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UPSC 2007: Consider the following statements: 1. North Atlantic Co-operation Council (NACC) is the name of the new organization which has replaced the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). 2. The United States of America and the United Kingdom became members of NATO when it was formed in 1949. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a)1 only
(b)2 only
(c)Both 1 and 2
(d)Neither 1 nor 2
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Not attemptedCorrect Answer: (b) 2 only
The North Atlantic Cooperation Council (NACC) was created in 1991 as a consultative forum with former Warsaw-Pact states and was itself superseded by the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council in 1997; it never replaced the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, which continues to exist. The United States and the United Kingdom were two of the twelve original signatories of the North Atlantic Treaty on 4 April 1949, making statement 2 correct and statement 1 incorrect. ([nato.int](https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/topics_69344.htm?utm_source=openai))
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