The Kellogg–Briand Pact or Pact of Paris is a 1928 international agreement on peace in which signatory states promised not to use war to resolve "disputes or conflicts of whatever nature or of whateve
Kellogg–Briand Pact with signatures
Gold fountain pen used by Secretary Kellogg and his 14 foreign counterparts to sign the Kellog-Briand Pact in France in August 1928
French Foreign Minister Aristide Briand speaking
German Foreign Minister Gustav Stresemann signing
The Stimson Doctrine is the policy of nonrecognition of states created as a result of a war of aggression. The policy was implemented by the United States government, enunciated in a note of January 7
U.S. Secretary of State Henry L. Stimson