1982 Bonn summit explained

Summit Name:	Bonn summit
Caption:	Map of NATO members
Country:	West Germany
Dates:	10 June 1982

The 1982 Bonn summit was the 6th NATO summit bringing the leaders of member nations together at the same time. The formal sessions and informal meetings in Bonn took place on 10 June 1982.^[1] This event was only the seventh meeting of the NATO heads of state following the ceremonial signing of the North Atlantic Treaty on 4 April 1949.^[2] When the summit was held, there were sixteen members of NATO.

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] The Bonn Summit addressed many issues and discussed many topics. Most notable of these topics was the accession of Spain to NATO, as the summit was held years after the fall of Francisco Franco.^[3] The summit also voiced concern to the perceived threat the Soviet Union posed to members of NATO.

See also

• EU summit
• G8 summit

References

• Thomas, Ian Q.R. (1997). The promise of alliance: NATO and the political imagination. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield. ;

External links

• NATO update, 1982

Notes and References

1. Web site: NATO summit meetings . NATO . https://web.archive.org/web/20090509014601/http://www.nato.int/issues/summits/index.html . 9 May 2009 . dead . 18 March 2009 .
2. Thomas, Ian Q.R. (1997). The promise of alliance: NATO and the political imagination, p. 101.
3. Web site: NATO Mini. Comm. Bonn - 10 June 1982.