STOLTENBERG TO REMAIN AT NATO HELM FOR ANOTHER YEAR Flashcards
NATO has decided to extend the tenure of its secretary general for another year, he will remain at
the helm until
oct 2024
Mr. Stoltenberg, a former Norwegian Prime Minister, has been NATO’s top civilian ofcial
since 2014.
It’s the………. tme Mr. Stoltenberg has had his mandate extended
4th
He’s the second-longest
serving NATO Secretary-General after ………………., who spent
almost 13 years at the helm from 1971
former Dutch Foreign Minister Joseph Luns
was the first
secretary general of NATO.
Hastngs Ismay
The North Atlantc Treaty Organizaton also called the North Atlantc Alliance, is an
intergovernmental military alliance
31 member states – 29 European and two
North American
twelve founding members
FINLAND RECENTLY JOINED - APRIL 2023
NATO EST.
afermath of World War II, the organizaton implemented the
North Atlantc Treaty, signed in Washington, D.C., on 4 April 1949
NATO’s main headquarters are located in……….. while NATO’s military
headquarters are near Mons, Belgium. (SHAPE: - Supreme headquarters of allied powers in
Europe).
NATO’s main headquarters are located in Brussels, Belgium
MILITARY CAPABILITIES
3.5 MILLION SOLDIERS
Their combined military spending as of 2022 consttuted around 55 percent of the global
nominal total
Official language of NATO is English and French.
France withdrew from the integrated military command of NATO in 1966 but remained a
member of the organizaton, it resumed its positon in NATO’s military command in 2009.It
was the only founding member to withdraw.
Treaty of Brussels, signed on …………., the Netherlands
17 March 1948 by Belgium, the Netherlands
Warsaw Pact, signed on
14 May 1955