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Full form of NATO

   


    NATO full form -  North Atlantic Treaty Organisation.

NATO was created by 12 countries from Europe and North America.

NATO was founded on 04 April 1949

Since than 20 more countries have joined NATO. At present 32 countries are in NATO alliance.

The  12 founder members of NATO are - 

1. Belgium      7. Laxmebourg 

2. Canada       8. Netherlands 

3. Denmark    9. Norvay 

4. France.     10. Portugal 

5. Iceland     11. United Kingdom 

6. Italy           12. United States 

Other 20 countries with the year in which they joined NATO are - 

1952 - Greece, Turkiye

1955 - Germany

1982 -  Spain

1999 - Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland

2004 - Estonia, Bulgaria, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, 

2009 - Albania, Croatia

2017 - Montenegro

2020 - North Macedonia

2023 - Finland

2024 - Sweden 

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Where is the headquarter of NATO situated ?

The headquarter of NATO is in Brussels Belgium.


NATO's essential purpose is to safeguard the freedom and security of all its members through political as well as military means to secure and ensure a lasting peace in Europe and North America. If deplomatic efforts fail, NATO has the right to use the military power to undertake crisis management operations.

Article 5 of NATO provides that if any member country is the victim of armed attack, each and every other member of alliance will consider the act of violence as an armed attack against all members and will take the necessary actions to help the victim country.


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