NATO’s relations with the United Nations
The United Nations (UN) is at the core of the framework of international organisations within which the Alliance operates, a principle that is enshrined in NATO’s founding treaty.
News
- 16 Apr. 2008 - NATO
NATO reiterates support for UN coordinating role in Afghanistan - 24 Sep. 2007 - NATO
NATO and United Nations Secretaries General meet - 5 Sep. 2007 - NATO
UN representative briefs NATO on Afghan drugs issue - 3 Jul. 2007 - NATO
UN, NATO chart Afghanistan approach at Rome conference - 24 Jan. 2007 - NATO
UN Secretary General committed to working with NATO - 18 Jul 2006 - NATO
NATO and UN Secretaries General meet
Opinions
- Autumn 2007 - NATO Review
Enhancing NATO’s cooperation with international organizations by David S. Yost - 22 Aug 2006 - NATO
Remarks by the NATO Secretary General at the 7th high-level meeting between the United Nations and regional and other intergovernmental organisations in New York
Official texts
- 04 Apr 1949 - NATO
North Atlantic Treaty
Links
- Website of the United Nations
- United Nations Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (UN CTED)
Directory of international best practices, codes and standards for the implementation of UN Security Council resolution 1373 (2001)
PDF library
- June 2007 - NATO
Membership of NATO countries to other organisations (PDF/2.670Kb)
Eng.
/ Fr. UN Security Council resolutions have provided the mandate for NATO’s operations in the Balkans and in Afghanistan, and the framework for NATO’s training mission in Iraq. More recently, NATO has provided logistical assistance to the African Union’s UN-endorsed peacekeeping operation in Darfur, Sudan.
In recent years, cooperation between NATO and the United Nations has developed well beyond their common engagement in bringing peace and stability to crisis-hit regions. Consultations with UN specialised bodies now cover a wide range of issues, including civil emergency planning, civil-military cooperation, combating human trafficking, action against mines, and the fight against terrorism.
What does it mean in practice?
NATO’s Secretary General reports regularly to the UN Secretary General on progress in NATO-led operations and on other key decisions of the North Atlantic Council in the area of crisis management and in the fight against terrorism.
More...How did it evolve?
Although the formal link between the United Nations and the North Atlantic Alliance has been enshrined in their respective founding documents since the foundation of the Alliance in 1949, working relations between the United Nations and the Alliance remained limited for most of this period. The situation changed in 1992, against the background of growing conflict in the western Balkans, where their respective roles in crisis management led to an intensification of practical cooperation between the two organisations.
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