...said | Contracting Parties undertakes to assist in meeting the attack in the exercise of the inherent right of individual or collective self-defense recognized by Article 51 of the Charter of the United Nations. 2. On the request of the State or States directly attacked and until the decision of...

...needs to go back to fundamentals. The key is in Article 5 of the treaty. It says, in part: "The Parties agree that an armed attack against one or more of...America shall be considered an attack against them all. . . ." Moral and Legal Obligations Whatever else may enter into formulation of US foreign policy, regard...

...said Contracting Parties undertakes to assist in meeting the attack in the exercise of the inherent right of individual or collective self-defense recognized by Article 51 of the Charter of the United Nations. 2. On the request of the State or States directly attacked and until the decision of...

...SECTIONS OF MUTUAL DEFENSE PACTS NATO Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty states : "The Parties agree that an armed attack against one or more of...shall be considered an attack against them all and consequL'iitly they agree that, if such an armed attack occurs, each of them, in exercise of the right...

...said contracting parties undertakes to assist in meeting the attack in the exercise of the inherent right of individual or collective self-defense recognized by article 51 of the Charter of the United Nations ; Whereas, the foreign ministers of the Organization of American States at Punta del...

...said Contracting Parties undertakes to assist in meeting the attack in the exercise of the inherent right of individual or collective self-defense recognized by Article 51 of the Charter of the United Nations. 2. On the request of the State or States directly attacked and until the decision of...

...said Contracting Parties undertakes to assist in meeting the attack in the exercise of the inherent right of individual or collective self-defense recognized by Article 51 of the Charter of the United Nations. 2. On the request of the State or States directly attacked and until the decision of...

...refuse to declare war. And they said in this first clause, the first part of that sentence : The Parties agree that an armed attack against one or more of...them in Europe or North America shall be considered un attack against them all. Ill other words, we are saying there, in effect, that an attack on London...

...said Contracting Parties undertakes to assist in meeting the attack in the exercise of the inherent right of individual or collective self-defense recognized by Article 51 of the Charter of the United Nations. 2. On the request of the State or States directly attacked and until the decision of...

...then-impending elections. As I read article 5 of the Atlantic Pact, such a maneuver would not constitute the "armed attack against one or more of them in Europe or North America," which the parties to that pact in its article 5 have agreed "shall be considered an attack against...