LAD #27: Kellogg-Briand Peace Pact

The Kellogg-Briand Pact of 1928 was a treaty between the United States and other Powers providing for the renunciation of war as an instrument of national policy. Fifteen countries signed the treaty and in turn agreed to not engage in war. Article One stated that the participating countries would not use war as a solution for international controversies. Article Two stated that all problems would be solved using pacific means. Article Three stated that “The present Treaty shall be ratified by the High Contracting Parties named in the Preamble in accordance with their respective constitutional requirements, and shall take effect as between them as soon as all their several instruments of ratification shall have been deposited at Washington.” The pact then listen the leaders of the countries that signed the pact.