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Fact Sheet (Photo n°4497) FR EN DE
Signing of the Brussels Treaty (Brussels, 17 March 1948)
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Signing of the Brussels Treaty (Brussels, 17 March 1948)

On 17 March 1948, in Brussels, the Foreign Ministers of Belgium, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom sign the Brussels Treaty establishing Western Union, which involves cooperation in economic, social and cultural matters as well as legitimate collective defence. From left to right: Paul-Henri Spaak, Georges Bidault, Joseph Bech, Baron Carel Godfried van Boetzelaer van Oosterhout and Ernest Bevin.

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Title Signing of the Brussels Treaty (Brussels, 17 March 1948)
Document type Photo
Source Ceremony of the Signature of the Brussels Treaty. Bruxelles: Union de l'Europe occidentale, 17/03/1948. Colour.
Union de l'Europe occidentale - Secrétariat général, Rue de l'Association, 15, 1000 Bruxelles.
Keywords Brussels Treaty, Western Union
Copyright © WEU Secretariat General - Secrétariat Général UEO
Caption On 17 March 1948, in Brussels, the Foreign Ministers of Belgium, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom sign the Brussels Treaty establishing Western Union, which involves cooperation in economic, social and cultural matters as well as legitimate collective defence. From left to right: Paul-Henri Spaak, Georges Bidault, Joseph Bech, Baron Carel Godfried van Boetzelaer van Oosterhout and Ernest Bevin.
Location in the digital library SPECIAL FILES >> Luxembourg and the European integration process >> Participation in post-war alliances
EUROPEAN ORGANISATIONS >> Western European Union >> Origin and development >> The origins of WEU: Western Union
HISTORICAL EVENTS >> 1945–1949 The pioneering phase >> Military cooperation >> Western Union
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See also The Brussels Treaty (17 March 1948)
Report of the meeting of the five Finance Ministers of Western Union (Brussels, 28 and 29 April 1948)
Convention on social and medical assistance between the Member States of Western Union (Paris, 7 November 1949)
Convention on social security schemes in the Member States of Western Union (Paris, 7 November 1949)
Supplementary Agreement to the Convention on Social and Medical Assistance between the Member States of Western Union (Brussels, 17 April 1950)
Status of the armed forces of the Member States of Western Union (London, 21 December 1949)
Background note from the Permanent Commission on Western Union (London, 21 December 1948)
Statement by the Nine Powers on the production and standardisation of armaments (Paris, 21 October 1954)
Secretary_General’s note on the setting up of a committee of financial and economic experts (London, 1 November 1948)
Final Act of the Nine_Power Conference (London, 28 September–3 October, 1954)
Fact sheet on Western European Union
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