Kellogg–Briand Pact

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international agreement multilateral treaty peace treaty

The Kellogg–Briand Pact was a 1928 international agreement in which numerous nations renounced war as an instrument of national policy, symbolizing idealistic efforts to secure peace in the interwar period.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Kellogg–Briand Pact canonical	8
General Treaty for Renunciation of War as an Instrument of National Policy	2
Briand–Kellogg Pact	1
Kellogg-Briand Pact	1
Kellogg–Briand Pact (Pact of Paris, 1928)	1
Kellogg–Briand Pact of 1928	1
Kellogg–Briand Pact signing	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T134440 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Kellogg–Briand Pact
Context triple: [Interwar period, significantTreaty, Kellogg–Briand Pact]

A. Treaty of Versailles
The Treaty of Versailles was the 1919 peace agreement that formally ended World War I and imposed punitive territorial, military, and economic terms on Germany while reshaping the map of Europe.
B. Covenant of the League of Nations
The Covenant of the League of Nations was the foundational international treaty that established the League’s structure, principles, and mechanisms for collective security and peaceful dispute resolution after World War I.
C. Anti-Comintern Pact
The Anti-Comintern Pact was a 1936 anti-communist alliance initially between Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan that became a key diplomatic foundation for the Axis powers before and during World War II.
D. League of Nations
The League of Nations was an international organization founded after World War I to promote peace and cooperation among countries, serving as a precursor to the United Nations.
E. Moscow Peace Treaty
The Moscow Peace Treaty was the 1940 agreement that ended the Winter War between Finland and the Soviet Union, forcing Finland to cede significant territories to the USSR.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Kellogg–Briand Pact
Target entity description: The Kellogg–Briand Pact was a 1928 international agreement in which numerous nations renounced war as an instrument of national policy, symbolizing idealistic efforts to secure peace in the interwar period.

A. Treaty of Versailles
The Treaty of Versailles was the 1919 peace agreement that formally ended World War I and imposed punitive territorial, military, and economic terms on Germany while reshaping the map of Europe.
B. Covenant of the League of Nations
The Covenant of the League of Nations was the foundational international treaty that established the League’s structure, principles, and mechanisms for collective security and peaceful dispute resolution after World War I.
C. Anti-Comintern Pact
The Anti-Comintern Pact was a 1936 anti-communist alliance initially between Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan that became a key diplomatic foundation for the Axis powers before and during World War II.
D. League of Nations
The League of Nations was an international organization founded after World War I to promote peace and cooperation among countries, serving as a precursor to the United Nations.
E. Moscow Peace Treaty
The Moscow Peace Treaty was the 1940 agreement that ended the Winter War between Finland and the Soviet Union, forcing Finland to cede significant territories to the USSR.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	international agreement ⓘ multilateral treaty ⓘ peace treaty ⓘ
awardedRelatedHonor	Nobel Peace Prize 1929 to Frank B. Kellogg ⓘ
category	Interwar diplomacy ⓘ Peace treaties ⓘ Treaties concluded in 1928 ⓘ Treaties entered into force in 1929 ⓘ
considered	precursor to the UN system of collective security ⓘ
criticizedFor	failure to prevent World War II ⓘ lack of enforcement provisions ⓘ
draftedBy	Aristide Briand ⓘ Frank B. Kellogg ⓘ
enteredIntoForceOn	1929-07-24 ⓘ
hasOfficialName	General Treaty for Renunciation of War as an Instrument of National Policy ⓘ linked to: Kellogg–Briand Pact
hasShortName	Pact of Paris ⓘ
historicalPeriod	interwar period ⓘ
influenced	Charter of the United Nations Article 2(4) ⓘ linked to: Article 2 of the Charter of the United Nations Nuremberg Principles ⓘ development of the crime of aggression in international law ⓘ
initialSignatoriesCount	15 ⓘ
initialSignatory	Australia ⓘ Belgium ⓘ Canada ⓘ Czechoslovakia ⓘ France ⓘ Germany ⓘ India (British India) ⓘ linked to: British India Italy ⓘ Japan ⓘ New Zealand ⓘ Poland ⓘ Union of South Africa ⓘ linked to: Dominion of South Africa United Kingdom ⓘ United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
jurisdiction	international law ⓘ
laterAdherentsCount	60+ ⓘ
legalEffect	did not abolish right of self-defense ⓘ did not provide enforcement mechanisms ⓘ outlawed war of aggression among signatories ⓘ
namedAfter	Aristide Briand ⓘ Frank B. Kellogg ⓘ
negotiatedBy	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
primaryPurpose	promotion of peaceful settlement of disputes ⓘ renunciation of war as an instrument of national policy ⓘ
proposedBy	France ⓘ
signedAt	French Ministry of Foreign Affairs ⓘ
signedIn	Paris ⓘ
signedOn	1928-08-27 ⓘ
symbolizes	efforts to secure world peace after World War I ⓘ interwar idealism ⓘ

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Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Interwar period → significantTreaty → Kellogg–Briand Pact ⓘ

Kellogg–Briand Pact → hasOfficialName → General Treaty for Renunciation of War as an Instrument of National Policy ⓘ