Kellogg-Briand Pact

[ kel-awg-bree-ahnd, -bree-ahn, -og- ]

noun

1. a treaty renouncing war as an instrument of national policy and urging peaceful means for the settlement of international disputes, originally signed in 1928 by 15 nations, later joined by 49 others.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Kellogg-Briand Pact¹

Named after F. B. Kellogg and A. Briand

Example Sentences

This 20th-century approach emerged in the era of the League of Nations after World War I and the much-maligned 1928 Kellogg-Briand Pact outlawing international aggression — a time when statesmen and diplomats believed it would be possible to use nonmilitary tools to end war once and for all.

From Washington Post

In fact, a mass movement for peace had pressed the U.S. government, in 1928, to sign the Kellogg-Briand Pact, an international “Treaty for the Renunciation of War,” sponsored by the United States and France and subsequently signed by most of the nations of the world.

From Salon

This “no-spying agreement” will be as effective at abolishing spying as the Kellogg-Briand Pact was at abolishing war.

From Washington Post

In fact, a mass movement for peace had pressed the U.S. government, in 1928, to sign the Kellogg-Briand Pact, an international “Treaty for the Renunciation of War,” sponsored by the United States and France and subsequently signed by most of the nations of the world.

From Salon

Perhaps that is why the Kellogg-Briand Pact is often belittled, when it is remembered at all.

From New York Times