Saturday, March 3, 2012

LAD#32: Kellogg Briand Peace Pact of 1928

Summarize.
Treaty between the United States and other world powers (including Germany, Belgium, France, Great Britain, Ireland, India, Italy, Japan, Poland, and the Czech Republic) denouncing war as a foreign policy, in support of the welfare of mankind. Instead, national policies toward one another should be conducted through peaceful negotiation. Representatives for each country included Secretary of State Frank B. Kellogg as the representative for the United States, and Aristide Briand as the representative for France, among others.

Article I states that each country within the treaty shall condemn war as a means to solve international problems or as any sort of foreign policy. Article II states that each country withing the treaty shall only use peaceful means to solve problems. Article III describes the ratification process of the treaty.

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