00:00The Brian-Kellogg Pact, or Pact of Paris, is a peace treaty signed in 1928 by 63 countries which,
00:05condemn the use of war to settle international disputes and renounce it as an instrument of
00:10national policy in their mutual relations.
00:12The initiative for this pact came from Aristide Briand, French Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Frank Kellogg, Secretary of State.
00:19American.
00:20Signed on August 27, 1928 in Paris, it came into force on July 24, 1929.
00:26It is the relaxed climate of international relations that allows the signing of this pact by 15 powers, including the
00:31France, the United States, the United Kingdom, Italy, Germany, and Japan, for the general renunciation of the
00:37war.
00:38While the pact is greeted with enthusiasm in the United States, it arouses undeniable reservations in Europe.
00:43The text was in principle of limited scope, insofar as no sanctions were provided for in the event of
00:48'infraction, only international condemnation being envisaged.
00:51The pact is an essential reference in international law. It is cited in the Nuremberg judgment.
