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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.


Etymology

Origin of Kellogg-Briand Pact

Named after F. B. Kellogg and A. Briand


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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

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

Secretary of State, and Aristide Briand, the French foreign minister, the Kellogg-Briand Pact, as it is usually called, sought to outlaw warfare as a means of settling territorial disputes.

From The New Yorker ● Dec. 14, 2015

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

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2012

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