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how nato works?

The North Atlantic Council is NATO's principal decision-making body, consisting of permanent representatives from each member country who meet weekly. Key committees that advise the Council include the Defense Planning Committee and the Nuclear Planning Group. The Military Committee is NATO's highest military authority and consists of each member's Chief of Defense. Major decisions are made by consensus at both the Permanent Representative and Ministerial levels.

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How NATO works?
Where is NATO Headquarter, Political Center? Who (which body) decides matter? Here are: Secretary General Permanent Representatives National Delegation
The principal policy and decision- making institutions of the Alliance are: • The North Atlantic Council; • The Defense Planning Committee • The Nuclear Planning Group
The North Atlantic Council has effective political authority and powers of decision, and consists of permanent representatives of all member countries meeting together at least once a week. The Council also meets at higher levels involving foreign ministers, defense ministers or heads of state and government Ministerial level decision or Permanent Representative level decision? What is “Permanent Council”?
While the Council normally meets at least once a week, it can be convened at short notice whenever necessary. Its meetings are chaired by the Secretary General of NATO or, in his absence, by his Deputy. The longest serving permanent representative on the Council assumes the title of Dean of the Council. Primarily a ceremonial function, the Dean may be called upon to play a more specific presiding role, for example in convening meetings and chairing discussions at the time of the selection of a new secretary general.
At ministerial meetings of foreign ministers, one country’s foreign minister assumes the role of honorary president. The position rotates annually among the member countries in the order of the English alphabet. An order of precedence in the Permanent Council is established on the basis of length of service, but at meetings of the Council at any level, permanent representatives sit round the table in order of nationality, in English alphabetical order.
When decisions have to be taken, action is agreed upon on the basis of unanimity and common accord. Each member country represented at the Council table or on any of its subordinate committees retains complete sovereignty and responsibility for its own decisions.
The work of the Council is prepared by subordinate Committees with responsibility for specific areas of policy. Much of this work involves the Senior Political Committee (SPC), consisting of deputy permanent representatives, sometimes reinforced by appropriate national experts, depending on the subject. In such cases it is known as the SPC(R). The Senior Political Committee has particular responsibility for preparing most statements or communiqués to be issued by the Council and meets in advance of ministerial meetings to draft such texts for Council approval.
When the Council meets at the level of defense ministers or is dealing with defense matters and questions relating to defense strategy, other senior committees, such as the Executive Working Group, may be involved as the principal advisory bodies. If financial matters are on the Council’s agenda, the Senior Resource Board, or the Civil or Military Budget Committees, or the Infrastructure Committee, depending on which body is appropriate, will be responsible to the Council for preparing its work. Depending on the topic under discussion, the respective senior committee with responsibility for the subject area assumes the leading role in preparing Council meetings and following up on Council decisions.
The Council has an important public profile and issues declarations and communiqués explaining the Alliance’s policies and decisions to the general public and to governments of countries which are not members of NATO.
The Defense Planning Committee The Defense Planning Committee (DPC) is normally composed of permanent representatives but meets at the level of defense ministers at least twice a year, and deals with most defense matters and subjects related to collective defense planning. All the member countries are represented in this forum.
Military Committee The NAC originally tasked the Defense Committee to establish a military organizational structure that consisted of the Military Committee, the Standing Group, Military Representatives (MilReps), and Regional Planning Groups
The Military Committee consists of each of the Allies’ Chief of Defense Staff (CHODS), who normally are their senior-most serving military officer, usually in the general or admiral ranks. The Standing Group was a subcommittee of the Military Committee, located in Washington DC, and consisted of a British, French, and U.S. member. The CHODS select the Chairman of the Military Committee for a three- year term.
Ministerial level meetings currently occur twice a year, once in the late fall and once in the spring. The Military Committee meets first in CHODS session to resolve any problems and approve the proposals prepared by the International Military Staff and reviewed by the MilReps. The Defense Planning Committee met second so that it could conduct its own work as well as review and approve any Military Committee documents that required Defense Planning Committee approval. The NAC ministerial is last so that it can review and approve the work of the Defense Planning Committee (through June 2010) and Military Committee in addition to performing its own work.
The Nuclear Planning Group The Defense Ministers of member countries which take part in NATO’s Defense Planning Committee meet at regular intervals in the Nuclear Planning Group (NPG), where they discuss specific policy issues associated with nuclear forces. These discussions cover a broad range of nuclear policy matters including the safety, security and survivability of nuclear weapons, communications and information systems, deployment issues and wider questions of common concern such as nuclear arms control and nuclear proliferation
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The NATO phonetic alphabet, more accurately known as the International Radiotelephony Spelling Alphabet
Assuming that the transcriptions are not intended to be precise, only 11 of the 26— Bravo, Echo, Hotel, Juliet(t), Kilo, Mike, Papa, Quebec, Romeo, Whiskey, and Zulu—are given English pronunciations by all these agencies, though not always the same English pronunciations.
how nato works?