NATO headquarters

NATO Headquarters
Aerial view of NATO headquarters in Haren, Brussels
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General information
TypeOffice, conference building
AddressBoulevard Léopold III / Leopold III-laan
Town or city1110 Haren, City of Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region
CountryBelgium
Coordinates50°52′45″N 4°25′30″E / 50.87917°N 4.42500°E / 50.87917; 4.42500
Construction started2010 (2010)
Completed2016
Inaugurated25 May 2017
OwnerNorth Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

The NATO headquarters is the political and administrative center of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). After previous locations in London and Paris, it has been headquartered in Brussels since 1967, in a complex in Haren, part of the City of Brussels, along the Boulevard Léopold III/Leopold III-laan.[1]

The staff at the headquarters is composed of national delegations of NATO member states and includes civilian and military liaison offices and officers or diplomatic missions and diplomats of partner countries, as well as the International Staff (IS) and International Military Staff (IMS) filled from serving members of the armed forces of member states.[2] Non-governmental citizens' groups have also grown up in support of NATO, broadly under the banner of the Atlantic Council/Atlantic Treaty Association movement.

  1. ^ "NATO homepage". Retrieved 12 March 2006.
  2. ^ "NATO Headquarters". Nato.int. 10 August 2010. Retrieved 22 August 2010.