Kellogg-Briand Pact

American  

[kel-awg-bree-ahnd, -bree-ahn, -og-] / ˈkɛl ɔg briˈɑnd, -briˈɑ̃, -ɒg- /

noun

1. a treaty renouncing war as an instrument of national policy and urging peaceful means for the settlement of international disputes, originally signed in 1928 by 15 nations, later joined by 49 others.

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Etymology

Origin of Kellogg-Briand Pact

Named after F. B. Kellogg and A. Briand

Example Sentences

This “no-spying agreement” will be as effective at abolishing spying as the Kellogg-Briand Pact was at abolishing war.

From Washington Post • Apr. 1, 2019

They say the relative prosperity and peace of the post-World War II world owes a great deal to a now-obscure international treaty — the Kellogg-Briand Pact.

From New York Times • Sep. 21, 2018

On August 27, 1928, the Kellogg-Briand Pact was signed in Paris, outlawing war and providing for the peaceful settlement of disputes.

From Washington Times • Aug. 27, 2018

It is to be hoped, fervently, that, in centuries to come, the Paris climate-change agreement is mentioned in the same breath as the Non-Proliferation Treaty rather than the well-meaning Kellogg-Briand Pact.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 14, 2015

In 1928, it signed the Kellogg-Briand Pact renouncing war.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2012