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| | NATO article - NATO flag NATO international organisation 1949 North Atlantic Treaty - What-Means.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07) |
 | | The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), sometimes called North Atlantic Alliance or Atlantic Alliance, is an international organisation for defence collaboration established in 1949, in support of the North Atlantic Treaty signed in Washington, D.C., on April 4, 1949. |
 | | The handover of control to NATO took place on August 11, and marked the first time in NATO's history that it took charge of a mission outside the north Atlantic area. |
 | | June 19, 2003: A major restructuring of the NATO military commands began as the Headquarters of the Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic was abolished and a new command, Allied Command Transformation was established in Norfolk, Virginia, US. |
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