The NATO Headquarters, in Brussels, Belgium, is the political headquarters of NATO and the permanent home of the North Atlantic Council, NATO's highest political decision-making body. This North Atlantic Council meets sometimes in the composition of government leaders, ministers of foreign affairs or of defense in a summit to make the most important decisions. In between those summits it meets weekly at the NATO HQ composed of the permanent representatives of the member states. The staff at the Headquarters is composed of national delegations of member countries and liaison offices or diplomatic missions of partner countries. NATO HQ houses also the Secretary-General, as well as the International Staff and International Military Staff.

There are approximately 4,000 people working at NATO Headquarters on a full-time basis. Of these, some 2,000 are members of national delegations and staffs of national military representatives to NATO. There are also about 300 members of missions of NATO's partners countries. There are approximately 1,200 civilian members of the International Staff or agencies located within the Headquarters and about 500 members of the International Military Staff, including 100 civilians.

The Headquarters is located at Boulevard Leopold III, 1110 Brussels. A new and bigger Headquarters is being built on the other side of this Boulevard.
The south part of the satellite picture shows the Belgian military HQ.