SECURITY CHALLENGES OF NATO-UN INTEROPERABILITY FOR BETTER FIGHT AGAINST NEW THREATS

The mutual defense pledge in Article 5 of the 1949 North Atlantic Treaty was based on the UN Charter's recognition of the inherent right of states to individual and collective self-defense. However, during the Cold War the Alliance had no significant interactions with the UN Security Council or UN agencies. The Allies focused on collective defense and deterrence as the basis for diplomacy with their adversaries to the East. Since NATO's engagement in Afghanistan since 20022003, there have been the significant drivers of the Alliance's increasingly extensive cooperation with other international organizations, as UN belong definitely to, aiming, among others objectives, better approach to fight against new emerging threats.