North Atlantic Treaty

treaty that forms the legal basis of, and is implemented by, the NATO
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North Atlantic Treaty
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The North Atlantic Treaty is an international agreement signed on April 4, 1949[1]. It serves as the foundational document for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), a military alliance formed among its signatory states.

The treaty was established to provide collective defense and security cooperation among its members[1]. Its creation marked a significant development in post-World War II international relations.

North Atlantic Treaty

Summary

North Atlantic Treaty is a constitutive treaty[1]. It draws 477 Wikipedia views per month (constitutive_treaty category, ranking #2 of 14).[2]

Key Facts

  • North Atlantic Treaty's image is recorded as NATOTreatyCopyAuthenticationPage.jpg[3].
  • North Atlantic Treaty's instance of is recorded as constitutive treaty[4].
  • North Atlantic Treaty's instance of is recorded as pact[5].
  • North Atlantic Ocean is named after North Atlantic Treaty[6].
  • North Atlantic Treaty's based on is recorded as Charter of the United Nations[7].
  • North Atlantic Treaty's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 180026678[8].
  • North Atlantic Treaty's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as no92010826[9].
  • North Atlantic Treaty's location is recorded as Washington, D.C.[10].
  • North Atlantic Treaty's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00566032[11].
  • North Atlantic Treaty's Commons category is recorded as North Atlantic Treaty[12].
  • North Atlantic Treaty's has part is recorded as Belgium[13].
  • North Atlantic Treaty's has part is recorded as Canada[14].
  • North Atlantic Treaty's has part is recorded as Denmark[15].
  • North Atlantic Treaty's has part is recorded as France[16].
  • North Atlantic Treaty's has part is recorded as Iceland[17].
  • North Atlantic Treaty's has part is recorded as Italy[18].
  • North Atlantic Treaty's has part is recorded as Luxembourg[19].
  • North Atlantic Treaty's has part is recorded as Kingdom of the Netherlands[20].
  • North Atlantic Treaty's has part is recorded as Norway[21].
  • North Atlantic Treaty's has part is recorded as Portugal[22].
  • North Atlantic Treaty's has part is recorded as United Kingdom[23].
  • North Atlantic Treaty's has part is recorded as United States[24].
  • +1949-04-04T00:00:00Z marks the founding of North Atlantic Treaty[25].
  • North Atlantic Treaty's publication date is recorded as +1949-04-04T00:00:00Z[26].
  • North Atlantic Treaty's point in time is recorded as +1949-01-01T00:00:00Z[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

Things named for North Atlantic Treaty include NATO[28], a military alliance[29], in Belgium[30], founded in 1949[31], headquartered in London[32].

Why It Matters

North Atlantic Treaty draws 477 Wikipedia views per month (constitutive_treaty category, ranking #2 of 14).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] It is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

Entities named for it include NATO[28], a military alliance[29], in Belgium[30], founded in 1949[31], headquartered in London[32].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . nato.int. nato.int. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . nato.int. Retrieved . nato.int. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
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  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . nato.int. Retrieved . nato.int. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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