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| 1948, March 17 |
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| The BRUSSELS TREATY, signed by Great Britain, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg. It constituted a 50-year alliance against attack in Europe, and provided for economic, social, and military cooperation. | 1 |
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| April 16 |
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| The subscribers to the European Recovery Program met at Paris and set up the permanent Organization for European Economic Cooperation (OEEC). | 2 |
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| May 7 |
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| The first Congress of Europe convened in The Hague under the honorary chairmanship of Sir Winston Churchill, to discuss plans for European Union. | 3 |
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| June 1 |
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| A six-power agreement among the Western powers and the Benelux countries was reached, calling for international control of the Ruhr, German representation in the European Recovery Program, closer integration of the three Western zones, the drafting of a federal constitution for Western Germany, and the creation of an Allied military security board. | 4 |
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| June 28 |
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| Yugoslavia was expelled from the Cominform for alleged doctrinal errors and hostility to the Soviet Union. | 5 |
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| July 30–Aug. 18 |
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| The future status of the Danube River was discussed at a ten-nation conference at Belgrade. The Soviet delegate introduced a new statute, to replace that of 1921, restricting membership on the Danubian Commission to the riparian states, thus excluding Great Britain, France, and the United States. Such a commission was set up (Nov. 11, 1949) despite the protest of the three Western powers. | 6 |
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