LAD #27 Kellogg Briand Pact of 1928

It was also known as the Pact of Paris after the city where it was signed on August 27, 1928, was an international treaty providing for the renunciation of war as an instrument of national policy. It failed in its purpose but was significant for later developments in international law. It was named after the American secretary of state Frank B. Kellogg and French foreign minister Aristide Briand, who drafted the pact. A bunch of countries got together in Paris in 1928 and signed this peace treaty. The pact made it so all the countries that signed it would be on peaceful terms with one another. The countries that signed it hoped that other countries would sign it as well and follow a policy of peace. In the treaty is a bunch of articles proclaiming peaceful relations with one another. Other countries joined this peace treaty as well.