It is therefore left to the judgment of each individual member country to determine how it will contribute. It is not necessarily military and depends on the material resources of each country. This assistance is taken forward in concert with other Allies. This is an individual obligation on each Ally and each Ally is responsible for determining what it deems necessary in the particular circumstances. With the invocation of Article 5, Allies can provide any form of assistance they deem necessary to respond to a situation.
on the forces, vessels, or aircraft of any of the Parties, when in or over these territories or any other area in Europe in which occupation forces of any of the Parties were stationed on the date when the Treaty entered into force or the Mediterranean Sea or the North Atlantic area north of the Tropic of Cancer.”. on the territory of any of the Parties in Europe or North America, on the Algerian Departments of France 2, on the territory of Turkey or on the Islands under the jurisdiction of any of the Parties in the North Atlantic area north of the Tropic of Cancer. “For the purpose of Article 5, an armed attack on one or more of the Parties is deemed to include an armed attack: This article is complemented by Article 6, which stipulates: Such measures shall be terminated when the Security Council has taken the measures necessary to restore and maintain international peace and security.” “The Parties agree that an armed attack against one or more of them in Europe or North America shall be considered an attack against them all and consequently they agree that, if such an armed attack occurs, each of them, in exercise of the right of individual or collective self-defence recognized by Article 51 of the Charter of the United Nations, will assist the Party or Parties so attacked by taking forthwith, individually and in concert with the other Parties, such action as it deems necessary, including the use of armed force, to restore and maintain the security of the North Atlantic area.Īny such armed attack and all measures taken as a result thereof shall immediately be reported to the Security Council. Birth, marriage, and death certificates, divorce decrees, court documents, and federally-issued documents cannot be certified by a notary public as “true copies.” These documents must be certified by the secretary of state.ģ) All documents in a foreign language must be translated into English by a certified translator and notarized as a true translation.In 1949, the primary aim of the North Atlantic Treaty – NATO’s founding treaty – was to create a pact of mutual assistance to counter the risk that the Soviet Union would seek to extend its control of Eastern Europe to other parts of the continent.Įvery participating country agreed that this form of solidarity was at the heart of the Treaty, effectively making Article 5 on collective defence a key component of the Alliance.Īrticle 5 provides that if a NATO Ally is the victim of an armed attack, each and every other member of the Alliance will consider this act of violence as an armed attack against all members and will take the actions it deems necessary to assist the Ally attacked. We cannot accept copies unless they are “true certified copies” from a notary public. 
If you do not have the correct notarization(s) before you submit your documents, we will not be able to process your request.Ģ) All seals and signatures must be originals
Using a notary commissioned by the state? Certify your document at the secretary of state.Using a notary commissioned by the county? Certify your document at the clerk of court then the secretary of state.We only issue apostilles for federal documents to use in countries that are members of the 1961 Hague Convention.īefore submitting documents to us, you must:ġ) Notarize each document in front of a notary public: An apostille certifies the document(s), so the document can be recognized in foreign countries that are members of the 1961 Hague Convention Treaty. Apostilles authenticate the seals and signatures of officials on public documents such as birth certificates, court orders, or any other document issued by a federal agency or certified by a U.S.
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