North Atlantic Treaty Organization

HISTORY NATO is an intergovernmental military based on

the North Atlantic Treaty which was signed on 4 April 1949.

The creation of NATO brought about

some standardization of allied military terminology, procedures, and technology, which in many cases meant European countries adopting U.S. practices.

MILITARY OPERATIONS

No military operations were conducted by NATO during the Cold War. Following the end of it, the first operations, Anchor Guard in 1990 and Ace Guard in 1991, were prompted by the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait.

MEMBERS

NATO membersMembership action plan

Individual Partnership action planPartnership for peace

Mediterranean dialogueInstambul Cooperatuion initiative

Global partners

Parliamentary Assembly

The Assembly is the political integration body of NATOthat generates political policy agenda setting for theNATO Council via reports of its five committees: Committee on the Civil Dimension of Security Defence and Security Committee Economics and Security Committee Political Committee Science and Technology Committee

Parliamentary Assembly

The Assembly is the political integration body of NATOthat generates political policy agenda setting for theNATO Council via reports of its five committees: Committee on the Civil Dimension of Security Defence and Security Committee Economics and Security Committee Political Committee Science and Technology Committee