North Atlantic Council

The North Atlantic Council (NAC) is the principal political decision-making body of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), consisting of Permanent Representatives from its member countries.[1] It was established by Article 9 of the North Atlantic Treaty and it is the only body in NATO that derives its authority explicitly from the Treaty.

This article is about the NATO body. For the US think tank, see Atlantic Council.

North Atlantic Council
History
Founded4 April 1949 (1949-04-04)
Leadership
Deputy Secretary-General
Seats
Meeting place
NATO Headquarters
Brussels, Belgium
Website
http://www.nato.int/

Powers and duties

The North Atlantic Treaty gave the NAC the power to set up subsidiary bodies for various policy functions, including a defense committee to implement other parts of the treaty. Since 1952, the NAC has been in permanent session.[2] The NAC can be held at the Permanent Representative Level (PermReps), or can be composed of member states' Ministers of State, Defense, or Heads of Government. The NAC has the same powers regardless of the formation under which it meets. The NAC meets twice a week: every Tuesday, for an informal lunch discussion; and every Wednesday for a decision-taking session. Usually, meetings occur amongst the Permanent Representatives who are the senior permanent member of each delegation and is generally a senior civil servant or an experienced ambassador (and holding that diplomatic rank). The list of Permanent Representatives may be found on the NATO website.[3]

The 30 members of NATO have diplomatic missions to the organization through embassies in Belgium. The meetings of the NAC are chaired by the Secretary General and, when decisions have to be made, action is agreed upon on the basis of unanimity and common accord. There is no voting or decision by majority. Each nation represented at the NAC table or on any of its subordinate committees retains complete sovereignty and responsibility for its own decisions.[4]

The NATO Military Command Structure consists of two strategic commands and is directed by the International Military Staff:[5]

The commands under SACEUR - Allied Joint Force Command Brunssum, Allied Joint Force Command Naples and Joint Force Command Norfolk are Operational Level Commands, while Headquarters Allied Air Command, Headquarters Allied Maritime Command and Headquarters Allied Land Command are Tactical Level Commands.[6] SACEUR also has operational command of the Joint Support and Enabling Command.[7]

Liaison:       Provides advice and support to the NAC
Political strategic level:
NA Council
NATO SG
Brussels, BE		IS
Brussels, BE
Military strategic level:


CMC (NATO MC)
 DGIMS (IMS)
Brussels, BE


SACEUR
(ACO, SHAPE)
Mons, BE

SACT
(ACT, HQ SACT)
Norfolk, US
Operational level:
 JFCBS Brunssum, NL JWC Stavanger, NO
 AIRCOM Ramstein, DE JALLC Lisbon, PT
 MARCOM Northwood, GB JFTC Bydgoszcz, PL
 LANDCOM İzmir, TR
 CIS GP Mons, BE
 JFCNP Naples, IT
 JFC-NF Norfolk, Virginia, US

Composition

Each member nation is normally represented on the North Atlantic Council by an Ambassador or Permanent Representative supported by a national delegation composed of advisers and officials who represent their country on different NATO committees.

Member Representative Member Representative Member Representative


Republic of Albania
Shqipëria
Visho Ajazi Lika

Kingdom of Belgium
België/Belgique/Belgien[lower-alpha 1]
Pascal Heyman

Republic of Bulgaria
България/Bǎlgariya
Dragomir Zakov


Canada
Canada
David Angell

Republic of Croatia
Hrvatska
Mario Nobilo

Czech Republic
Česko
Jakub Landovský


Kingdom of Denmark
Danmark
Liselotte Plesner

Republic of Estonia
Eesti
Jüri Luik

French Republic
France
Muriel Domenach


Federal Republic of Germany
Deutschland
Rüdiger König

Hellenic Republic
Ελλάδα/Elláda
Spiros Lambridis

Hungary
Magyarország
Zoltán Nagy


Iceland
Ísland
Hermann Ingólfsson

Italian Republic
Italia
Francesco M. Talò

Republic of Latvia
Latvija
Edgars Skuja


Republic of LithuaniaLietuva
Deividas Matulionis

Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
Lëtzebuerg/Luxembourg/Luxemburg
Stephan Frédéric Müller

Montenegro
Црна Гора/Crna Gora
Dubravka Lalović


Kingdom of the Netherlands
Nederland
Marisa Gerards

Republic of North Maecedonia
Северна Македонија/Severna Makedonija
Dane Taleski

Kingdom of Norway
Norge/Noreg/Norga
Øystein Bø


Republic of Poland
Polska
Tomasz Szatkowski

Portuguese Republic
Portugal
Pedro Costa Pereira

Romania
România
Stelian Stoian


Slovak Republic
Slovensko
Peter Bátor

Republic of Slovenia
Slovenija
Erik Kopač

Kingdom of Spain
España
Miguel Ángel Fernández-Palacios


Republic of Turkey
Türkiye
Basat Öztürk

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
United Kingdom
Sarah MacIntosh

United States of America
United States of America
Julianne Smith

See also

Notes
  1. Short names used within EU institutions.

References
  1. "The North Atlantic Council". NATO.
  2. "REORGANIZATION OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION".
  3. "nato.int: "NATO Permanent Representatives"".
  4. "North Atlantic Council".
  5. "Command Structure" (PDF). NATO. Retrieved October 19, 2019. and "Military Command Structure". shape.nato.int. Supreme Head Allied Powers Europe. February 12, 2020. Retrieved February 12, 2020.
  6. "MILITARY COMMAND STRUCTURE". shape.nato.int. NATO. October 7, 2020. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
  7. Boeke, Sergei (January 13, 2020). "Creating a secure and functional rear area : NATO's new JSEC Headquarters". nato.int. NATO. Retrieved October 9, 2020. JSEC is part of the NATO Force Structure and under the operational command of the Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR).

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