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WEU

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EKI terminibaas Esterm

ID 694169 Last modified 06.07.2017
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Domain organisations in the subject fieldinternational relations & international organisationscommon foreign and security policyWestern European Union; WEU
Lääne-Euroopa Liit former
WEU former
Western European Union former
WEU former
  • aastal Brüsseli lepinguga
  • Belgia, Hollandi, Itaalia, Luksemburgi, Prantsusmaa, Saksamaa ja Suurbritannia sõjaline ning poliitiline liit
  • European defence and security organisation, established on the basis of the Treaty of Brussels of 1948
Good to know
  • In 2000 its crisis management capacity was transferred to the EU and only a residual structure remains.
  • Selle tähtsus on vähenenud, kuna Euroopa Liidu liikmesriigid tihendasid Lissaboni lepinguga koostööd kaitse- ja kriisiohje valdkonnas.
  • 1990 liitusid Hispaania ja Portugal, 1995 Kreeka. 2001 anti suurem osa WEU ülesandeid üle EL-ile. Eesti on aastast 1994 WEU-ga assotsieerunud partnerriik.
Lääne-Euroopa Liit former
Good to know
  • Kasutatud 88992. [06.07.2017]
WEU former
Western European Union former
Usage examples
  • The Western European Union (WEU) is an integral part of the development of the Union providing the Union with access to an operational capability notably in the context of paragraph 2.
WEU former abbreviation
Usage examples
  • WEU was created by the Treaty on Economic, Social and Cultural Collaboration and Collective Self-Defence signed at Brussels on 17 March 1948 (the Brussels Treaty), as amended by the Protocol signed at Paris on 23 October 1954, which modified and completed it.
  • The WEU organs are undergoing a process of liquidation and closure. WEU will cease to exist as a Treaty-based International Organisation on 30 June 2011.

Militerm | riigikaitseterminite andmebaas

ID 530677 Last modified 01.01.2005
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Domain Paramilitary
Western European Union preferred
WEU
Union de l`Europe occidentale preferred
UEO
  • Euroopa kaitse- ja julgeolekuorganisatsioon, mis loodi 1948. aastal Brüsseli lepinguga
  • a group of European countries linked together for mutual protection; the Union is now seen as the European Union's future defence arm, and it now includes several Eastern European countries as associate members
Western European Union preferred
WEU abbreviation
Usage examples
  • Originally established by the 1948 Treaty of Brussels. Now numbers ten member countries, all of which are also members of NATO. The WEU was reactivated in 1984 with the aim of developing a common European defence identity and strengthening the Alliance's European pillar.
Good to know
  • WEU will cease to exist as a Treaty-based International Organisation on 30 June 2011
Union de l`Europe occidentale preferred
UEO abbreviation

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