History of NATO Atlantic Treaty, which was signed by US President Harry S. Truman in Washington on 4 April 1949. It included the five Treaty of Brussels states plus the United States, Canada, Portugal, Italy, Norway, Denmark and Iceland. 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". Popular support for the Treaty was not unanimous, and some Icelanders participated in a pro-neutrality, anti-membership riot in March 1949. The creation of NATO can be seen as the primary institutional consequence of a school of thought
NATO Committee on the Challenges of Modern Society participation from member and partner nations the committees combined to form the Science for Peace and Security Committee on June 28, 2006. NATO Committee on the Challenges of Modern Society The NATO Committee on the Challenges of Modern Society (NATO/CCMS) was a scientific research committee created in 1969 by the North Atlantic Council to study environmental problems of various nations, and the quality of life of their people. US President Richard Nixon had suggested on NATOs twentieth anniversary to install the new body to work on the environment. President Nixon suggested a few new initiatives for NATO. Aside from the