Central Treaty Organization

LC control no.	n 79065981
Descriptive conventions	rda
Corporate name heading	Central Treaty Organization *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Organizacja Paktu Centralnego Merkez Andlaşması Teşkilâtı Organizat︠s︡ii︠a︡ t︠s︡entralʹnogo dogovora CENTO (Central Treaty Organization) SENTO Sintū Sāzmān-i Paymān-i Markazī
See also	Predecessor: Middle East Treaty Organization *Browse this term in* LC Authorities
Beginning date	1959
Ending date	1979
Associated country	Turkey Great Britain Pakistan Iran United States
Associated place	Middle East
Located	Baghdad (Iraq) Ankara (Turkey)
Field of activity	International relations Foriegn relations--Treaties
Affiliation	North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Found in	Its Central Treaty Organization, 1964. Britannica Micro (Central Treaty Organization (CENTO); f. 1955 as Middle East Treaty Organization; name changed 3-59; dissolved following fall of Shah of Iran in 1979) Tārīkhchah-i Sāzmān-i Paymān-i Markazī, 1959: t.p. (Sāzmān-i Paymān-i Markazī (Sintū)) Records of International Military Agencies page on National Archives (United States) website, viewed 5 May 2022 (Middle East Treaty Organization (METO) established by Pact of Mutual Cooperation ("Baghdad Pact"), signed by Iraq and Turkey 24 February 1955, United Kingdom 5 April 1955, Pakistan 23 September 1955, and Iran 3 November 1955; United States became de facto member, with title of Observer, 5 March 1959; Iraq withdrew 24 March 1959; METO renamed Central Treaty Organization (CENTO) 19 August 1959; CENTO became inactive following withdrawal of Iran and Pakistan [11 & 12 March 1979], by decision of United Kingdom and Turkey, with U.S. concurrence, May 1979) Wikipedia, viewed 5 May 2022: under Baghad Pact (METO, also known as the Baghdad Pact [until 1958] and subsequently known as CENTO; intergovernmental military alliance of the Cold War, modeled after the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), committing the nations to mutual cooperation and protection, as well as non-intervention in each other's affairs; METO formed 24 February 1955; renamed CENTO 19 August 1959; dissolved 16 March 1979; headquarters in Baghdad, Iraq from 1955 to 1958 and thereafter in Ankara, Turkey from October 1958 to 1979; the Iranian Revolution spelled the end of the organization in 1979, but it essentially had been finished since 1974 when Turkey invaded Cyprus) BLNAL file, viewed 5 May 2022 (heading: Central Treaty Organization; variant: CENTO)
Associated language	eng