The Kellogg-Briand Pact
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Kellogg-Briand Pact Fact 1:
Following WW1 (28 July, 1914 - 11 November, 1918),
the Washington Conference (1921 - 1922) was hailed as a
great accomplishment which led to 3 major treaties: the
Four-Power Treaty, Five-Power Treaty and the Nine-Power
Treaty.
Kellogg-Briand Pact Fact 2:
The success of the pacts that resulted from the
Washington Conference inspired politicians to attempt to agree a
treaty in an attempt to abolish war and settle any disputes between
counties by peaceful means.
Kellogg-Briand Pact Fact
3:
This idea that diplomatic agreements could end war
altogether led to the treaty that became known as the
Kellogg-Briand Pact.
Kellogg-Briand Pact Fact 4:
The basic concept was first proposed in 1927 by
Aristide Briand (1862-1932), Prime Minister of France, as a treaty
between the United States of America and France banning war between
the two countries. Aristide Briand had employed his conciliatory
style to supervise the French role in the Washington Naval
Conference. He had then received the 1926 Nobel Peace Prize.
Kellogg-Briand Pact Fact 5:
The United States Secretary of State Frank B.
Kellogg (1856 - 1937) responded to Briand's idea with an innovative
proposal for a general pact against war.
Kellogg-Briand Pact Fact 6:
Frank B. Kellogg and Aristide Briand
authored the treaty and entered negations to obtain
agreements to the plan with other countries.
Kellogg-Briand Pact Fact 7:
The treaty became known as the Kellogg-Briand Pact,
was signed in Paris on August 27, 1928.
Kellogg-Briand Pact Fact 8:
It was proclaimed on July 24, 1929 and signed by the
United States of America, Australia, Dominion of Canada,
Czechoslovkia, Germany, Great Britain, India, Irish Free
State, Italy, New Zealand, and Union of South Africa.
Other adherents followed on March 2, 1929: By Poland,
March 26, 1929; by Belgium, March 27 1929; by France,
April 22, 1929 and by Japan on July 24, 1929.
Kellogg-Briand Pact Fact
9:
The 1928 Kellogg–Briand Pact was concluded outside
the League of Nations, and still remains in effect. It
was ultimately ratified by 62 nations.
Kellogg-Briand Pact Fact
10:
The Kellogg–Briand Pact did not live up to its goal
of ending war and proved to be ineffective as countries,
having renounced the use of war, began to wage wars
without actually declaring war.
Kellogg-Briand Pact Fact
11: On the negative side, the treaty has
been broken repeatedly as in the Japanese invasion of
Manchuria in 1931, the Italian invasion of Abyssinia in
1935, the Soviet invasion of Finland in 1939, the German
and Soviet Union invasions of Poland and the United
States invasion of Grenada in 1983.
Kellogg-Briand Pact Fact 12:
On the Positive side, it introduced
the notion of 'crime against peace'. -- for
committing this crime, the Nuremberg Tribunal sentenced
a number of persons responsible for starting World War
II during the Nuremberg Trials.
Kellogg-Briand Pact Fact
13: Frank Kellogg was awarded the 1929
Nobel Peace Prize in recognition for his accomplishment.
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