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Southeast Asia Treaty Organization - Definition and Overview |
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Manila Conference: SEATO nations leaders group portrait, 10/24/1966. The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) was a treaty organization formed on September 8 1954 by
The organisation was headquartered in Bangkok. It was unable to intervene in the conflicts in Laos or Vietnam because such decisions required unanimity, which was never reached: France and the Philippines objected. The official leader of the organization from 1957 was known as the secretary-general. Thai diplomat Pote Sarasin held this position until 1964.
The SEATO was dissolved in 1977.
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