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Coordinates: 50°52′34.16″N 4°25′19.24″E / 50.8761556°N 4.4220111°E / 50.8761556; 4.4220111
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization or NATO ( /ˈneɪtoʊ/ NAY-toh; French: Organisation du traité de l'Atlantique Nord (OTAN)), also called the (North) Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance 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 defense in response to an attack by any external party. NATO's headquarters are in Brussels, Belgium, one of the 28 member states across North America and Europe, the newest of which, Albania and Croatia, joined in April 2009. An additional 22 countries participate in NATO's Partnership for Peace, with 15 other countries involved in institutionalized dialogue programs. The combined military spending of all NATO members constitutes over 70% of the world's defence spending.
For its first few years, NATO was not much more than a political association. However, the Korean War galvanized the member states, and an integrated military structure was built up under the direction of two U.S. supreme commanders. The course of the Cold War led to a rivalry with nations of the Warsaw Pact, which formed in 1955. The first NATO Secretary General, Lord Ismay, stated in 1949 that the organization's goal was "to keep the Russians out, the Americans in, and the Germans down." Doubts over the strength of the relationship between the European states and the United States ebbed and flowed, along with doubts over the credibility of the NATO defence against a prospective Soviet invasion—doubts that led to the development of the independent French nuclear deterrent and the withdrawal of the French from NATO's military structure in 1966.
[Donghae]neon mudji, hangsang eolmana, neol sarang ha neunji
[Ryeowook]gakkeumsshik, ajik meon, mirae kkaji buranhae haji
[Yesung]geokjeong hajima neol gwerob hajima, naegen wanbyeokhan saram
ingeol
[Kyuhyun]summan shwi eo do, hwajang anhaedo, neon areum dawo, nun busheo
[Sungmin]haru e hanbeon man neol saenggakhae
deo isangeun andwae, akkyeo dul geoya
[Heechul]himdeul eobtdeon haru ye sunshine geudaeman
isseo jun damyeon O.K. geugeollo dwae
[Leeteuk]neol bomyeon, pyeonhae ireon mal, neon shilheo haetjiman
[Shindong]haengbokhae, hajiman, yeojeonhi neon buranhae haetji
[Eunhyuk]ye shim hajima neol gwerob hijima, sashil sunjinhan saram ingeol
[Siwon]sarang seureon nun useum neomchil ttae, neon areum dawo, nun busheo
haru e hanbeon man neol saenggakhae
deo isangeun andwae, akkyeo dul geoya
himdeul eobtdeon haru ye sunshine geudaeman
isseo jun damyeon O.K. geugeollo dwae
[Ryeowook]meorissok ontong neoye saenggak ppun
[Kyuhyun]mwonga dareun geoseul wonhaedo, jamshi meolli tteoreojyeo bwado
gyeolguk neo, gyeolguk neo, neomu shinbihae
[Donghae]jamshi nun gamgo neol tteo ollyeo
You’re So Beautiful Girl, neo ppunya
[Yesung]jigeum geudaero ni moseubi
gajang areum dawo nun busheo (My Girl)
haru e hanbeon man neol saenggakhae ([Ryeowook]ohh)
deo isangeun andwae, akkyeo dul geoya ([Ryeowook]deo isangeun andwae,
akkyeo dullae)
himdeul eobtdeon haru ye sunshine geudaeman
([Kyuhyun]himdeul eobtdeon haru ye sunshine, geudaeman)
isseo jun damyeon O.K. geugeollo dwae ([Yesung]O.K. geugeollo)
haru e hanbeon man neol saenggakhae ([Kyuhyun]haru e hanbeonman,
saenggakhae)
deo isangeun andwae, akkyeo dul geoya ([Kyuhyun]andwae, akkyeo dul geoya)
himdeul eobtdeon haru ye sunshine geudaeman
([Ryeowook]himdeul eobtdeon haru ye sunshine geudaeman)
isseo jun damyeon O.K. geugeollo dwae ([Kyuhyun]isseo jun damyeon O.K.