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THE NATO HANDBOOK
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50th Anniversary Edition
Office of Information and Press
NATO - 1110 BRUSSELS, BELGIUM
1998
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NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANISATION
(NATO)
MEMBER COUNTRIES

Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland,
Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain,
Turkey, United Kingdom and United States.

The North Atlantic Treaty, signed in Washington in April 1949, created an Alliance for collective defence as defined in Article 51 of the United Nations Charter. The Treaty is of indefinite duration. The Alliance links 14 European countries with the United States and Canada.

In July 1997, at a Summit Meeting in Madrid, the Heads of State and Government of the Alliance invited the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland to begin accession talks with a view to becoming members of the Alliance by 1999. In accordance with Article 10 of the Treaty, the Alliance remains open to future accessions by other European states in a position to further its principles and to contribute to the security of the North Atlantic area.

In parallel with the internal and external transformation of the Alliance which has taken place since the end of the Cold War, NATO has established a new Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council as a forum for consultation and cooperation with Partner countries throughout the Euro-Atlantic area. It has created new structures reflecting intensified cooperation with Russia and partnership with Ukraine as well as an enhanced dialogue with interested Mediterranean countries. It has undergone far-reaching internal and external reform and has made itself the instrument of peace and stability in the Euro-Atlantic area as it enters the new millennium.

The fourth of April 1999 marks the 50th anniversary of the North Atlantic Treaty.

The NATO Emblem, which appears on the cover of this book, was adopted as the symbol of the Atlantic Alliance by the North Atlantic Council in October 1953. The circle is the symbol of unity and cooperation and the compass rose suggests the common road to peace taken by the 16 member countries of the Atlantic Alliance.

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Pure BS as are all gov organizations

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