Western European Union

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defunct international organization intergovernmental organization security alliance

The Western European Union was a now-defunct European defense and security organization that coordinated military cooperation among several Western European states during the Cold War and its aftermath.

Aliases (6)

Brussels Treaty Organization ×1
Council of the Western European Union ×1
WEU ×1
Western European Union (historical) ×1
Western European Union Assembly ×1
Western European Union Council ×1

Statements (63)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	defunct international organization → intergovernmental organization → security alliance →
adopted	Petersberg Declaration →
cooperatedWith	European Union → North Atlantic Treaty Organization →
country	None →
dissolutionCompleted	30 June 2011 →
dissolved	31 March 2010 →
fieldOfWork	defence policy → security policy →
founded	23 October 1954 →
foundedBy	Belgium → France → Germany → Italy → Luxembourg → Netherlands → United Kingdom →
hasAssociateMember	Greece → Iceland → Norway → Turkey →
hasMember	Austria → Belgium → Denmark → Finland → France → Germany → Greece → Ireland → Italy → Luxembourg → Netherlands → Portugal → Spain → Sweden → United Kingdom →
hasObserver	European Commission → NATO →
hasOfficialLanguage	English → French →
hasOrgan	Council of the Western European Union → Parliamentary Assembly of the Western European Union → Western European Armaments Group →
headquartersLocation	Belgium → Brussels →
inception	1954 →
legalBasis	Modified Brussels Treaty →
memberStatesTransferredFunctionsTo	European Union →
motto	None or not widely used →
notableDocument	Petersberg Tasks →
operatedDuring	Cold War → post-Cold War era →
PetersbergDeclarationYear	1992 →
precededBy	Brussels Treaty Organization →
purpose	European security and defence coordination → collective defence → military cooperation →
regionServed	Western Europe →
replacedBy	European Union → European Union Common Security and Defence Policy →
shortName	WEU →

Referenced by (19)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Modified Brussels Treaty ("Western European Union Council") → Modified Brussels Treaty ("Western European Union Assembly") →	legalBasisFor
Parliamentary Assembly of the Western European Union → Western European Armaments Group →	parentOrganization
Parliamentary Assembly of the Western European Union → Western European Armaments Group →	partOf
Modified Brussels Treaty → Petersberg Declaration →	relatedTo
Petersberg Tasks →	appliesTo
Petersberg Declaration →	author
Modified Brussels Treaty →	created
Western European Union ("Council of the Western European Union") →	hasOrgan
Western Europe →	hasOrganization
Brussels ("Western European Union (historical)") →	isSeatOf
French Fourth Republic →	memberOf
Parliamentary Assembly of the Western European Union →	operatedInJurisdiction
Western European Union ("Brussels Treaty Organization") →	precededBy
Petersberg Declaration →	publisher
Western European Union ("WEU") →	shortName