Editing North Atlantic Treaty (section)

=====September 11 attacks=====
{{Main|Article 5 contingency (2001)}}

Article 5 has been invoked only once in NATO history, after the [[September 11 attacks]] on the United States in 2001.<ref>{{Cite web |title=NATO: Key Events (timeline) |url=http://www.nato.int/nato-welcome/index.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141105163229/http://www.nato.int/nato-welcome/index.html |archive-date=5 November 2014 |quote=Large-scale terrorist attacks in New York and Washington D.C.—NATO invokes Article 5 for the first time ever and adopts a broader approach to security}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/13/us/after-attacks-alliance-for-first-time-nato-invokes-joint-defense-pact-with-us.html|title=AFTER THE ATTACKS: THE ALLIANCE; For First Time, NATO Invokes Joint Defense Pact With U.S.|last=Daley|first=Suzanne|date=2001-09-13|work=The New York Times|access-date=2017-05-26|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=4 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404173537/https://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/13/us/after-attacks-alliance-for-first-time-nato-invokes-joint-defense-pact-with-us.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Following the September 11 attacks, [[George Robertson, Baron Robertson of Port Ellen]] of the [[United Kingdom]] telephoned [[Colin Powell]] and said that declaring an Article 5 contingency would be a useful political statement for NATO to make. The United States indicated it had no interest in making such a request itself, however, would not object to the council taking such action on its own.<ref name="bruno">{{cite journal |last1=Tertrais |first1=Bruno |date=April 1, 2016 |title=Article 5 of the Washington Treaty:: Its Origins, Meaning and Future |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/resrep10238 |journal=NATO Defence College |issue=130 |jstor=resrep10238}}</ref><ref name="nora1">{{cite web |last1=Bensahel |first1=Nora |title=Cooperation with Europe, NATO, and the European Union |url=https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/monograph_reports/2005/MR1746.pdf |website=rand.org |publisher=[[RAND Corporation]] |access-date=March 2, 2025 |archive-date=6 November 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241106074656/https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/monograph_reports/2005/MR1746.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>