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North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 May 2009

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At a ministerial meeting of the Council of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in Paris on May 9 to n, 1955, the German Federal Republic was formally admitted to NATO, raising total membership to fifteen. The Council reaffirmed the purely defensive character of the organization and expressed gratification on the entry into force of agreements establishing the Western European Union. The Council welcomed declarations by the ministers of NATO members signatory to the Italian Peace Treaty reaffirming their view that various discriminatory aspects of that treaty were considered inconsistent with the position of Italy as an ally.

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International Organizations: Summary of Activities: III. Political and Regional Organizations
Copyright
Copyright © The IO Foundation 1955

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References

1 For information on previous ministerial meetings of the Council, see International Organization, IX, p. 184185Google Scholar; for information on the negotiation of agreements concerning admission of the German Federal Republic, see ibid., p. 187–191. For the most recent previous summary of NATO activities, see ibid., p. 302–304.

2 For further information on the establishment of the Western European Union, see this issue, p. 446.

3 See International Organization, VIII, p. 611–612, 617–621; IX, p. 306–307.

4 See ibid., IX, p. 303–304.

5 New York Times, May 10, 1955; ibid., May 12, 1955; The Times (London), 05 11, 1955Google Scholar; Chronology of International Events and Documents, XI, p. 328.

6 New York Times, April 14, 1955; The Times (London), 04 14, 1955Google Scholar; Chronology…, cited ibove, p. 265; NATO Letter, May 1955, p. 4. For the text of the draft agreement, see ibid., p. 4–6.

7 New York Times, June 3, 1955.

8 ibid., May 2, 1955.

9 ibid., March 11, 1955; for the text of the letters, see NATO Letter, April 1955, p. 4–6. For information on the April 1954 pledge, see International Organization, VIII, p. 409–410.

10 NATO Letter, April 1955, p. 8–9; Chronology…, cited above, p. 194; The Times (London), 03 16, 1955Google Scholar.

11 New York Times, April 23, 1955.

12 Chronology…, cited above, p. 304–305.

13 NATO Letter, April 1955, p. 17–18.

14 ibid., May 1955, p. 3.

15 ibid., April 1955, p. 10.

16 ibid., May 1955, p. 6–7.

17 For information on previous meetings of the alliance members, see International Organization, IX, p. 303.

18 NATO Letter, April 1955, p. 6–7; Council of Europe News, April 1955, p. 7. For the text of the agreement establishing the Balkan Consultative Assembly, see NATO Letter, cited above, p. 7–8.

19 Chronology…, cited above, p. 307.

20 ibid., p. 222, 261; for further information on the Turkish-Iraqi pact, see this issue, p. 433.

21 ibid., March 17, 1955; ibid., March 18, 1955; ibid., March 31, 1955;ibid., May 8, 1955; Chronology …, cited above, p. 265, 268; The Times (London), 04 6, 1955Google Scholar.

22 See International Organization, IX, p. 303–304.

23 Chronology…, cited above, p. 177, 192, 198, 203, 225, 326, 330.