place_of_birth joseph luns
A military ___MASK57___ is an international agreement concerning national security , when the contracting parties promise to support each other in case of a crisis that has not been identified in advance . Military alliances differ from coalitions , as coalitions are formed for a crisis that are already known . ___MASK39___ , officially the French ___MASK18___ , is a country with territory in western Europe and several overseas regions and territories . The European , or metropolitan , area of ___MASK39___ extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea , and from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean . Overseas ___MASK39___ include French Guiana on the South American continent and several island territories in the Atlantic , Pacific and Indian oceans . ___MASK39___ spans and had a total population of almost 67 million people as of January 2017 . It is a unitary semi - presidential ___MASK18___ with the capital in Paris , the country ' s largest city and main cultural and commercial centre . Other major urban centres include Marseille , Lyon , Lille , Nice , Toulouse and Bordeaux . The Chairman ___MASK66___ the NATO Military Committee ( CMC ) is the head ___MASK66___ the NATO Military Committee , which advises the North Atlantic ___MASK17___ on military policy and strategy . The Chairman is one ___MASK66___ the foremost officials ___MASK66___ NATO , next to the Secretary General and the Supreme Allied Commander . The Christian Historical ___MASK62___ ( CHU ) was a Protestant Christian - democratic political party in the ___MASK24___ . The CHU is one ___MASK66___ the predecessors ___MASK66___ the Christian Democratic Appeal ( CDA ), into which it merged in September 1980 . The Partnership for Peace ( PfP ) is a North Atlantic Treaty Organization ( NATO ) program aimed at creating trust between NATO and other states in Europe and the former Soviet ___MASK62___ ; 22 states are members . It was first discussed by the Bulgarian Society Novae , after being proposed as an American initiative at the meeting ___MASK66___ NATO defense ministers in Travemünde , ___MASK47___ , on 20  21 October 1993 , and formally launched on 10  11 January 1994 NATO summit in ___MASK2___ , Belgium . The Anti - Revolutionary Party ( ___MASK46___ ) was a Protestant Christian - democratic political party in the Netherlands . The party was founded in 1879 by Abraham Kuyper , a theologian and minister . In 1980 the party merged with the Catholic People ' s Party ( KVP ) and the Christian Historical Union ( CHU ) to form the Christian Democratic Appeal ( CDA ). ___MASK2___ , officially the ___MASK2___ - Capital Region , is a region of Belgium comprising 19 municipalities , including the City of ___MASK2___ which is the capital of Belgium . The ___MASK2___ - Capital Region is a part of both the French Community of Belgium and the Flemish Community , but is separate from the region of Flanders ( in which it forms an enclave ) or Wallonia . The region has a population of 1 . 2 million and a metropolitan area with a population of over 1 . 8 million , the largest in Belgium . The Catholic People ' s Party ( KVP ) was a Catholic Christian democratic political party in the ___MASK24___ . During its entire existence , the party was in government . The party is one ___MASK66___ the precursors ___MASK66___ the Christian Democratic Appeal ( CDA ), into which it merged in 1980 . Jens Stoltenberg ( born 16 ___MASK59___ 1959 ) is a Norwegian politician , and the 13th Secretary General ___MASK66___ the North Atlantic Treaty Organization . He served as Prime Minister ___MASK66___ Norway from 2000 to 2001 , and from 2005 to 2013 . ___MASK84___ , officially the Kingdom ___MASK66___ ___MASK84___ , is a sovereign state in Western Europe bordered by ___MASK39___ , the Netherlands , ___MASK47___ , Luxembourg , and the North Sea . It is a small , densely populated country which covers an area ___MASK66___ and has a population ___MASK66___ about 11 million people . Straddling the cultural boundary between Germanic and Latin Europe , ___MASK84___ is home to two main linguistic groups : the Dutch - speaking , mostly Flemish community , which constitutes about 59 % ___MASK66___ the population , and the French - speaking , mostly Walloon population , which comprises 41 % ___MASK66___ all Belgians . Additionally , there is a small group ___MASK66___ German - speakers who live in the East Cantons located around the High Fens area , and bordering ___MASK47___ . ___MASK89___ (; ), officially the ___MASK18___ of ___MASK89___ , is a sovereign state in Southeastern Europe . It has a population of 3 . 03 million as of 2016 . Tirana is the nation ' s capital and largest city , followed by ___MASK41___ and Vlorë . ___MASK89___ is located in the south - western part of the Balkan peninsula , bordered by Montenegro to the northwest , Kosovo to the northeast , the ___MASK18___ of Macedonia to the east , and Greece to the south and southeast . The country has a coastline on the northern shore of the Mediterranean Sea , the Adriatic Sea to the west and the Ionian Sea to the southwest where the Albanian Riviera begins . ___MASK89___ is less than from Italy , across the Strait of Otranto which connects the Adriatic Sea to the Ionian Sea . Joseph Marie Antoine Hubert Luns ( 28 August 1911 -- 17 July 2002 ) was a Dutch politician and diplomat ___MASK66___ the defunct Catholic People ' s Party ( KVP ) , now merged into the Christian Democratic Appeal ( CDA ) . He was the longest - serving Dutch Minister ___MASK66___ Foreign Affairs from September 2 , 1952 until July 6 , 1971 and later became the 5th ( and also longest - serving ) Secretary General ___MASK66___ NATO for 13 years from October 1 , 1971 until June 25 , 1984 . The Secretary General ___MASK66___ NATO is an international diplomat who serves as the chief civil servant ___MASK66___ the North Atlantic Treaty Organization ( NATO ). The Secretary General is responsible for coordinating the workings ___MASK66___ the ___MASK57___ , leading NATO ' s international staff , chairing the meetings ___MASK66___ the North Atlantic Council and most major committees ___MASK66___ the ___MASK57___ , with the notable exception ___MASK66___ the NATO Military Committee , and acting as NATO ' s spokesperson . However , the Secretary General does not have any military command role , and political , military and strategic decisions ultimately rest with the member states . Together with the Chairman ___MASK66___ the NATO Military Committee and the Supreme Allied Commander the Secretary General is one ___MASK66___ the foremost officials ___MASK66___ NATO . The current Secretary General is Jens Stoltenberg , the former Prime Minister ___MASK66___ Norway , who took office on 1 October 2014 . The ___MASK24___ is the main constituent country ___MASK66___ the Kingdom ___MASK66___ the ___MASK24___ . It is a densely populated country located in Western Europe with three ___MASK92___ territories in the ___MASK8___ . The European part ___MASK66___ the ___MASK24___ borders Germany to the east , Belgium to the south , and the North Sea to the northwest , sharing maritime borders with Belgium , the United Kingdom , and Germany . The largest cities in the ___MASK24___ are Amsterdam , ___MASK43___ , The Hague and Utrecht . Amsterdam is the country ' s capital , while The Hague holds the Dutch seat ___MASK66___ government and parliament . The name " Holland " is used to refer informally to the whole ___MASK66___ the country ___MASK66___ the ___MASK24___ . The North Atlantic Treaty , signed in ___MASK14___ , D . C . on 4 April 1949 , is the treaty establishing the North Atlantic Treaty Organization ( NATO ). The United Nations Security ___MASK17___ ( UNSC ) is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations , charged with the maintenance of international peace and security as well as accepting new members to the United Nations and approving any changes to its United Nations Charter . Its powers include the establishment of peacekeeping operations , the establishment of international sanctions , and the authorization of military action through Security ___MASK17___ resolutions ; it is the only UN body with the authority to issue binding resolutions to member states . The Security ___MASK17___ held its first session on 17 January 1946 . ___MASK45___ , officially the Republic of ___MASK45___ , is a sovereign state between Central Europe , Southeast Europe , and the Mediterranean . Its capital city is Zagreb , which forms one of the country ' s primary subdivisions , along with its twenty counties . ___MASK45___ covers and has diverse , mostly continental and Mediterranean climates . ___MASK45___ ' s Adriatic Sea coast contains more than a thousand islands . The country ' s population is 4 . 28 million , most of whom are Croats , with the most common religious denomination being Roman Catholicism . The United ___MASK32___ and Northern Ireland , commonly known as the United Kingdom ( UK ) or Britain , is a sovereign country in western Europe . Lying off the north - western coast of the European mainland , it includes the island of Great Britain ( the name of which is also loosely applied to the whole country ), the north - eastern part of the island of Ireland , and many smaller islands . Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK that shares a land border with another sovereign statethe ___MASK18___ of Ireland . Apart from this land border , the UK is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean , with the North Sea to its east , the English Channel to its south and the Celtic Sea to its south - south - west , giving it the 12th - longest coastline in the world . The Irish Sea lies between Great Britain and Ireland . With an area of , the UK is the 78th - largest sovereign state in the world and the 11th - largest in Europe . It is also the 21st - most populous country , with an estimated 65 . 1 million inhabitants . Together , this makes it the fourth most densely populated country in the European Union . The North Atlantic ___MASK17___ ( NAC ) is the principal political decision - making body of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization ( NATO ), consisting of Permanent Representatives from its member countries . It was established by of the North Atlantic Treaty and it is the only body in NATO that derives its authority explicitly from the Treaty . The Christian Democratic Appeal (; CDA ) is a Christian - democratic political party in the ___MASK24___ founded in 1977 , which participated in all but three governments since then . It was a merger from the Catholic People ' s Party ( which through its antecedents had been part ___MASK66___ every government since 1918 ), the Anti - Revolutionary Party and the Christian Historical Union . Supreme Allied Commander is the title held by the ___MASK50___ senior commander within certain multinational military alliances . It originated as a term used by the Western Allies during World War II , and is currently used only within NATO . The current NATO Supreme Allied Commander is U . S . General Curtis M . Scaparrotti . The North Atlantic Treaty Organization ( NATO '), also called the North Atlantic ___MASK57___ , is an intergovernmental military ___MASK57___ based on the North Atlantic Treaty which was signed on 4 April 1949 . The organization constitutes a system of collective defence whereby its member states agree to mutual defence in response to an attack by any external party . Three NATO members are permanent members of the United Nations Security Council with the power to veto and are officially nuclear - weapon states : the United States , France and the United Kingdom . NATO ' s headquarters are located in Haren , Brussels , Belgium , where the Supreme Allied Commander also resides . Belgium is one of the 28 member states across North America and Europe , the newest of which , Albania and ___MASK45___ , joined in April 2009 . An additional 22 countries participate in NATO ' s Partnership for Peace program , with 15 other countries involved in institutionalized dialogue programmes . The combined military spending of all NATO members constitutes over 70 % of the global total . Members ' defence spending is supposed to amount to 2 % of GDP . A diplomat is a person appointed by a state to conduct diplomacy with one or more other states or international organisations . The main functions ___MASK66___ diplomats are : representation and protection ___MASK66___ the interests and nationals ___MASK66___ the sending state ; initiation and facilitation ___MASK66___ strategic agreements ; treaties and conventions ; promotion ___MASK66___ information ; trade and ___MASK16___ ; technology ; and friendly relations . Seasoned diplomats ___MASK66___ international repute are used in international organisations ( e . g . United Nations ) as well as multinational companies for their experience in management and negotiating skills . Diplomats are members ___MASK66___ foreign services and diplomatic corps ___MASK66___ various nations ___MASK66___ the world . The Prime Minister ___MASK66___ Norway ( literally " state minister ") is the political leader ___MASK66___ Norway and the Head ___MASK66___ the Government ___MASK66___ Norway . The Prime Minister and Cabinet ( consisting ___MASK66___ all the ___MASK50___ senior government department heads ) are collectively accountable for their policies and actions to the Monarch , to the Storting ( Parliament ___MASK66___ Norway ), to their political party , and ultimately the electorate . In practice , since it is nearly impossible for a government to stay in office against the will ___MASK66___ the Storting , the Prime Minister is primarily answerable to the Storting .