NATO is an increasing obstacle to achieving world peace. It is no longer an organization confined to the North Atlantic: it is the world’s largest military alliance, with allies and partners in Asia, Africa and Latin America. Since the end of the Cold War, NATO has reinvented itself as a tool for military action, psychological warfare, worldwide military and political interventions, and accessing resources and markets; it often claims to undertake these actions on behalf of the “international community”. With its partnerships and joint operations, it is a vehicle for the US strategic goal of global dominance; reinforced by military bases on all continents, it bypasses the United Nations and the system of international law, accelerating militarization, escalating arms expenditures and fueling arms races.
In June 2025, the 32 NATO members agreed to increase their military spending to 5% of GDP, even though they already account for 55% of global military expenditure. These increases are designed to fund a division of labour: European NATO members focus on Russia, while the US concentrates on containing China. We reject this dangerous and contagious militarization of our societies and international relations. It will only result in more instability and greater tension, undermining the UN Charter and international legal systems, and leading to social deprivation and breakdown.
NATO’s eastward expansion has created growing tension and war with Russia. The global expansion of NATO’s sphere of influence, its confrontational policy towards Russia and China, and its “out of area” operations, endanger world peace. The attempts by the US and NATO to encircle China – including the militarization of the South China Sea – have spurred Beijing’s vast military modernization, and its aggressive claims to 80-90% of that Sea create new and very serious dangers.
We have never been closer to a third world war than now.
The international legal system – so weak and vulnerable – has been placed in profound jeopardy by the aggressive power politics of the US, its allies, and by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. To achieve our vision of a peaceful world, we reject military responses to global and regional crises. We are calling for an international political system bases on the idea of “common security.”
We are aligned with no nation, refuse to live under the terror of nuclear weapons, and reject every arms race and violation of basic human rights. We must decrease military expenditure – directing resources instead to meeting human and environmental needs. We must close all foreign military bases. We oppose all military structures, including NATO’s fake Women, Peace and Security (WPS) Agenda that promotes military intervention. We must democratize and demilitarize the relations between people and establish new forms of peaceful cooperation to build a more secure, sustainable and just world. We must reinvest in trust-building to open the way for peaceful international relations and cooperation.
The dissolution of NATO is an important step in the pursuit of peaceful international relations. While working toward this goal, we must address important planetary challenges and commit to:
- fighting against global warming
- achieving a worldwide ban on nuclear weapons and other disarmament agreements
- building a fair international economic and democratic order and eradicating poverty
- securing global respect for human rights.
We call on all peoples to join the fight against Global NATO, to build on our vision of peace, and to resist the dangerous militarization of our societies.
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Signatories:
Organizations
- Action Against War
- Action by Christians for the Abolition of Torture (ACAT) France
- Anti-war Feminists
- Association for Justice, Equality and Peace
- Assembly of the World Social Forum
- Association for Justice, Equality and Peace
- Association of World Citizens
- ATTAC Hungary Association
- AWMR Italia – Donne della Regione Mediterranea
- Boligaktionen
- Bruxelles Panthères
- Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
- Campaign for Peace, Disarmament & Common Security
- Canadian Voice of Women for Peace
- Come Cittadino
- Comitato No Guerra Valdarno Superiore
- Coordination Maghrebine des organisations des droits humains
- DISARM/End Wars Committee of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom US section
- EVAL Ehrfurcht Vor Allem Leben
- Forum Seitenstetten
- Freethinker
- Fucina per la Nonviolenza
- Fucina per la Nonviolenza – Florence
- German Egyptian Lawyers Organisation (GELO)
- Global Strategy of Nonviolence
- Global Women United Against NATO (GWUAN)
- Greek IPPNW
- Groningers voor Vrede
- International Peace Bureau
- International Association of Health Policy (IAHP)
- International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War
(IPPNW) Greek - Le Mouvement de la Paix
- Lex Innocentium 21st Century
- Mobilization Against War & Occupation (MAWO)
- Mouvement Citoyen Palestine
- Mujeres de Negro contra la Guerra (Madrid)
- Münchner Friedensbündnis
- NachDenkSeiten Gesprächskreis Köln
- Naturefriends Greece
- Network for Peace
- Neutrality Studies
- Nina Barby Productions
- Nieuwe Vredesbeweging
- No-Riarmo
- Nouveaux Droits de l’homme
- Observatorio por el Cierre de la Escuela de las Américas – Chile
- Peace Group of CP of Finland
- Rechtsanwalt Ullrich Dobke
- Regina Making Peace Vigil
- Religions for Peace Netherlands
- Rete italiana donne in nero contro la guerra
- Rochdale and Littleborough Peace Group
- Steirische Friedensplattform
- Stockport Socialists for Your Party
- Teatroinatura
- Tid til fred Aktiv mod krig
- The Peace Movement of Orust
- Union Des Africains Du Quebec et Amis-Es Solidaires De l’Afrique (UAQASA) / Africans Union of Quebec and Friends with Solidarity to Africa (AUQFSA), Canada
- Union juive Française pour la Paix (UJFP) France
- Unite the Union
- Anti-Militaristies Onderzoeks Kollektief (VD AMOK)
- Vrere vzw
- Vredesbeweging Pais
- Waldheim Gaisburg e.V.
- Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF)
- WILPF-Norway/ Bergen
- Women for Peace
- Women for Peace – Finland
- Women for Peace and Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space
- World BEYOND War
- World BEYOND War Ireland
- World BEYOND War Montreal
- World BEYOND War New Zealand
- World Peace Now
Individuals
- Abdallah Ali DAHAN, Ph. D.
- Abdul Pirani
- Agneta Norberg
- Aine Abbott
- AJ Cho
- Aja van der Heijden
- Alain Rouy
- Alberto M. Cacopardo
- Alexis Benos
- Alison Hackney
- Almudena Izquierdo Olmo
- Amanda Levine
- Amanda Morales
- Amandine Pignolo
- Anezwerver (The Netherlands)
- Anders Pieterse
- Andrea Bargon
- Andree Duguy
- Ann Fitzpatrick
- Anna Valente
- Annemarie Sancar
- Ans Gorter
- Antje Zeise
- Antonella Visintin
- Anu Chenoy
- Antonio Ortolani
- Armando JiTetsu Tesar
- Åse Møller-Hansen
- Auke Huisman
- Barry Sweeney
- Bart Keer
- Beekman Janny
- Biljana Vankovska
- Birgitta Hedström
- Bosco Blatter
- Brenda Thompson
- C Critchley
- Cathy Carpenter
- Celia Schmidt
- Charenec (Canada)
- Cherrill Spencer
- Chris Mostert
- Claudio Pompili
- Concha de Sena
- Concha Gaudó
- Concha de Sena
- Conny Hansson
- Cymry Gomery
- Cyrille Rolande Bechon
- Daniel Ruiz
- David Swanson
- Diane Duttle
- Diane Norman
- Dianne Blais
- Dieter Kaltenhäuser
- Dieter Sbrzesny
- Dineke Pals
- Dom (Belgium)
- Doris Wünschmann
- Dorissa Lem
- Drenth (The Netherlands)
- Duifje
- Eamon Rafter
- Elfi Padovan
- Eli Newman
- Elio de Miranda
- Elisabetta Donini
- Elizabeth Cullen
- Elizabeth Evans
- Elizabeth Lee
- Elke Zwinge-Makamizile
- Ellen Delange
- Emile Follet
- Emily Taylor
- Ernst Naber
- Eva Aneiros Vivas
- Evelyne Gailhardis
- Fabrizio Prodomo
- Fern Tess Tishman
- Florence Stratton
- Fons Alkemade
- Franz Sölkner
- Gabriele Kammerer
- Geeskemaria Visser
- Gelmer van Dijk
- Geoff Holland
- Gerald Rowe
- Giuliana Ortolan
- Gregor Böckermann
- Gregory Gillis
- Gregory Urban
- Gudrun Schyman
- Harley Lawrence
- Heikki Patomäki
- Hein van der Kroon
- Heinrich Wohlmeyer
- Helen Banks
- Helge Sonntag
- Herencia dela Libertad
- Hjørdis Nielsen
- Iain Atack
- Iballa Burunat
- Ilva Palchetti
- Inga Palmér
- Ingeborg Breines
- Irmela Steinert
- Irmgard Busemann
- Irrenne Peier
- Jackie Feazell
- Jan Strömdahl
- Jasmine Peardon
- Jean Lawrence
- Jeremy David Parker
- Jettie van den Houdt
- Joe Murray
- Johanna Elizabeth Maria Menssink
- Johannes Borger
- John Ryan
- Jon Autiello
- Joseph Gerson
- Joy Warner
- Julie Ross-Opazo
- Jutta Mertins
- Kai Jensen
- Karen Ball
- Karin Derks
- Karl-Heinz Hinrichs
- Kerstin Tuomala
- Khadija Ryadi
- Konstantinos Foteinakis
- Kristine Karch
- Laura Marcheselli
- Leo Gabriel
- Lev Nisan Gunti
- Liisa Taskinen
- Linda Sartor
- Liz Remwal
- Loekie van der Burg
- Luce Olminkhof
- Ludo De Brabander
- Lutz Mertins
- MacGregor Eddy
- Marcel Wichgers
- Marco van Schaik
- Maria Anna van der Waals
- María Concepción Martín Sánchez
- Maria Chiara Tropea
- Maria Peters
- Marian Naughton
- Marian van der Waals
- Marianne Gümbel
- Maria Sotirop
- Marie Lombard-Cremieux
- Marion Maikorb
- Marius Vgelder
- Mary Girard
- Maryam Shirinsokhan
- Massimiliano Macculi
- Matyas Benyik
- MBE Shainul Bhanji
- Michael Köllisch
- Michael Wulff
- Michael Monod
- Michèle Arnold
- Mieke De Loof
- Mikael Hellman
- Milagros Suárez Santos
- Miriam Ryan
- Mirjam Ates
- Mn Groot
- Myria Albrici
- Nahid Azad
- Nathalie Parent
- Nika Šintić
- Nina Karimy
- Nina Koevoets
- Ola Friholt
- Pablo Ruiz Espinoza
- Paolo Candelari
- Patricia Anne Murphy
- Patricia Foley
- Patricia Sanchez
- Peter Bock
- Peter Doran
- Petra Hunsche
- Pierce Sharelove
- Pilar Anita Quarzell
- Pippa Bartolotti
- Patricia Lzrson Winston
- RA Ullrich Dobke
- Rachel Reesor-Taylor
- Raija-Leena Punamäki-Gitai
- Reiner Hofmann
- Renato Simoni
- Richard Denton
- Rik Masterson
- Rita M. Griffin Ndlovu
- RJ de Bruin
- Robin Burgess
- Rosanna Mattioli
- Ruth Steigman
- Saidi Nordine
- Sally Livingston
- Sandra Carpi Lapi
- Sandra Engelking
- Sandro Ventura
- Sean English
- Sebastian Müller-Bech
- Sima Kassaie-van Ooyen
- Simone Ceroti
- Sonja Fernandez
- Sophia Keller
- Sophie Bolt
- Stefan Kytzia
- Stuart Ross
- Sumi Hasegawa
- Susan Turansky
- Susanne Amira Urban
- Tamara Lorinz
- Tanja Stopper
- Teresa Perna
- Theo Voorspuij
- Therese Loesberg
- Thierry Vandries
- Thomas Strakhof
- Tinus Ritmeester
- Tirza Drisi
- Ulla Klötzer
- Ullrich Dobke
- Ulrich Weiß
- Ursula Mathern
- Uta Pfefferle
- Utas Carlsson
- Ute Esselmann
- Veronika Heé
- Vesna Jankovic
- Wijnand Prins
- Wilma Mohr
- Xan Dagenais
- Yana Mintoff
- Yolanda Juarros Barcenilla
- Yves-Jean Gallas