Declaration by United Nations

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The Declaration by United Nations was a 1942 wartime alliance agreement in which the Allied powers pledged to cooperate against the Axis and laid the groundwork for the postwar United Nations organization.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II document
international agreement
wartime alliance agreement
alsoKnownAs Declaration of the United Nations
United Nations Declaration
containsClause commitment not to make a separate armistice or peace with the enemy
commitment to the principles of the Atlantic Charter
dateSigned 1942-01-01
draftedBy United States Department of State
historicalSignificance first official use of the term United Nations for the Allied coalition
served as the basis for later negotiations that created the United Nations Charter
initialSignatoriesCount 26
inspiredBy Atlantic Charter
keyContributor Franklin D. Roosevelt
Maxim Litvinov
T. V. Soong
Winston Churchill
keyDrafter Cordell Hull
Sumner Welles
laidGroundworkFor United Nations
language English
laterSignatoriesCount 47
legalNature political declaration
placeSigned Washington, D.C.
primaryPurpose to formalize the wartime alliance of the Allied powers against the Axis powers
to pledge signatories to employ their full resources against the Axis powers
to prohibit separate peace with Axis powers
relatedEvent Arcadia Conference
Atlantic Charter
relatedOrganization United Nations
signatory Australia
Belgium
Canada
China
China (Republic of China)
linked to: Republic of China

Costa Rica
Czechoslovakia
Dominican Republic
El Salvador
Greece
Guatemala
Haiti
Honduras
India
Luxembourg
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Norway
Panama
Poland
South Africa
Soviet Union
United Kingdom
United States
Yugoslavia
signedDuringConflict World War II
subjectMatter collective security
military alliance
war aims of the Allies

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Allies of World War II signedKeyDocument Declaration by United Nations
Declaration by United Nations alsoKnownAs Declaration of the United Nations
linked to: Declaration by United Nations
Atlantic Charter influenced Declaration by United Nations
subject linked to: Atlantic Charter agreement
Arcadia Conference producedDocument Declaration by United Nations
Allied forces signedDocument Declaration by United Nations
Moscow Declaration relatedDocument Declaration by United Nations (1942)
linked to: Declaration by United Nations
World War II diplomacy includesEvent Declaration by United Nations
Atlantic Meeting preceded United Nations Declaration of 1942
linked to: Declaration by United Nations