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25 years 'Yes' to NATO
Incendio desatado en una refinería de petróleo en Sendai Spain has become the seventh largest contributor to the Alliance and an active participant in international missions, a quarter of a century after the 1986 referendum

Spain has become the seventh largest contributor to NATO and an active participant in international missions carried out today are met quarter of the referendum, that 53% of the English gave the "yes" to integration Final Alliance. On March 12, 1986 advisory referendum was submitted to Spain's continued membership in NATO under certain conditions proposed by the Government of Felipe Gonzalez. The "yes" got 9,054,509 votes (53.09%), the "no" 6,872,421 (40.3%) and 11,778,042 of voters abstained.
Then the "no" to the referendum question was left of the PSOE, PCE and other peace groups, while the Popular Coalition and other regional parties defended abstention not satisfied with the conditions of stay.
On May 30, 1982, Spain became member number sixteen NATO formally apply for admission after December 2 above and sign the protocol of accession on December 10, 1981. However, joining the military structure was initiated following the referendum in 1986. Currently
English participation represents a 4.55% of total budget of the Alliance, occupying the seventh position as the largest contributor. In this contribution, which amounts to a contribution of 87 million per year, add the cost of troops deployed in Spain, funded entirely by our country. In this regard, Defence data show that since 1991, when Spain began to participate in NATO operations, spending rises to 3,900 million euros. Contribution of Spain

On the military side, Spain is currently engaged in major NATO-led mission: Afghanistan (ISAF). In recent years, Spain has sent troops to NATO operations in former Yugoslavia 1992 and 1995. Precisely English actions in Bosnia with the F-18 stationed in the base of Aviano (Italy) contributed to the decisive support of Washington to the appointment of Javier Solana as Secretary General in December 1995.
After joining Spain to Paris Protocol on the Status of International Military Headquarters in November 1996 Congress English adopted a resolution to negotiate with NATO's military integration and full control.
In January 1999, Spain joined the military command structure and in June 1999 began to participate in the International Force for Kosovo (KFOR). In September 1999, was activated NATO headquarters in Spain, located in the cantonment Retamares (Pozuelo, Madrid).
In 2002, NATO was equipped with four new High Readiness Headquarters, including Bétera (Valencia), to house the Rapid Deployment Force, created to meet the new threat of terrorism. Another achievement was the Maritime Headquarters, activated in April 2003 and located in the ship "Castilla" in Rota (Cádiz). After a further reform of the Alliance's military structure was activated in July 2004 in Pozuelo de Alarcón (Madrid), the first of only two terrestrial barracks provided by NATO in Spain.
From October 2005 to January 2006, Spain led the first NATO humanitarian mission after the earthquake that claimed over 80,000 lives in Kashmir (Pakistan). Spain has the same weight in the Alliance military reorganization after the return of France to the command structure, as decided in May 2009 the Joint Chiefs of Staff. France went straight third in command structure, after the U.S. and Germany, and Spain remained in sixth place in the Allied countries after Italy and England. The other main contribution of Spain to NATO is the center of excellence against Improvised Explosive Devices in Hoyo de Manzanares. The center, which has already been established by NATO and activated as the International Military Organization will be one of the five largest in the world and the only Alliance specializes in fighting one of greatest threats to the troops and civilians.
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