LAD 27- Kellogg Briand Pact 1929

Kellogg Briand Pact of 1929

The Kellogg-Briand Pact of 1929 was made up on the notion that war must be denounced as a means of National Policy and that those nations signing the treaty were doing just that as well as agreeing to promote perpetual peace. Those involved with this treaty must then pursue peaceful resolutions to conflict as well as they were to be denied the benefits of this treaty if they decided to break it. In this way it was the hope of the treaties founders that other nations would join in in order to work towards joining in on this peace. Signing onto this treaty were the nations of Germany, the US, Belgium, France, Great Britain and all of its protectorates, Italy, Japan, Poland and the Czech Republic. There are 3 articles to this treaty each which outline a different proposal. The first article goes on to again renounce the use of war as a diplomatic means while the second states that no problem will be solved by any means which are not peaceful. Finally the third article covers the concept that this treaty shall be open to all those nations who did not immediately ratify the treaty. Aloo it states that United States is to be resonsible for the the carrying out of this treaty. This but the nation at the fore-front of this push for peace while making sure that it adhered to the treaty as well.