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24 July 2026 Update North Atlantic Council approves NATO-funding for upcoming years, agrees Fuel Supply Chain Plan On Wednesday, 22 July, the North Atlantic Council approved NATO’s 2027–2031 Common Funding Resource Plan, setting out how the Alliance will invest in shared priorities over the next five years. Read more NATO’s Special Representative for the Southern Neighbourhood visits ACT to discuss ICI Flagship Projects On 15 and 16 July 2026, NATO’s Special Representative for the Southern Neighbourhood, Javier Colomina, visited Allied Command Transformation (ACT) in Norfolk, Virginia. He met with Supreme Allied Commander Transformation (SACT), Admiral Pierre Vandier, to discuss the implementation of a new set of Flagship Projects with NATO’s Istanbul Cooperation Initiative (ICI) partners Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. Read more NATO SPS Programme demonstrates applications of uncrewed and autonomous systems On 16 July 2026, the NATO Science for Peace and Security (SPS) Programme convened researchers – along with national representatives and NATO subject-matter experts – to demonstrate security-related applications of uncrewed and autonomous systems, and to chart future cooperation in the field. Read more Secretary General welcomes Japan’s Minister of Defence to NATO Headquarters On Wednesday (22 July 2026), NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte welcomed Japan’s Minister of Defence Shinjirō Koizumi to NATO Headquarters in Brussels. They discussed the current security environment, defence industrial cooperation and support for Ukraine. Read more Request for assistance by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine: emergency response The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine has issued a request for international assistance via NATO’s emergency response mechanism, the Euro-Atlantic Disaster Response Coordination Centre. Read more IBAN expands its cooperation with Allied Supreme Audit Institutions The International Board of Auditors for NATO (IBAN) continues to strengthen its network of cooperation with Allied Supreme Audit Institutions through the signature of three new Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) with the Supreme Audit Institutions of Belgium, the Netherlands and Türkiye. Read more Mission North: Why the Arctic Matters to NATO The Arctic is changing — and so is NATO's posture in the High North. As melting ice opens new sea routes and strategic competition intensifies, NATO has launched Arctic Sentry: a new initiative to synchronise all Allied activities across the region into one unified operational approach. Watch Video

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