Editing Brussels (section)

===North Atlantic Treaty Organization===
{{Main|NATO headquarters}}
[[File:2018 NATO Summit in Brussels (29510554308).jpg|thumb|right|Flags of [[Member states of NATO|NATO member states]] wave at the entrance of [[NATO headquarters|NATO's headquarters]] in [[Haren, Belgium|Haren]]]]

The [[Treaty of Brussels]], which was signed on 17 March 1948 between Belgium, [[France]], [[Luxembourg]], the [[Netherlands]] and the [[United Kingdom]], was a prelude to the establishment of the [[Intergovernmental organization|intergovernmental]] [[military alliance]] which later became the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).<ref>{{cite web|title=Brussels Pact|url=http://www.brussels.info/brussels-pact/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170205095916/http://www.brussels.info/brussels-pact/|archive-date=5 February 2017|access-date=4 February 2017|website=brussels.info}}</ref> {{As of|2024}}, the alliance consists of 32 independent member countries across [[North America]] and Europe. Several countries also have diplomatic missions to NATO [[List of diplomatic missions to NATO|through embassies in Belgium]]. Since 1949, a number of [[NATO summit|NATO Summits]] have been held in Brussels,<ref>{{cite web|last=NATO|title=Summit meetings|url=http://www.nato.int/cps/en/natolive/topics_50115.htm|access-date=2 March 2017|website=NATO|archive-date=8 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140908044712/http://www.nato.int/cps/en/natolive/topics_50115.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> the most recent taking place in June 2021.<ref name=":9" /> The organisation's political and administrative [[NATO headquarters|headquarters]] are located on the {{lang|fr|Boulevard Léopold III|italic=no}}/{{lang|nl|Leopold III-laan|italic=no}} in [[Haren, Belgium|Haren]], on the north-eastern perimeter of the [[City of Brussels]].<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Isby|first1=David C.|title=Armies of NATO's Central Front|last2=Kamps|first2=Charles Jr.|date=1985|publisher=Jane's Information Group|isbn=9780710603418|page=13}}</ref> A new €750&nbsp;million headquarters building begun in 2010 and was completed in 2017.<ref>{{cite web|last=NATO|title=New NATO Headquarters|url=http://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/topics_49287.htm|access-date=8 January 2017|website=NATO|archive-date=5 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170805220730/http://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/topics_49287.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>