北约成员资格规定了义务，因为可能会出现这样一种情况，而且我们已经经历了，那就是北约响应联合国的呼吁，在北约以外、例如种族屠杀正在进行的地方实行军事干预。
NATO membership carries obligations, because situations may arise – and we have already experienced them – when NATO follows a United Nations appeal and conducts an out-of-area military intervention where, for example, genocide is being committed.