1978 Washington summit explained

Summit Name:Washington summit
Caption:Map of NATO members
Country:United States
Dates:May 30–31, 1978

The 1978 Washington summit was the fifth NATO summit bringing the leaders of member nations together at the same time. The formal sessions and informal meetings in Washington, D.C. took place on May 30–31, 1978.[1] This event was only the sixth meeting of the NATO heads of state following the ceremonial signing of the North Atlantic Treaty on April 4, 1949.[2]

Background

In this period, the organization faced unresolved questions concerned whether a new generation of leaders would be as committed to NATO as their predecessors had been.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: NATO summit meetings . NATO . https://web.archive.org/web/20090509014601/http://www.nato.int/issues/summits/index.html . 2009-05-09 . dead . 2009-03-21 .
  2. Thomas, Ian Q.R. (1997). The promise of alliance: NATO and the political imagination, p. 101.
  3. Web site: Final Communiqué. 24 October 2000. NATO On-Line Library. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20000824093312/http://www.nato.int:80/docu/comm/49-95/c780530a.htm . August 24, 2000 .