Atlantic Charter

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noun

the joint declaration of President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill (August 14, 1941) resulting from a conference at sea, setting forth the peace aims of their governments for the period following World War II. The declaration was later endorsed by a number of countries and incorporated in the purposes of the United Nations.

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A second document was titled: “Gambia Reborn: A Charter for Transition from Dictatorship to Democracy and Development.”
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There was Air France Flight 447, which fell into the south Atlantic in 2009.
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There is still a general tendency in universities on both sides of the Atlantic to treat propaganda as infection.
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He had the sun-scorched look of a traveller who has just crossed the Atlantic, and he smiled at Bernard with his honest eyes.
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It was republished at once in America, and was welcomed as warmly on this side of the Atlantic as on the other.
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Their territory extended 400 miles on the Atlantic coast, and "from the Atlantic westward to the South sea."
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First permanent settlement began in 1669; original charter included North Carolina and Georgia.
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British Dictionary definitions for Atlantic Charter

Atlantic Charter

noun

the joint declaration issued by F. D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill on Aug 14, 1941, consisting of eight principles to guide a postwar settlement

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