North Atlantic Council

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NATO organ intergovernmental council international organization body principal political decision-making body of NATO

The North Atlantic Council is NATO’s principal political decision-making body, where representatives of member states meet to discuss and coordinate alliance policies and actions.

Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
NATO Council 1
NATO summit meetings 1
North Atlantic Council at ambassadorial level 1

Statements (65)

Predicate Object
instanceOf NATO organ ⓘ
intergovernmental council ⓘ
international organization body ⓘ
principal political decision-making body of NATO ⓘ
abbreviation NAC ⓘ
chairperson NATO Secretary General ⓘ
surface form: Secretary General of NATO
composition permanent representatives of all NATO member states ⓘ
decisionMakingPrinciple consensus ⓘ
foundationDate 1949-04-04 ⓘ
foundedBy North Atlantic Treaty ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver establishment of subordinate NATO bodies ⓘ
hasMember Albania ⓘ
Belgium ⓘ
Bulgaria ⓘ
Canada ⓘ
Croatia ⓘ
Czech Republic ⓘ
Denmark ⓘ
Estonia ⓘ
Finland ⓘ
France ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
Greece ⓘ
Hungary ⓘ
Iceland ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
Latvia ⓘ
Lithuania ⓘ
Luxembourg ⓘ
Montenegro ⓘ
Netherlands ⓘ
North Macedonia ⓘ
Norway ⓘ
Poland ⓘ
Portugal ⓘ
Romania ⓘ
Slovakia ⓘ
Slovenia ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
Turkey ⓘ
surface form: Türkiye

United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
headquartersCountry Belgium ⓘ
headquartersLocation Brussels, Belgium ⓘ
surface form: Brussels
language English ⓘ
French ⓘ
legalBasis North Atlantic Treaty ⓘ
surface form: Article 9 of the North Atlantic Treaty
meetsAt NATO Headquarters, Brussels, Belgium ⓘ
surface form: NATO Headquarters, Brussels
meetsAtLevel defence ministers ⓘ
foreign ministers ⓘ
heads of state and government ⓘ
permanent representatives ⓘ
meetsFrequency at least once a week at ambassadorial level ⓘ
memberOf NATO institutional structure ⓘ
overseesBody NATO Military Committee ⓘ
partOf NATO ⓘ
surface form: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
policyArea collective defence ⓘ
cooperative security ⓘ
crisis management ⓘ
primaryFunction coordination of alliance policies ⓘ
oversight of NATO operations ⓘ
political decision-making for NATO ⓘ
reportsTo NATO member governments ⓘ
shortName NAC ⓘ
votingSystem no formal voting; decisions by unanimity ⓘ

Referenced by (49)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Military Committee → advises → North Atlantic Council ⓘ
subject surface form: NATO Military Committee
NPG → advises → North Atlantic Council ⓘ
subject surface form: NATO Nuclear Planning Group
NAC → alsoKnownAs → North Atlantic Council ⓘ
subject surface form: North Atlantic Council
this entity surface form: NATO Council
Deputy SACEUR → appointedBy → North Atlantic Council ⓘ
NATO Secretary General → appointedBy → North Atlantic Council ⓘ
Supreme Allied Commander Europe → appointedBy → North Atlantic Council ⓘ
NATO Secretary General → associatedWith → North Atlantic Council ⓘ
this entity surface form: NATO summit meetings
United States Ambassador to NATO → associatedWith → North Atlantic Council ⓘ
North Atlantic area → associatedWithOrganization → North Atlantic Council ⓘ
Resolute Support Mission → authorizedBy → North Atlantic Council ⓘ
NATO missions → canBeAuthorizedBy → North Atlantic Council ⓘ
Supreme Allied Commander Europe → createdBy → North Atlantic Council ⓘ
NATO flag → designApprovedBy → North Atlantic Council ⓘ
NATO flag → designedBy → North Atlantic Council ⓘ
Allied Joint Force Command Norfolk → establishedBy → North Atlantic Council ⓘ
NATO International Military Staff → establishedBy → North Atlantic Council ⓘ
NATO Land Command → establishedBy → North Atlantic Council ⓘ
NPG → formedBy → North Atlantic Council ⓘ
subject surface form: NATO Nuclear Planning Group
Allied Command Transformation → foundedBy → North Atlantic Council ⓘ
Allied Joint Force Command Norfolk → governingBody → North Atlantic Council ⓘ
NATO Headquarters, Brussels, Belgium → governingBody → North Atlantic Council ⓘ
NATO → hasBody → North Atlantic Council ⓘ
NATO Headquarters, Brussels, Belgium → hosts → North Atlantic Council ⓘ
NATO military doctrine → isApprovedBy → North Atlantic Council ⓘ
this entity surface form: North Atlantic Council at ambassadorial level
Allied Command Operations → parentOrganization → North Atlantic Council ⓘ
NAC → refersTo → North Atlantic Council ⓘ
NATO Parliamentary Assembly → relatedTo → North Atlantic Council ⓘ
Allied Command Operations → reportsTo → North Atlantic Council ⓘ
ACO → reportsTo → North Atlantic Council ⓘ
subject surface form: Allied Command Operations
Allied Command Transformation → reportsTo → North Atlantic Council ⓘ
Intelligence and Security Division → reportsTo → North Atlantic Council ⓘ
NATO International Staff → reportsTo → North Atlantic Council ⓘ
Military Committee → reportsTo → North Atlantic Council ⓘ
subject surface form: NATO Military Committee
NATO Secretary General → reportsTo → North Atlantic Council ⓘ
Public Diplomacy Division → reportsTo → North Atlantic Council ⓘ
Supreme Allied Commander Europe → reportsTo → North Atlantic Council ⓘ
ACO → reportsTo → North Atlantic Council ⓘ
subject surface form: Supreme Allied Commander Europe
Defence Policy and Planning Division → serves → North Atlantic Council ⓘ
Supreme Allied Commander Europe → subordinateTo → North Atlantic Council ⓘ
Emerging Security Challenges Division → supports → North Atlantic Council ⓘ
NATO International Military Staff → supports → North Atlantic Council ⓘ
NATO International Staff → supports → North Atlantic Council ⓘ
MC → usedInDocumentsOf → North Atlantic Council ⓘ
PASP → worksWith → North Atlantic Council ⓘ