Q. With reference to North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), consider the following statements:
1.It is a military alliance established by Washington Treaty.
2.NATO has never invoked collective defence clause.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Answer: A
Notes:
Statement 1 is correct: It is a military alliance established by the North Atlantic Treaty (also called the Washington Treaty) of April, 1949.
Statement 2 is incorrect: NATO is committed to the peaceful resolution of disputes. If diplomatic efforts fail, it has the military power to undertake crisis-management operations.
These are carried out under the collective defence clause of NATO’s founding treaty (Article 5 of the Washington Treaty or under a United Nations mandate).
NATO has only once invoked Article 5, on 12th September 2001 following the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center in the US.
Source: Indian Express
