1975 Brussels NATO summit

1975 NATO summit meeting in Brussels, Belgium Brussels summit Map of NATO members Belgium 29–30 May 1975 thumb | right | alt=NATO flag | NATO flag The 1975 Brussels summit was the third NATO summit bringing the leaders of member nations together at the same time. The formal sessions and informal meetings in Brussels, Belgium took place on 29–30 May 1975. NATO summit meetings https://web.archive.org/web/20090509014601/http://www.nato.int/issues/summits/index.html 2009-05-09 This event was only the fourth meeting of the NATO heads of state following the ceremonial signing of the North Atlantic Treaty on 4 April 1949.Thomas, Ian Q.R. (1997). The promise of alliance: NATO and the political imagination, p. 101. Background In this period, the organization faced a generational challenge; and the unresolved questions concerned whether a new generation of leaders would be as committed to NATO as their predecessors had been. Agenda The general discussions focused on the need for affirming of the fundamental importance of the Alliance, Other topics included, Allied cohesion in the face of international economic pressures following the 1974 oil crisis; and Support for successful conclusion of negotiations in the framework of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE). See also EU summit G8 summit Notes 2 References Thomas, Ian Q.R. (1997). The promise of alliance: NATO and the political imagination. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield. 978-0-8476-8581-3; 36746439 External links NATO update, 1975 Category:1975 in politics 1975 Brussels summit Category:Diplomatic conferences in Belgium Category:1970s diplomatic conferences Category:1975 conferences Category:1975 in international relations Category:1975 in Belgium Category:1970s in Brussels Category:Belgium and NATO Category:May 1975 in Europe