NERV (AVANT)

NERV (German for 'Nerve') was an organization created by the United Nations and put under the control of both the International Project Evangelion Agency and the UN Security Council, later organized as the Human Instrumentality Committee, a front for the organization known as SEELE. It was reorganized from its predecessor organization, GEHIRN, in 2010. NERV was created to build and maintain the Evangelions for combat against the Angels.

NERV was officially dissolved by the United Nations on June 6th, 2015 after SEELE, acting as the Human Instrumentality Committee, informed the United Nations that NERV intended to initiate Third Impact using Evangelion Unit-08. It was succeeded by the organization known as NEO-NERV, and WILLE, a rebel faction.