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

Perhaps that is why the Kellogg-Briand Pact is often belittled, when it is remembered at all.

From New York Times • Sep. 21, 2018

It is to global warming what the Kellogg-Briand Pact was to international peace: sound and fury signifying nothing.

From Washington Times • Jun. 5, 2017

A treaty to abolish nuclear weapons would be as effective as the Kellogg-Briand Pact, an international agreement, signed by the United States in 1928, that outlawed war.

From The New Yorker • Feb. 28, 2015

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

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2012