was in the former Warsaw Pact. I suppose the counterargument to this would be that some Western countries (U.S. included) never recognised the 1940 Soviet annexation of the Baltic States, but that would be a ''real'' quibble. Let's don't automatically revert all British spellings to U.S. They are different, but that doesn't mean that one is right and the other is wrong, nor that they are so impenetrable to the average American to prevent him or her from knowing what is meant and therefore must be "corrected". User:Rlquall 15:57, 1 Sep 2004 (UTC) ==France== I see they withdrew in 1966, but they are a current member... it might be useful to note when they rejoined. User:Radagast 23:59, Sep 26, 2004 (UTC) France never really withdrew, but they pulled out of the unified command structure and had all U.S. troops who had been posted in France leave. (They were still bound in theory by the idea that an attack on one was an attack on all. Many said that this meant that an attack on France was an attack on NATO, but not necessarily than an attack on another NATO member would have been regarded as an attack on France.) This was DeGaulle at his best/worst. I think that they came back into the unified command structure under Chirac, fairly recently, but in some ways the damage was done. NATO HQ will never be in Paris again, and the French will not really probably be that major of an influence in NATO. This is a case of how DeGaulle's brand of French nationalism truly cut both ways and is still influential over three decades after his death, for better and for worse. User:Rlquall 15:54, 27 Sep 2004 (UTC) France left NATO because their nuclear weapons use was supposed to be ruled by NATO, and NATO has allways been under USA command. Having nuclear weapons under the command of another country is and was unnacceptable. : Quite right, NATO never was a real alliance between the US and Europe, but a US military appendix. Btw, that is why NATO is losing ground now that the cold war is over, that Europe gets organized, and also that the US has more an more an unilateral vision and thus is itself also less interested in NATO. No military pact is eternal, it just reflects a situation of the world at a given moment. Seems that France had foreseen this --User:Pgreenfinch 14:11, 24 Jan 2005 (UTC) : Perhaps someone could add this info to the main page? I was wondering this exact thing... == Amazing , isn't it ... == that someone who doesn't know or recognize differences in British and American usages, or even how to spell "grammar", apparently, and either hasn't learned to or won't sign in, knows how to "fix" an article that there was essentially nothing wrong with. Ordinarly I have a very calm disposition towards newcomers, since I was one not too very long ago, but am sorely tempted to make an exception in this case. So, if you're reading this, read your way through the newcomers' guide and then post a reply, if you care to, and then please ''sign'' it so that we can discuss things. User:Rlquall 19:09, 11 Nov 2004 (UTC) == Expansion map colours == Hi, I'm red-green colourblind and I find the map of the NATO expansion in europe particularly tricky to see. The biggest problem for me (and also the ~8% of the population with this problem) is distinguishing between the colours for 1999 and 2004, which look almost identical to me. Also, it can prove hard to discern/remember which shade of pale blue refers to which year, notably 1952/1955. I can imagine this may help for the sake of clarity of all users. I'm not confident enough in Wiki stuff to upload a better version, so perhaps some one out there could help. I was also wondering whether there exists a Wiki initiative for problems such as this to help identify/report accessibility problems. Maybe the page could be marked with a 'accessibility problem' tag or somesuch?? Anyway, I digress. Thanks for your time. User:Gt 04:13, 25 Feb 2005 (UTC) == Warsaw Pact == There seems to be an error in the second paragraph. We say: ''This provision was intended so that if a Warsaw Pact member launched an attack against the European allies of the United States, it would be treated as if it was an attack on all member states (including the United States itself),''... While later on, in the history section we note the the Warsaw Pact was formed in 1955, that is after the formation of NATO in 1949. ''May 14, 1955: Warsaw Pact treaty signed in Warsaw by the Soviet Union and its satellite states in order to counterbalance NATO. Both organisations were opposing sides in the Cold War. After the fall of the Iron Curtain in 1989, the Warsaw Pact disintegrated.'' The second paragraph proberbly needs fixing to say something like "soviet" but I think we still need to refer to the Warsaw Pact at some point in the intro. Does anybody have an elegent way of doing this? User:Andreww 10:00, 4 Apr 2005 (UTC) == Photo's copyright == Would it be possible to add a copyright notice when it comes to the use of NATO pictures? Thank you, Bram De Smet, NIDS - NATO I have just checked and none of the photos we are using appear to be from NATO; they are from US public sources (defense dept etc), and therefore are released into the public domain already. The flag is from CIA, etc. By pressing on the little double square underneath each photo you can go to the page of the image where each individual copyright issue is dealt with. I also got the impression from looking at th official NATO website that we could not use NATO photos without getting specific permission from NATO. There are NATO photos I would love to use (eg a picture of Javier Solana, but have assumed I cannot due to NATO copyright. Can you clarify the situation? Thanks for the note, and if you have more questions please leave them here or write to me on my talk page, --User:SqueakBox 15:05, May 9, 2005 (UTC) == East Germany == Hi, No time NOW to do it myself but 1990 the reunified Germany joined the NATO. I'll do it myself when i've time or you do for me =) The reunified Germany was legally still the Federal Republic. There was no "new" Germany joining in 1990. However, it should be mentioned if it is not already. --User:ProhibitOnions 22:32, 2005 May 31 (UTC)
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:''This Wikipedia article uses British English because of NATO's historical use of this style as a standard. NATO is also an acronym for the National Association of Theatre Owners.'' The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), sometimes called North Atlantic Alliance, Atlantic Alliance or the Western Alliance, is an international organization for collective security established in 1949, in support of the North Atlantic Treaty signed in Washington, D.C., on April 4, 1949. Its other official name is the French language equivalent, ''l'Organisation du Traité de l'Atlantique Nord'' (''OTAN''). The core provision of the treaty is Article V, which states: :''The Parties agree that an armed attack against one or more of them in Europe or North America shall be considered an attack against them all. Consequently they agree that, if such an armed attack occurs, each of them, in exercise of the right of individual or collective self-defence recognised by Article 51 of the Charter of the United Nations, will assist the Party or Parties so attacked by taking forthwith, individually and in concert with the other Parties, such action as it deems necessary, including the use of armed force, to restore and maintain the security of the North Atlantic area.'' This provision was intended so that if the USSR and its allies launched an attack against the Western European allies of the United States, it would be treated as if it was an attack on all member states, including the United States, which has the largest military in the alliance and could thus provide the most significant retaliation. However, the feared invasion of Western Europe never came. Instead, the provision was invoked for the first time in the treaty's history on September 12, 2001, in response to the September 11, 2001 attacks the day before. See also: Ranks and Insignia of NATO == Member states == ===Founding members (April 4, 1949)=== * * * * 1966 France withdraws from the integrated command of NATO and all NATO forces leave France * * * * * * * * ===States that joined NATO during the Cold War=== * (February 18, 1952) * (February 18, 1952) * (May 9, 1955 as West Germany) * (May 30,1982) ===Former Eastern Bloc states that joined NATO after the Cold War=== * (May 27, 1999) * (May 27, 1999) * (May 27, 1999) * (March 29, 2004) * (March 29, 2004) * (March 29, 2004) * (March 29, 2004) * (March 29, 2004) * (March 29, 2004) * (March 29, 2004) Greece and Turkey joined the organisation in February 1952. Germany joined as Germany in 1955 and German reunification in 1990 extended the membership to the areas of the former German Democratic Republic, which became part of the Federal Republic of Germany. Spain was admitted on May 301982, and the former Warsaw Pact countries of Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic made history by becoming members on March 121999. France is a member of NATO, but it withdrew from the military command in 1966. Following this decision, the NATO headquarters was moved from Paris to Brussels. Iceland, the sole member of NATO which does not have its own military force (the Icelandic Defense Force being the United States Military contingent permanently stationed in Iceland), joined on the condition that they would not be expected to establish one. Slovenia, Slovakia, the former Warsaw Pact countries of Bulgaria and Romania, and Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, previously annexed by the USSR, officially acceded to NATO on March 292004. They attended their first NATO meeting in April 2004. ==Political structure== Like any alliance, NATO is ultimately governed by its 26 member states. However, the North Atlantic Treaty, and other agreements, outline how decisions are to be made by NATO. Each of the 26 members sends a delegation or mission to NATO's headquarters in Brussels, Belgium. The senior permanent member of each delegation is known as the Permanent Representative and is generally a senior civil servant or an experienced ambassador. Together the Permanent Members form the North Atlantic Council, a body which meets together at least once a week and has effective political authority and powers of decision in NATO. From time to time the Council also meets at higher levels involving Foreign Ministers, Defence Ministers or Head of government and it is at these meetings that major decisions regarding NATO's policies are generally taken. However, it is worth noting that the Council has the same authority and powers of decision-making, and its decisions have the same status and validity, at whatever level it meets. The meetings of the North Atlantic Council are chaired by the Secretary General of NATO of NATO and, when decisions have to be made, action is agreed upon on the basis of unanimity and common accord. There is no voting or decision by majority. Each nation represented at the Council table or on any of its subordinate committees retains complete sovereignty and responsibility for its own decisions. A second member of each country's delegation is the Military Representative, a senior officer from each country's armed forces. Together the Military Representatives form the Military Committee, a body responsible for recommending to NATO's political authorities those measures considered necessary for the common defence of the NATO area. Its principal role is to provide direction and advice on military policy and strategy. It provides guidance on military matters to the NATO Strategic Commanders, whose representatives attend its meetings, and is responsible for the overall conduct of the military affairs of the Alliance under the authority of the Council. Like the council, from time to time the Military Committee also meets at a higher level, namely at the level of Chiefs of Defence, the most senior military officer in each nations armed forces. ==Military structure== NATO's military operations are directed by two Strategic Commanders, both senior American Officers assisted by a staff drawn from across NATO. The Strategic Commanders are responsible to the Military Committee for the overall direction and conduct of all Alliance military matters within their areas of command. Before 2003 the Strategic Commanders were the Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) and the Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic (SACLANT) but the current arrangement is to separate command responsibility between Allied Command Transformation (ACT), responsible for transformation and training of NATO forces, and Allied Command Operations, responsible for NATO operations world wide. The commander of Allied Command Operations retained the title "Supreme Allied Commander Europe", and is based in the Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe located at Casteau, north of the Belgian city of Mons. This is about 80 km (50 miles) away from NATO's political headquarters. Allied Command Transformation (ACT) is based in the former Allied Command Atlantic headquarters in Norfolk, Virginia. ==History== *March 17, 1948: The Benelux countries, France, and the United Kingdom sign the Treaty of Brussels, a precursor to the NATO Agreement. *April 4, 1949: North Atlantic Treaty is signed in Washington, DC. *May 14, 1955: Warsaw Pact treaty is signed in Warsaw by the Soviet Union and its satellite states as a formal response to NATO. Both organisations are opposing sides in the Cold War. After the fall of the Iron Curtain in 1989, the Warsaw Pact disintegrates. *1966: Charles de Gaulle removes France from NATO's military command to pursue its own nuclear defence programme. All non French NATO troops are forced to leave France. This precipitates the relocation of the NATO Headquarters from Paris, France to Brussels, Belgium by October 16, 1967. While the political headquarters are located in Brussels the military headquarters, the Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE), are located just south of Brussels, in the town of Mons. *May 30, 1978 NATO countries define two complementary aims of the Alliance, to maintain security and pursue détente. This is supposed to mean to keep their defences at the level rendered necessary by the Warsaw Pact's offensive capabilities without spurring a further arms race. *December 12, 1979 In light of a build-up of Warsaw Pact nuclear capabilities in Europe, ministers approved the deployment of U.S. Cruise and Pershing II theater nuclear weapons in Europe. The new warheads are also meant to strengthen the western negotiating position in regard to nuclear disarmament. *May 30, 1982: Spain joins the alliance. *1983-1984: Soviet activity in the Middle East leads to the end of western détente. Responding to the stationing of Warsaw Pact SS-20 medium-range missiles in Europe, NATO deploys modern Pershing II missiles able to reach Moscow within minutes. This action leads to bitter peace movement protests throughout Western Europe. *May 1984: A NATO manoeuvre codenamed Able Archer, which simulates a NATO response to a Soviet nuclear attack, causes panic in the Kremlin. Soviet leader Yuri Andropov becomes concerned that Ronald Reagan intends to launch a real first strike, and places Soviet nuclear forces at full readiness. Only after the collapse of the Soviet Union does it become clear that US intelligence had mistaken real Soviet nervousness for propaganda efforts. *October 3, 1990: With the reunification of Germany, the former East Germany becomes part of the Federal Republic of Germany and the alliance. This had been agreed in the Two Plus Four Treaty earlier in the year. To secure Soviet approval of united Germany remaining in NATO, it is agreed that there will be no new foreign military bases in the east, and that nuclear weapons will not be permanently stationed there. *March 31, 1991: The Warsaw Pact comes to an end. It is officially dissolved on July 1, 1991. The Soviet Union collapses in December the same year. *February 8, 1994: NATO takes its first military action, shooting down two Bosnian Serb aircraft violating a UN no-fly zone over central Bosnia and Herzegovina. NATO airstrikes the following year help bring the Yugoslav wars to an end, resulting in the Dayton Agreement. *July 8, 1997: Three former communist countries, Hungary, the Czech Republic, and Poland, are invited to joined NATO. They join in 1999. *March 24, 1999: NATO sees its first broad-scale military engagement in the Kosovo War, where it wages an 11-week bombing campaign against what was then the Serbia and Montenegro, aimed at preventing the ethnic cleansing of Albanians. It ends on June 11, 1999, when Yugoslavian leader Slobodan Milosevic agrees to NATO's demands. It is later shown that, although the Yugoslav army was incapacitated, far less of its equipment was destroyed than NATO had estimated. *April 1999: At the Washington, D.C. summit, Germany proposes that NATO adopt a no-first-use nuclear strategy; the proposal is rejected. *September 12, 2001: NATO provisionally invokes, for the first time in its history, the collective security clause of its charter. Article 5 states that any attack on a member state is considered an attack against the entire alliance. This comes in response to the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack against the United States. *October 5, 2001: NATO confirms the invocation of Article 5, having determined that the attacks of 11 September were eligible under the terms of the North Atlantic Treaty. [http://www.nato.int/docu/update/2001/1001/e1002a.htm] *November 21, 2002: During the Prague summit, seven countries are invited to start talks in order to join the Alliance: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovenia, Slovakia, Bulgaria, and Romania. The invited countries join NATO on March 29, 2004. Further countries express the wish to join the alliance, including Albania, the Republic of Macedonia, and Croatia. The summit also launches the NATO Response Force (NRF). *February 10, 2003: NATO faces a crisis when France and Belgium veto the procedure of silent approval concerning the timing of protective measures for Turkey in case of a possible war with Iraq. Germany does not use its right to break the procedure but says it supports the veto. *April 16, 2003: NATO agrees to take command in August of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan. The decision comes at the request of Germany and the Netherlands, the two nations leading ISAF at the time of the agreement. All 19 NATO ambassadors approve it unanimously. The handover of control to NATO takes place on August 11, and marked the first time in NATO's history that it takes charge of a mission outside the north Atlantic area. Canada had originally been slated to take over ISAF by itself on that date. *June 19, 2003: A major restructuring of the NATO military commands begins as the Headquarters of the Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic was abolished and a new command, Allied Command Transformation, was established in Norfolk, Virginia, U.S. *March 29, 2004: Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia join NATO. == Secretaries General of NATO == # Hastings Lionel Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay (United Kingdom): April 4, 1952, to May 16, 1957 # Paul-Henri Spaak (Belgium): May 16, 1957, to April 21, 1961 # Dirk Stikker (Netherlands): April 21, 1961, to August 1, 1964 # Manlio Brosio (Italy): August 1, 1964, to October 1, 1971 # Joseph Luns (Netherlands): October 1, 1971, to June 25, 1984 # Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington (United Kingdom): June 25, 1984, to July 1, 1988 # Manfred Wörner (Germany): July 1, 1988, to August 13, 1994 # ''Sergio Balanzino (Italy, acting): August 13, 1994, to October 17, 1994'' # Willy Claes (Belgium): October 17, 1994, to October 20, 1995 # ''Sergio Balanzino (Italy, acting): October 20, 1995, to December 5, 1995'' # Javier Solana (Spain): December 5, 1995, to October 6, 1999 # George Robertson (United Kingdom): October 14, 1999, to January 1, 2004 # Jaap de Hoop Scheffer (Netherlands): January 1, 2004, to present == Debate on the future of NATO == The crumbling of the main "Enemy of the West" in Eastern Europe, as well as dissensions between members about the latest Iraq operations, makes some wonder – in North America as well as in Europe – if NATO has not become obsolete. The presumed terrorist threat could give this institution a new life, but some think also that fighting this new enemy needs a completely different political and military organisation, as well as completely different weapons systems other than those on which NATO was built. Many also argue that NATO is in conflict with the prospects of deeper European integration in the fields of foreign policy and security within the framework of the EU institutions. Advocates for a strong EU Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) would like to see NATO dismantled and create common defence and foreign policy within the existing EU institutions. In November 2004 after the re-election of President George W. Bush the Norwegian Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik publicly discussed whether Norway would gain by strengthening her defence relations with the EU. Many Norwegian political analysts consider NATO to be a "politically dead organisation". So do several pundits and political leaders in other member nations. These attitudes will of necessity be reflected in future discussions of NATO expansion. ==See also== *Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council *OSCE *Partnership for Peace *WEU *UN *Atlantic Council *Headquarters Allied Command Europe Rapid Reaction Corps *Warsaw pact *Non-Aligned Movement *NATO Medal *silence procedure == External links == * [http://www.nato.int/ NATO Official Website] * [http://www.namsa.nato.int/ NATO Maintenance and Supply Agency (NAMSA) Official Website] * [http://www.army-technology.com/contractors/missiles/nato.html NATO Response Force Article] * [http://www.nato.int/issues/nrf/index.html Official Article on NATO Response Force] * [http://www.nato.int/docu/basics.htm Basic NATO Documents] * [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4232381.stm NATO searches for defining role] * [http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,1211214,00.html 'NATO force 'feeds Kosovo sex trade' - The Guardian] NATO International organizations == Notes == This convention is discussed in NATO's [http://www.nato.int/issues/faq/index.html#C4 online frequently asked questions]: ''"Q: Why do you spell ‘organisation’ with an ‘s’and not a ‘z’? 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== Spelling == NATO historically uses British spelling as a standard. It is an "organisation". It deals with issues of "defence". It has "internship programmes".
There have been numerous edits changing the spelling of this article, which have all been reverted. The spelling comment in the source code, which has been removed and put back several times, was intended to prevent such editing. User:SpNeo 02:45, 24 Mar 2005 (UTC) It seems that changing the spelling from UK to US is an ongoing problem, just look at all the ''"rv; this article uses UK spellings."'' comments in the page's history. Magna Carta has a similar problem, only this time it is with people adding "the" before "Magna Carta". The problem there seems to have been solved by adding: :''As there is no definite article in Latin, the document is usually referred to as simply "Magna Carta" rather than "the Magna Carta."'' to the very top of the article. Would something similar be worth a try here? I sugest: :''This Wikipedia article uses British spelling because of NATO's historical use of this style as a standard.'' Just an idea - and I may be off my head on this one. Any comments? User:Andreww 10:53, 25 May 2005 (UTC) :''This Wikipedia article uses British English because of NATO's historical use of this style as a standard.'' linking British spelling to British English and it is a great idea that i wouyld support, User:SqueakBox 14:13, May 25, 2005 (UTC) ::Ok, I have added the text and a note on the subject - lets see what happens. User:Andreww 00:15, 28 May 2005 (UTC) == Miscellaneous == :This is stupid. Not agreeing to participate in American aggression is not sign of crisis - it's a sign that NATO is still working. It was a crisis in that NATO has been an effective organization since its inception because its members have seen eye to eye on important defense matters. The refusal to enact protective measures in Turkey at the onset of the invasion of Iraq was shocking to all in that the alliance was fractured over a matter that would have once seemed routine and trivial. A single member of NATO can veto all actions by NATO by simply voting against it. In this respect it is like the failed League of Nations. This might have been well and fine during the Cold War, when the alliance banded together on security matters, but with the unaminity in question over such a trivial matter, the very relevance of NATO comes into question. It was a crisis. ----- ''An event in this article is a MediaWiki:April 4 selected anniversaries (may be in HTML comment). '' ----- :On February 10, 2003 NATO faced a serious crisis because of France and Belgium breaking the procedure of silent approval concerning the timing of protective measures for Turkey in case of a possible war with Iraq. Germany did not use its right to break the procedure but said it supported the veto. This is stupid. Not agreeing to participate in American aggression is not sign of crisis - it's a sign that NATO is still working. User:Taw 10:19 Mar 9, 2003 (UTC) The real stupidity is that both France and Germany, especially their socio-political elite think that they are someone, when really their time in the sun is over. Get used to the fact that you are have-beens. --User:Numerousfalx 11:51, 26 Oct 2004 (UTC) Very funny. Well that is the reason they didn´t go und never will go to iraq. The the sun down there is awful hot :-) ---- I think this should be moved to: North Atlantic Treaty Organization -fonzy :I disagree. See Wikipedia:Naming conventions (acronyms). Generally acronyms that have four or more letters are unambiguous. --User:Maveric149 Then EFTA should be moved. :Is it more widely known as EFTA or the European Free Trade Association? --User:Maveric149 erm, i ahev no idea, if i asked ppl in my A-levekl class they probably will habe nevere heard of either term. -fonzy :It is known as EFTA only, and nobody refers to it by the full name. So the placement is okay. -- User:Cordyph 10:49 Mar 9, 2003 (UTC) ::? The article is at European Free Trade Association. --mav I will move it then - fonzy --------- ON Rory Bremners show yesterday they gave a ranking of countries' use of the NATO veto. This is something which should be explained in the article. (BTW, the top country was the USA) -- User:Tarquin 13:51 Feb 17, 2003 (UTC) ---- The article says Art. V was invoked on September 12 (in the intro) and September 13 (in the timeline). I'm pretty sure it was the 12th, but I'm not Wikipedia:Be bold. --User:Calieber 23:32, Jan 26, 2004 (UTC) : Sept 12th according to http://www.nato.int/terrorism/index.htm User:145.254.54.96 22:02, 25 Mar 2004 (UTC) ---- ===Article needs a map=== A map with NATO countries shaded would be a good addition to this article, if someone could find or make one. --User:Lowellian 00:43, Apr 1, 2004 (UTC) The map is fine, but Denmark is not marked as a Nato member.--User:217.230.175.214 11:32, 2 Apr 2004 (UTC) I try to re-upload an updated map. But it still gives the old version? I tried to upload twice the same file and on the wikipedia the fgure is different. http://en.wikipedia.org/upload/archive/2/23/20040402124804%21Nato_map.png is the correct one. Can anybody help?? User:Donarreiskoffer 12:50, 2 Apr 2004 (UTC) I reverted to the version above and it seems ok now. User:Donarreiskoffer 14:03, 2 Apr 2004 (UTC) I have a question on the map I uploaded: I marked Greenland as NATO member. Is this correct or not? Greenland can be seen as a part of Denmark, which is a NATO member. On the other hand Greenland is not a part of the European Union. User:Donarreiskoffer 09:05, 30 Apr 2004 (UTC) Greenland is an autonomous province og Denmark and voted to exclude itself from the European Union and remain part of NATO.--User:68.80.223.233 13:57, 21 Sep 2004 (UTC) ==NATO - Where from Here?== What happens next with NATO? The Members have stated the intent to stay clear of the EU, the French and Germans want to run it, and NATO is trying to "transform" itself into what? A Northern Hemisphere Treaty Organization or NHTO of Warhammer 40,000 fame? Will NATO form its own standing force of non-national units? Probably. Will the CIS countries eventually join? Probably. Will NATO achieve universal hegomy? and become the dominant military force in the world?--User:Tomtom 11:44, 29 Jul 2004 (UTC) What will happen to the EU's idea, actually France and Germany and Benelux, of a EGF or European military? == A Technical Point == It is wrong to refer to Lituania, Latvia, and Estonia as "former Warsaw Pact" members. They were consitituent republics of the former Soviet Union when the WP was operative and lacked the sovereignty presumably necessary to join such an organisation, had they desired to. What they really are is former ''parts'' of a former nation that was in the former Warsaw Pact. I suppose the counterargument to this would be that some Western countries (U.S. included) never recognised the 1940 Soviet annexation of the Baltic States, but that would be a ''real'' quibble. Let's don't automatically revert all British spellings to U.S. They are different, but that doesn't mean that one is right and the other is wrong, nor that they are so impenetrable to the average American to prevent him or her from knowing what is meant and therefore must be "corrected". User:Rlquall 15:57, 1 Sep 2004 (UTC) ==France== I see they withdrew in 1966, but they are a current member... it might be useful to note when they rejoined. User:Radagast 23:59, Sep 26, 2004 (UTC) France never really withdrew, but they pulled out of the unified command structure and had all U.S. troops who had been posted in France leave. (They were still bound in theory by the idea that an attack on one was an attack on all. Many said that this meant that an attack on France was an attack on NATO, but not necessarily than an attack on another NATO member would have been regarded as an attack on France.) This was DeGaulle at his best/worst. I think that they came back into the unified command structure under Chirac, fairly recently, but in some ways the damage was done. NATO HQ will never be in Paris again, and the French will not really probably be that major of an influence in NATO. This is a case of how DeGaulle's brand of French nationalism truly cut both ways and is still influential over three decades after his death, for better and for worse. User:Rlquall 15:54, 27 Sep 2004 (UTC) France left NATO because their nuclear weapons use was supposed to be ruled by NATO, and NATO has allways been under USA command. Having nuclear weapons under the command of another country is and was unnacceptable. : Quite right, NATO never was a real alliance between the US and Europe, but a US military appendix. Btw, that is why NATO is losing ground now that the cold war is over, that Europe gets organized, and also that the US has more an more an unilateral vision and thus is itself also less interested in NATO. No military pact is eternal, it just reflects a situation of the world at a given moment. Seems that France had foreseen this --User:Pgreenfinch 14:11, 24 Jan 2005 (UTC) : Perhaps someone could add this info to the main page? I was wondering this exact thing... == Amazing , isn't it ... == that someone who doesn't know or recognize differences in British and American usages, or even how to spell "grammar", apparently, and either hasn't learned to or won't sign in, knows how to "fix" an article that there was essentially nothing wrong with. Ordinarly I have a very calm disposition towards newcomers, since I was one not too very long ago, but am sorely tempted to make an exception in this case. So, if you're reading this, read your way through the newcomers' guide and then post a reply, if you care to, and then please ''sign'' it so that we can discuss things. User:Rlquall 19:09, 11 Nov 2004 (UTC) == Expansion map colours == Hi, I'm red-green colourblind and I find the map of the NATO expansion in europe particularly tricky to see. The biggest problem for me (and also the ~8% of the population with this problem) is distinguishing between the colours for 1999 and 2004, which look almost identical to me. Also, it can prove hard to discern/remember which shade of pale blue refers to which year, notably 1952/1955. I can imagine this may help for the sake of clarity of all users. I'm not confident enough in Wiki stuff to upload a better version, so perhaps some one out there could help. I was also wondering whether there exists a Wiki initiative for problems such as this to help identify/report accessibility problems. Maybe the page could be marked with a 'accessibility problem' tag or somesuch?? Anyway, I digress. Thanks for your time. User:Gt 04:13, 25 Feb 2005 (UTC) == Warsaw Pact == There seems to be an error in the second paragraph. We say: ''This provision was intended so that if a Warsaw Pact member launched an attack against the European allies of the United States, it would be treated as if it was an attack on all member states (including the United States itself),''... While later on, in the history section we note the the Warsaw Pact was formed in 1955, that is after the formation of NATO in 1949. ''May 14, 1955: Warsaw Pact treaty signed in Warsaw by the Soviet Union and its satellite states in order to counterbalance NATO. Both organisations were opposing sides in the Cold War. After the fall of the Iron Curtain in 1989, the Warsaw Pact disintegrated.'' The second paragraph proberbly needs fixing to say something like "soviet" but I think we still need to refer to the Warsaw Pact at some point in the intro. Does anybody have an elegent way of doing this? User:Andreww 10:00, 4 Apr 2005 (UTC) == Photo's copyright == Would it be possible to add a copyright notice when it comes to the use of NATO pictures? Thank you, Bram De Smet, NIDS - NATO I have just checked and none of the photos we are using appear to be from NATO; they are from US public sources (defense dept etc), and therefore are released into the public domain already. The flag is from CIA, etc. By pressing on the little double square underneath each photo you can go to the page of the image where each individual copyright issue is dealt with. I also got the impression from looking at th official NATO website that we could not use NATO photos without getting specific permission from NATO. There are NATO photos I would love to use (eg a picture of Javier Solana, but have assumed I cannot due to NATO copyright. Can you clarify the situation? Thanks for the note, and if you have more questions please leave them here or write to me on my talk page, --User:SqueakBox 15:05, May 9, 2005 (UTC) == East Germany == Hi, No time NOW to do it myself but 1990 the reunified Germany joined the NATO. I'll do it myself when i've time or you do for me =) The reunified Germany was legally still the Federal Republic. There was no "new" Germany joining in 1990. However, it should be mentioned if it is not already. --User:ProhibitOnions 22:32, 2005 May 31 (UTC)
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