Military Committee
The Military Committee (MC) is the senior military authority in NATO and the oldest permanent body in NATO after the North Atlantic Council, both having been formed only months after the Alliance came into being. It is the primary source of military advice to the North Atlantic Council and the Nuclear Planning Group, and gives direction to the two Strategic Commanders.
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International Military Staff (IMS)
The International Military Staff (IMS) is the executive body of the Military Committee (MC), NATO’s senior military authority.
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29 Nov. 2024On 29 November 2024, the Director General of the European Union Military Staff (DGEUMS), Lieutenant General Michiel van der Lann welcomed the Director General of the NATO International Military Staff (DGIMS), Lieutenant General Janusz Adamczak and his team to the EEAS Schuman Building for the 22nd iteration of the bi-annual EUMS-IMS Directors’ General Conference.
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NATO delegation takes part in ninth round of military-to-military staff talks with the African Union
28 Nov. 2024From 26 to 27 November 2024, NATO’s Cooperative Security Division of the International Military Staff (IMS) met with a delegation from the African Union Commission (AUC) in Brussels for the ninth iteration of NATO and African Union (AU) Military-to-Military Staff Talks.
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NATO Military Committee visits SHAPE to discuss deterrence and defence
21 Nov. 2024On Thursday 21 November 2024, the NATO Military Committee visited Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) in Mons to be briefed on the status of collective defence planning and the ongoing changes to NATO’s Command and Control.
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EVENTS
- - 13 September 2024 - 14 September 2024
- - 17 January 2024 - 18 January 2024
- - 15 September 2023 - 17 September 2023