...stability and well-being in their countries, Reaffirming their faith in the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, and their desire...live in peace with all peoples and all governments, Recognizing that they have the inherent right of individual or collective self-defense as affirmed...

...sovereign equality of all the parties, Reiterating their faith in the purposes and principle set forth in the Charter of the United Nations and their desire...live in peace with all peoples and all Governments, countries whose peoples desire it and are able to undertake its responsibilities. Desiring to strengthen...

...times. Its original charter was to "safeguard the freedom, common heritage and civilization of [its] peoples, founded on the principles of democracy, individual liberty and the rule of law." The fact that NATO achieved these goals with small loss of life in the face of an adversarial and expansionist...

...5. I would like to quote a short passage from the preamble of the 1949 treaty. It said, "The parties are determined to safeguard the freedom, common heritage...stability and well-being in the North Atlantic area." NATO achieved these purposes during the cold war, and since then it has fulfilled them in the Balkans...

...worked to strengthen it. He was a man of firm and honest convictions and a great leader. [The parties] are determined to safeguard the freedom, common heritage...stability and well-being in the North Atlantic area. NATO accomplished these objectives during the Cold War. Over the last decade, it has furthered these...

...these organizations. According to the preamble to the North Atlantic Treaty, the member states of NATO "are determined to safeguard the freedom, common heritage...democracy, individual liberty, and the rule of law." According to article 6 of the Treaty on European Union, the "Union is founded on the principles of...

...— the institutional embodiment of the containment strategy — states in its preamble that it is "founded on the principles of democracy, individual liberty and the rule of law." Advocacy of the promotion of democracy continued after the Cold War in George H. Bush's "new world...

...Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), a collective defense organization in which the member states agreed "to safeguard the freedom, common heritage, and civilization...democracy, individual liberty, and the rule of law."" Greece and Turkey joined in 1952, and the Federal Republic of Germany joined in 1955. Difficulty with...

...Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), a collective defense organization in which the member states agreed "to safeguard the freedom, common heritage, and civilization...of democracy, individual liberty, and the rule of law."47 Greece and Turkey joined in 1952, and the Federal Republic of Germany joined in 1955. Difficulty...

...follows: [Preamble]: The Parties to this Treaty reaffirm their faith in the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations and their desire...live in peace with all peoples and all governments. Article 1: The Parties undertake, as set forth in the Charter of the United Nations, to settle any...