Co-ordinated Organisations
The expression Co-ordinated Organisation refers to several international organisations that have a common system of remuneration and pensions, and who are members of the Co-ordination System. List of Co-ordinated Organisations There are currently six members of the Co-ordinated Organisations. On 31 March 2010, the Western European Union was dissolved by the ten member countries and its competences were transferred to the European Union. EUMETSAT joined Co-ordination on 1 July 2012. * The Council of Europe (CoE) * The European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts ( ECMWF) * The European Space Agency (ESA) * The European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT) * The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) * The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) ** The Western European Union (WEU) (Formerly a member of the Co-ordinated Organisations - Now defunct) Role of Co-ordination The Co-ordinated Organisation system inc ...
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Western European Union
The Western European Union (WEU; french: Union de l'Europe occidentale, UEO; german: Westeuropäische Union, WEU) was the international organisation and military alliance that succeeded the Western Union (WU) after the 1954 amendment of the 1948 Treaty of Brussels. The WEU implemented the Modified Brussels Treaty. During the Cold War, the Western Bloc included the WEU member states and the United States and Canada as part of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). At the turn of the 21st century, after the end of the Cold War, WEU tasks and institutions were gradually transferred to the European Union (EU), providing central parts of the EU's new military component, the European Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP). This process was completed in 2009 when a solidarity clause between the member states of the European Union, which was similar (but not identical) to the WEU's mutual defence clause, entered into force with the Treaty of Lisbon. The states party to the M ...
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