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North Atlantic Treaty

treaty that forms the legal basis of, and is implemented by, the NATO
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North Atlantic Treaty
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Summary

North Atlantic Treaty is a constitutive treaty[1]. It draws 2,538 Wikipedia views per month (constitutive treaty category, ranking #2 of 14).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: United States[3]
  • Instance of: pact[4]
  • Named after: North Atlantic Ocean[5]
  • Based on: Charter of the United Nations[6]
  • Location: Washington, D.C.[7]
  • Commons category: North Atlantic Treaty[8]
  • Has part(s): Belgium[9], Canada[10], Denmark[11], France[12], Iceland[13], Italy[14], Luxembourg[15], Kingdom of the Netherlands[16], Norway[17], Portugal[18], United Kingdom[19], United States[20]
  • Inception: April 4, 1949[21]
  • Publication date: April 4, 1949[22]
  • Point in time: January 1, 1949[23]
  • Official website: http://www.nato.int/cps/en/natolive/official_texts_17120.htm[24]
  • Main subject: NATO[25]
  • Work available at URL: https://www.nato.int/nato_static_fl2014/assets/pdf/history_pdf/20161122_E1-founding-treaty-original-treaty_NN-en.pdf[26], https://www.nato.int/nato_static_fl2014/assets/pdf/stock_publications/20120822_nato_treaty_en_light_2009.pdf[27], https://www.archives.gov/files/exhibits/featured-documents/north-atlantic-treaty/images/treaty-page-01-l.jpg[28], https://www.archives.gov/files/exhibits/featured-documents/north-atlantic-treaty/images/treaty-page-02-l.jpg[29], https://www.archives.gov/files/exhibits/featured-documents/north-atlantic-treaty/images/signature-page-05-l.jpg[30], https://www.archives.gov/files/exhibits/featured-documents/north-atlantic-treaty/images/signature-page-06-l.jpg[31], https://www.archives.gov/files/exhibits/featured-documents/north-atlantic-treaty/images/signature-page-03-l.jpg[32], https://www.archives.gov/files/exhibits/featured-documents/north-atlantic-treaty/images/signature-page-04-l.jpg[33], https://www.archives.gov/files/exhibits/featured-documents/north-atlantic-treaty/images/signature-page-01-l.jpg[34], https://www.archives.gov/files/exhibits/featured-documents/north-atlantic-treaty/images/signature-page-02-l.jpg[35]
  • Number of pages: 12[36]
  • Title: Severoatlantická smlouva[37]
  • Has effect: foundation of NATO[38]
  • Subtitle: Sdělení MZV 66/1999 Sb.[39]
  • Signatory: Paul-Henri Spaak[40], Robert Silvercruys[41], Lester B. Pearson[42], H. H. Wrong[43], Gustav Rasmussen[44], Henrik Kauffmann[45], Robert Schuman[46], Henri Bonnet[47], Bjarni Benediktsson[48], Thor Thors[49], Carlo Sforza[50], Alberto Tarchiani[51], Joseph Bech[52], Hugues Le Gallais[53]
  • Depositary: Federal Government of the United States[54]
  • Effective date: August 24, 1949[55]

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Works and Contributions

Things named for North Atlantic Treaty include NATO[56], a military alliance[57], in Belgium[58], founded in 1949[59], headquartered in London[60].

Why It Matters

North Atlantic Treaty has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[61] It is known by 48 alternative names across languages and contexts.[62]

Entities named for it include NATO[56], a military alliance[57], in Belgium[58], founded in 1949[59], headquartered in London[60].

Related Entities

Belgium Bjarni Benediktsson Canada Dean Acheson Denmark Ernest Bevin France Iceland Italy Kingdom of the Netherlands Lester B. Pearson Luxembourg Norway Paul-Henri Spaak Portugal Robert Schuman United Kingdom United States

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Class ancestry

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [61] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [62] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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