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{{Infobox Organization
|name=North Atlantic Treaty Organization<br/><small>Organisation du traité de l'Atlantique nord</small> <br /> (NATO / <small>OTAN</small>)
|image=NATO flag.svg
|caption=[[Flag o NATO]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nato.int/multi/natologo.htm|title=The official Emblem of NATO|accessdate=20 February 2008|publisher=NATO|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20120527020818/www.nato.int/multi/natologo.htm|archivedate=2012-05-27|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|map=North Atlantic Treaty Organization (orthographic projection).svg
|mcaption=NATO kintras shawn in green
|type=[[Militar alliance]]
|headquarters=[[Brussels]], Belgium
|membership_type=Member states
|membership={{Collapsible list
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 |title=[[Member states of NATO|32 states]]
 |{{flaglist|Albania}}
 |{{flaglist|Belgium|state}}
 |{{flaglist|Bulgaria}}
 |{{flaglist|Canada}}
 |{{flaglist|Croatia}}
 |{{flaglist|Czech Republic}}
 |{{flaglist|Denmark}}
 |{{flaglist|Estonia}}
 |{{flaglist|Finland}}
 |{{flaglist|France}}
 |{{flaglist|Germany}}
 |{{flaglist|Greece}}
 |{{flaglist|Hungary}}
 |{{flaglist|Iceland}}
 |{{flaglist|Italy}}
 |{{flaglist|Latvia}}
 |{{flaglist|Lithuania}}
 |{{flaglist|Luxembourg}}
 |{{flaglist|Montenegro}}
 |{{flaglist|Netherlands}}
 |{{flaglist|North Macedonia}}
 |{{flaglist|Norway}}
 |{{flaglist|Poland}}
 |{{flaglist|Portugal}}
 |{{flaglist|Romania}}
 |{{flaglist|Slovakia}}
 |{{flaglist|Slovenia}}
 |{{flaglist|Spain}}
 |{{flaglist|Sweden}}
 |{{flaglist|Turkey}}
 |{{flaglist|United Kingdom}}
 |{{flaglist|United States}}
 }}
|language=Inglish<br>French<ref>"Inglish an French shall be the offeecial leids for the entire North Atlantic Treaty Organization.", [http://www.nato.int/docu/comm/49-95/c490917a.htm Final Communiqué following the meeting of the North Atlantic Council on 17 September 1949]. "(..) the English and French texts [of the Treaty] are equally authentic (...)" [http://www.nato.int/cps/en/natolive/official_texts_17120.htm The North Atlantic Treaty, Article 14]</ref>
|leader_title=[[Secretar General o NATO|Secretar General]]
|leader_name=[[Anders Fogh Rasmussen]]
|leader_title2=[[Chairman o the NATO Militar Committee]]
|leader_name2=[[Knud Bartels]]
|formation=4 Aprile 1949
|website=[http://www.nato.int/ nato.int]
}}

The '''North Atlantic Treaty Organization''' ('''NATO'''; {{IPAc-en|icon|ˈ|n|eɪ|t|oʊ}} {{respell|NAY|toh}}; {{lang-fr|link=no|'''Organisation du traité de l'Atlantique nord''' ('''OTAN''')}}), cried the ('''North''') '''Atlantic Alliance''' an aw, is an [[Intergovrenmental organization|intergovrenmental]] [[militar alliance]] based on the [[North Atlantic Treaty]] which wis signed on 4&nbsp;Aprile 1949. The organization constitutes a seestem o [[collective defence]] wherebi its member states agree tae mutual defense in response tae an attack bi ony external pairty. NATO's heidquarters are in [[Brussels]], Belgium, ane o the 32 member states ower North Americae an Europe, the newest o which, Swaden, jyned in March 2024. An addeetional 20&nbsp;kintras participate in NATO's "[[Partnership for Peace]]", wi 15&nbsp;ether kintras involved in institutionalized dialogue programs. The combined militar spendin o aw NATO members constitutes ower 70% o [[Leet o kintras bi militar expenditures|the warld's defence spendin]].<ref name="sipri1">{{cite web |url=http://milexdata.sipri.org/ |title=The SIPRI Military Expenditure Database |publisher=Milexdata.sipri.org |accessdate=22 August 2010 |archive-date=2016-01-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160123190846/http://milexdata.sipri.org/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

For its first few years, NATO wis nae much mair nor a poleetical association. Houiver, the [[Korean War]] galvanized the member states, an an integratit militar structur wis biggit up unner the direction o twa US supreme commanders. The course o the [[Cauld War]] led tae a rivalry wi naitions o the [[Warsaw Pact]], which formed in 1955. The first [[Secretar General o NATO|NATO Secretar General]], [[Hastings Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay|Lord Ismay]], statit in 1949 that the organization's goal wis "tae keep the [[Soviet Union|Roushies]] oot, the Americans in, an the Germans doun."{{sfn|Reynolds|1994|p=13}} Doubts ower the strength o the relationship atween the European states an the Unitit States ebbed an flowed, alang wi doubts ower the credibility o the NATO defence against a prospective Soviet invasion—doubts that led tae the development o the [[Strike Force (Fraunce)|independent French nuclear deterrent]] an the widrawal o the French frae NATO's militar structur in 1966.

Efter the faw o the [[Berlin Wall]] in 1989, the organization acame drawn intae the [[breakup o Yugoslavie]], an conductit thair first militar interventions in [[NATO intervention in Bosnie an Herzegovinae|Bosnie frae 1992 tae 1995]] an later [[1999 NATO bombin o Yugoslavie|Yugoslavie in 1999]]. Poleetically, the organization soucht better relations wi umwhile Cauld War rivals, which culminatit wi several umwhile Warsaw Pact states jynin the alliance in 1999 an 2004. The [[September 2001 attacks]] signalled the anly occasion in NATO's history that [[s:North Atlantic Treaty#Airticle 5|Airticle&nbsp;5 o the North Atlantic treaty]] haes been invoked as an attack on aw NATO members.<ref>{{cite web |title=Invocation of Article 5 confirmed
 |url=http://www.nato.int/docu/update/2001/1001/e1002a.htm |work=North Atlantic Treaty Organization |accessdate=January 29, 2013}}</ref> Efter the attack, troops wur deployed tae Afghanistan unner the NATO-led [[ISAF]], an the organization continues tae operate in a range o roles, includin sendin [[NATO Trainin Mission – Iraq|trainers tae Iraq]], assistin in coonter-piracy operations<ref>{{cite web |title=Counter-piracy operations |url=http://www.nato.int/cps/en/natolive/topics_48815.htm |work=North Atlantic Treaty Organization |accessdate=27 May 2011}}</ref> an maist recently in 2011 enforcin a [[no-fly zone]] [[2011 militar intervention in Libie|ower Libie]] in accordance wi [[Unitit Naitions Security Council Resolution 1973|UN Security Council Resolution 1973]]. The less potent Airticle 4, which merely invokes consultation amang NATO members haes been invoked three times, an anly bi [[Turkey]]: ance in 2003 ower the [[Seicont Iraq War]], an twice in 2012 ower the [[Sirian ceevil war]] efter the [[Juin 2012 interception o Turkish aircraft|dounin]] o an unairmed Turkish [[F-4]] reconnaissance jet an efter a mortar wis fired at Turkey frae Sirie.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/03/us-syria-crisis-alliance-idUSBRE8921F220121003 |title= NATO demands halt tae Syria aggression against Turkey |work= [[Reuters]] |first= Adrian |last= Croft |date= 3 October 2012 |accessdate= 3 October 2012 |archive-date= 2013-05-12 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130512030210/http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/03/us-syria-crisis-alliance-idUSBRE8921F220121003 |url-status= dead }}</ref>

==References==
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==Freemit airtins==
{{Commons category|North Atlantic Treaty Organization}}
{{Wikinews category|NATO}}
;Offeecial
*[http://www.nato.int/ NATO official website]
*[http://www.nato.int/docu/basics.htm Basic NATO Documents]

;Collectit news
*{{Aljazeeratopic|organisation/north-atlantic-treaty-organization}}
*{{Dawntopic|nato}}
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*{{WSJtopic|organization/N/NATO/4922}}

;Historic films
* {{Internet Archive short film|id=gov.archives.arc.2569670|name=Big Picture: Why NATO?}}
* {{Internet Archive short film|id=gov.archives.arc.2569561|name=Big Picture: NATO Maneuvers}}

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