North Atlantic Council

This article is about the NATO body. For the US think tank, see Atlantic Council.

North Atlantic Council
Type
Type
Committee
of the NATO
History
Founded4 April 1949 (1949-04-04)
Leadership
Structure
Seats
32 states:
Joint committees
20 reporting to NAC:
  • Deputies Committee
  • Political Committee
  • Partnerships and Cooperative Security Committee
  • Defence Policy and Planning Committee
  • Committee on Proliferation
  • Digital Policy Committee
  • Operations Policy Committee
  • High Level Task Force on Conventional Arms Control
  • Verification Coordinating Committee
  • Conference of National Armaments Directors
  • Committee for Standardization
  • Logistics Committee
  • Resource Policy and Planning Board
  • Integrated Air and Missile Defence Policy Committee
  • Aviation Committee
  • Resilience Committee
  • Committee on Public Diplomacy
  • Council Operations and Exercises Committee
  • Security Committee
  • Civilian Intelligence Committee
  • Archives Committee
AuthorityPrincipal political decision-making body
Meeting place
NATO headquarters
Brussels, Belgium
Website
www.nato.int/
Footnotes
Historical meeting venues
  • Palais de Chaillot (April 1952 (1952-04)-December 1959 (1959-12))
  • Quartier de la Porte-Dauphine, Paris (December 1959 (1959-12)-1967 (1967))

The North Atlantic Council (abbr. NAC, French: Conseil de l'Atlantique nord) is the principal political decision-making body of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), consisting of permanent representatives of its member countries. Its existence is mandated by Article 9 of the North Atlantic Treaty and it was established as a result. It is the only body in NATO that derives its authority explicitly from the treaty.

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