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Final Communiqué of the Ministerial Session of the North Atlantic Council (Brussels, 4 and 5 December 1969)
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Final Communiqué of the Ministerial Session of the North Atlantic Council (Brussels, 4 and 5 December 1969)

At the Ministerial Session of the North Atlantic Council held in Brussels on 4 and 5 December 1969, the Allied Governments accept the possibility of shortly holding a general conference, or a series of conferences, on cooperation and security in Europe which will be attended by the North American members of the Alliance.

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Title Final Communiqué of the Ministerial Session of the North Atlantic Council (Brussels, 4 and 5 December 1969)
Document type Text
Source Ministerial Communiqués 1960-1969. 4th-5th December 1969, Brussels, North Atlantic Council, Chairman: Mr. M. Brosio. [ON-LINE]. [s.l.]: NATO, [22.08.2005]. Available on http://www.nato.int/docu/comm/comm6069.htm.
Keywords East-West relations, NATO, peaceful co-existence
Copyright © OTAN / NATO
Caption At the Ministerial Session of the North Atlantic Council held in Brussels on 4 and 5 December 1969, the Allied Governments accept the possibility of shortly holding a general conference, or a series of conferences, on cooperation and security in Europe which will be attended by the North American members of the Alliance.
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Document extract Final Communiqué of the Ministerial Session of the North Atlantic Council (Brussels, 4 and 5 December 1969) Chairman: Mr. M. Brosio. 1. The North Atlantic Council met in Ministerial Session at Brussels on 4th and 5th December, 1969. The meeting was attended by Foreign, Defence and Finance Ministers. 2. Since the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty twenty years ago, the members of the Alliance have dedicated their efforts to the preservation of their freedom and security and to the improvement of East-West relations in the aim of reaching an ultimate peaceful solution of outstanding problems in Europe. They will continue to do so. 3. By approving in December 1967 the Report on the Future Tasks of the Alliance, the Allied Governments resolved to maintain adequate military strength and political solidarity to deter aggression and other forms of pressure and to defend the territory of member countries if aggression should occur; and to examine suitable policies designed to achieve a just and stable order in Europe, to overcome the division of Germany and to foster European security. 4. On the basis of these two concepts of defence and the relaxation of tensions, the Ministers issued the Declaration attached to this Communiqué in which they set forth their views on the future development of relations between Eastern and Western coun (...) Read more in ENA
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