The Avalon Project at Yale Law School

Western European Security and Co-operation
1948 -


  • 1948 - Treaty of Economic, Social, and Cultural Collaboration and Collective Self-defense (Brussels Treaty), March 17


  • 1949 - North Atlantic Treaty; April 4


  • 1954 - Declaration Inviting Italy and the Federal Republic of Germany to Accede to the Brussels Treaty, October 23


  • 1954 - Protocol No. I (and Annex) Modifying and Completing the Brussels Treaty, October 23


  • 1954 - Protocol No. II on Forces of Western European Union, October 23


  • 1954 - Protocol No. III (and Annexes) on the Control of Armaments, October 23


  • 1954 - Protocol No. IV on the Agency of Western European Union for the Control of Armaments, October 23


  • 1955 - Statement by the President of United States Policy Respecting the Western European Union, March 10


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