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title: "Kellogg-Briand Pact Signed"
year: 1928
country: "United States"
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startDate: "1928-08-27"
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# Kellogg-Briand Pact Signed

> The Pact outlawing war as a political instrument symbolized interwar optimism and remains a landmark in international law despite its ineffectiveness.

## Summary

The Kellogg–Briand Pact or Pact of Paris is a 1928 international agreement on peace in which signatory states promised not to use war to resolve "disputes or conflicts of whatever nature or of whatever origin they may be, which may arise among them". The pact was signed by Germany, France, and the United States on 27 August 1928, and by most other states soon after. Sponsored by France and the US, the Pact is named after its authors, United States Secretary of State Frank B. Kellogg and French foreign minister Aristide Briand. The pact was concluded outside the League of Nations and remains in effect.

## Sources

- [Kellogg-Briand Pact](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kellogg%E2%80%93Briand_Pact) - Wikipedia

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