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

It was in this spirit that the Kellogg-Briand Pact was written.

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022

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

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

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