LAD #31

The Kellogg-Briand Treaty

In 1928, the United States signed the Kellogg-Briand Treaty. This treaty was a pact between America and fifteen other powers stating that war would henceforth be renounced as a national policy used as a means of solving international conflicts. The treaty contained numerous articles that stated different things. For example, Article I declared that the fifteen countries who signed the treaty had vowed that they would not resort to going to war when international problems arose. Instead, these countries would negotiate and come to peaceful resolutions. Article II stated that if problems were to arise, they would be resolved peacefully. Article III declared that "The Present Treaty will 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 shall have been deposited at Washington." Finally, the leaders of the countries who signed the pact and agreed to follow its articles were listed at the end of the pact.