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The other major reason why de Gaulle believes that NATO does not meet France's security needs is that threats must be understood and managed on a global scale, and not on a regional basis from the North Atlantic to which NATO is circumscribed. Summer crises 1958 in the Middle East and the Far East finally convince him of the Treaty of Paris.
All members have militaries, except for Iceland, which does not have a typical army (but it does have a coast guard and a small unit of civilian specialists for NATO operations). Three of NATO's members are nuclear weapons states: France, the United Kingdom, and the United States. NATO has 12 original founding member states.
An emblem of NATO was finally adopted on October 14, 1953. The decision was announced by Hastings Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay – the first Secretary General of NATO – exactly two weeks later on October 28, where he also elaborated on the symbolism behind the chosen design. [5] He described the flag as "simple and inoffensive." [6]
Note that due to copyright restrictions in some countries (including Canada, South Africa, and Qatar), some emblems may not be displayed, or may be displayed with slight alterations in appearance from their official rendition, but nonetheless remain faithful to their heraldic description
Five unequal horizontal bands; the top-most band of blue - equal to one half the width of the flag - is followed by three bands of white, red, and white, each equal to 1/12 of the width, and a bottom stripe of blue equal to one quarter of the flag width; a circle of 10 yellow, five-pointed stars is centered on the red stripe and positioned 3/8 ...
Flag of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Flag of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Flag of the South Atlantic Peace and Cooperation Zone
Chernarus: meaning "Black Rus", a post-Soviet state located in Eastern Europe and setting for ARMA 2 and DayZ. [8] The terrain used on those games is set in the fictional "South Zagoria" province, an accurate recreation from geographical data of real landscape between the cities of Ústí nad Labem and Děčín in the Czech Republic. [9]
Until France rejoined NATO, it was not represented on the Defence Planning Committee, and this led to conflicts between it and NATO members. [191] Such was the case in the lead up to Operation Iraqi Freedom. [192] Allied Command Operations (ACO) is the NATO command responsible for NATO operations worldwide. [193]