...of the North Atlantic Treaty identified the commitments that the Allies accepted, in exercise of the right of individual or collective self-defense recognized by Article 51 of the UN Charter, stating: "The Parties agree that an armed attack against one or more of them in Europe...

...Art. 3 of the Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance, Sept. 2, 1947, TIAS No. 1838, provides: The High Contracting Parties agree that an armed attack...individual or collective self-defense recognized by Article 5 1 of the Charter of the United Nations. The resolution unanimously adopted by the OAS foreign ministers...

...Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance, signed at Rio de Janeiro on 2 September 1947, the HighContracting Parties ,,agree that an armed attack by any State...of the inherent right of individual or collective self-defence recognized by Article 5 1 of the Charter of the United Nations"; and under paragraph 2...

...State, and to deal with threats of aggression against any of them. In Article 3(1), the signatories agree that "an armed attack by any State against an...considered as an attack against all the American States"; consequently, each of them undertakes to assist the other in repelling the attack, in the exercise...

...establish a collective security system, the State Parties "undertake to assist in meeting any such attack in the exercise of the inherent right of individual...self-defense recognized by Article 51 of the Charter of the United Nations". However, such action will come under the control of the UN Security Council as article...

...Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance.33 The basic principle is spelt out in Article 3(1): The High Contracting Parties agree that an armed attack...and, consequently, each one of the said Contracting Panics undertakes to assist in " Great Britain-Poland, London Agreement of Mutual Assistance, 1939,...

...a decision or recommendation of the United Nations, or by united action with other free nations or in the exercise of the inherent right of individual...collective self-defense recognized by Article 51 of the UN Charter, to restrain and retaliate against such armed attack." The draft authorized the president...

...and consequently they agree that, if such an armed attack occurs, each of them, in exercise of the right of individual or collective self-defense recognized by Article 51 of the Charter of the United Nations, will assist the Party or Parties so attacked by taking forthwith, individually and...

...foreshadowed the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) (qv) by providing that an armed attack against any American state shall be considered as an attack against all the American states. In effect, like NATO, the military power of the United States provided a guarantee to defend the signatories...

...concluded by the United States the year before which read in its Art. 3: The High Contracting Parlies agree that an armed attack by any State against an...individual or collective self-defense recognized by Article 5 1 of the Charter of the United Nations. 83 Cited in: S. Kay, NATO and the Future of European Security...