| Titre: | Brussels Treaty Organisation (BTO) |
| Description: | This section comprises the files corresponding to the period 1948-954, emanating from the organs of the Treaty of economic, social and cultural collaboration and collective self-defense signed in Brussels on 17th March 1948, until its amendment by the protocol modifying and completing the Brussels Treaty, signed in Paris on 23rd October 1954, giving raise to the WEU. The Brussels Treaty expressed the concern felt by Europeans at the breakdown in the solidarity which has united the Allies during the Second World War. A conference was therefore opened in Brussels on 3rd March 1948 between representatives of France, the United Kingdom and the three Benelux countries. On 17th March 1948, it led to the signing of the Brussels Treaty which, by extending to Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands the alliance which France and the United Kingdom had formed in Dunkirk on 4th March 1947, laid the foundation for a European defense organisation. It included an automatic military assistance provision and set up of a political consultative council and a standing military committee to draw up a defense plan and ensure coordination between military commands. The rejection on 3rd August 1954 by the French Parliament of the creation of a European defense community putting member countries' integrated forces under the guidance of a single European authority, forced the signatories of the BTO to found another solution and decided to take up the text of the Brussels Treaty of 17th March 1948, and to modify it to allow the Federal Republic of Germany and Italy to accede.
These files contain the metadata, a content analysis of the information in each file with mention of the more relevant documents and a series of keywords for research purposes. |
| Période de création: | 1948 - 1998 |
| Type de documents d'archives: | Acte/document |
| Niveau: | Série |
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Utilisation |
| Fin du délai de protection: | 31/12/1998 |
| Autorisation nécessaire: | Aucune |
| Consultabilité physique: | Sans restrictions |
| Accessibilité: | Publique |
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URL pour cette unité de description |
| URL: | http://query.an.etat.lu/Query/detail.aspx?ID=640868 |
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