Twelve nations sign the North Atlantic Treaty creating the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
The North Atlantic Treaty, signed in Washington, D.C. on 4 April 1949, is the treaty establishing the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
Founding members
The following twelve nations signed the treaty and thus became the founding members of NATO. The following leaders signed the agreement as plenipotentiaries of their countries in Washington D.C.:
Belgium – Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Paul-Henri Spaak and Ambassador Baron Robert Silvercruys
Canada – Secretary of State for External Affairs Lester B. Pearson and Ambassador H. H. Wrong
Denmark – Foreign Minister Gustav Rasmussen and Ambassador Henrik de Kauffmann
France – Foreign Minister Robert Schuman and Ambassador Henri Bonnet
Iceland – Foreign Minister Bjarni Benediktsson and Ambassador Thor Thors
Italy – Foreign Minister Carlo Sforza and Ambassador Alberto Tarchiani
Luxembourg – Foreign Minister Joseph Bech and Ambassador Hugues Le Gallais
Netherlands – Foreign Minister Dirk Stikker and Ambassador Eelco van Kleffens
Norway – Foreign Minister Halvard M. Lange and Ambassador Wilhelm von Munthe af Morgenstierne
Portugal – Foreign Minister José Caeiro da Mata and Ambassador Pedro Teotónio Pereira
United Kingdom – Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin and Ambassador Oliver Franks, Baron Franks
United States – Secretary of State Dean Acheson
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Sources: wikipedia.org, news.lv
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