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NATO in 2024. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is an international military alliance consisting of 32 member states from Europe and North America. It was established at the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty on 4 April 1949. Of the 32 member countries, 30 are in Europe and two are in North America.
NATO member states States affected by territorial disputes ( Georgia , Moldova , Ukraine and Japan ( Kuril Islands )) Disputed regions recognised by Russia as either part of its territory or sovereign states ( Abkhazia , Crimea , Donetsk , Luhansk , South Ossetia ), or with de facto indpendent seperatists backed by Russia Transnistria
In November 2002, NATO invited seven countries to join it via the MAP: Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia. [128] All seven invitees joined in March 2004, which was observed at a flag-raising ceremony on 2 April. After that date, NATO numbered 26 allies. [129]
Sweden and Finland have been formally invited to join the alliance.
Almost 60,000 NATO troops were joined by forces from non-NATO countries in this peacekeeping mission. This transitioned into the smaller SFOR , which started with 32,000 troops initially and ran from December 1996 until December 2004, when operations were then passed onto the European Union Force Althea . [ 61 ]
Country Regional organisations Afghanistan ACD, SAARC, ECO Albania OSCE, NATO, Council of Europe, BSEC, SEECP, CEFTA Algeria African Union, Arab League, OPEC Andorra ...
The term Balticum is sometimes used to describe the region comprising the three states. [1] All three Baltic countries are classified as high-income economies by the World Bank and maintain a very high Human Development Index. [2] The three governments engage in intergovernmental and parliamentary cooperation.
NATO official documents say '..The corner stone of the NATO Military Command Structure was laid.. when the North Atlantic Council approved D.C. 24/3 on 18 December 1951.' [8] They quickly decided to divide Allied Command Europe into three regions: Allied Forces Northern Europe, containing Scandinavia, the North Sea and the Baltic; Allied Forces ...