The Secretary General is the Alliance’s top international civil servant. He/she is responsible for steering the process of consultation and decision-making in the Alliance. The person is appointed by member governments for an initial period of four years, which can be extended by mutual consent. Jens Stoltenberg, former Prime Minister of Norway is currently (spring 2020) the Secretary General of the NATO.
Each member country sends:
1. a DELEGATION to NATO’s political headquarters in Brussels, headed by an “ambassador”.
The member countries’ delegations operate through:
Which in turn set up a number of committees |
2. MILITARY REPRESENTATIVES
The Military Committee is responsible for translating political decision and guidance into military direction.
It is composed of the Chiefs of Defence of NATO member countries; the International Military Staff, the Military Committee’s executive body; and the military command structure, composed of Allied Command Operations and Allied Command Transformation. |
Image attribution:
Selection and design by:
Sara Donaggio, Sarah Rudez (Liceo Classico e Linguistico "F. Petrarca", Trieste, Italy, 2020)
Sara Donaggio, Sarah Rudez (Liceo Classico e Linguistico "F. Petrarca", Trieste, Italy, 2020)