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Department of State Bulletin, vol. VI, p. 3

Declaration by United Nations, January 1, 1942

A JOINT DECLARATION BY THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND, THE UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS, CHINA, AUSTRALIA, BELGIUM, CANADA, COSTA RICA, CUBA, CZECHOSLOVAKIA, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, EL SALVADOR, GREECE, GUATEMALA, HAITI, HONDURAS, INDIA, LUXEMBOURG, NETHERLANDS, NEW ZEALAND, NICARAGUA, NORWAY, PANAMA, POLAND, SOUTH AFRICA, YUGOSLAVIA.

The Governments signatory hereto,

Having subscribed to a common program of purposes and principles embodied in the Joint Declaration of the President of the United States of America and the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland dated August 14, 1941, known as the Atlantic Charter,98

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Being convinced that complete victory over their enemies is essential to defend life, liberty, independence and religious freedom, and to preserve human rights and justice in their own lands as well as in other lands, and that they are now engaged in a common struggle against savage and brutal forces seeking to subjugate the world, Declare:

(1) Each Government pledges itself to employ its full resources, military or economic, against those members of the Tripartite Pact and its adherents with which such government is at war.

(2) Each Government pledges itself to cooperate with the Governments signatory hereto and not to make a separate armistice or peace with the enemies.

The foregoing declaration may be adhered to by other nations which are, or which may be, rendering material assistance and contributions in the struggle, for victory over Hitlerism.99

Done at WASHINGTON, January First, 1942.

The United States of America
by FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
by WINSTON CHURCHILL

On behalf of the Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
MAXIM LITVINOFF, Ambassador

National Government of the Republic of China
TSE VUNG SOONG, Minister for Foreign Affairs

The Commonwealth of Australia
by R. G. CASEY

The Kingdom of Belgium
by Cte R. V. D. STRATEN

Canada
by LEIGHTON McCARTHY

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The Republic of Costa Rica
by LUIS FERNANDEZ

The Republic of Cuba
by AURELIO F. CONCHESO

Czechoslovak Republic
by V. S. HURBAN

The Dominican Republic
by J. M. TRONCOSO

The Republic of El Salvador
by C. A. ALFARO

The Kingdom of Greece
by CIMON P. DIAMANTOPOULOS

The Republic of Guatemala
by ENRIQUE LOPEZ-HERRARTE

La Republique d' Haiti
par FERNAND DENNIS

The Republic of Honduras
by JULIAN R. CACERES

India
GIRJA SHANKAR BAJPAI

The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
by HUGUES LE GALLAIS

The Kingdom of the Netherlands
A. LOUDON

Signed on behalf of the Government of the Dominion of New Zealand
by FRANK LANGSTONE

The Republic of Nicaragua
by LEON DEBAYLE

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The Kingdom of Norway
by W. MUNTHE DE MORGENHTIERNE

The Republic of Panama
by JAEN GUARDIA

The Republic of Poland
by JAN CIECHANOWSKI

The Union of South Africa
by RALPH W. CLOSE

The Kingdom of Yugoslavia
by CONSTANTIN A. FOTITCH

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Footnotes

98. See doc. 229.

99. During 1942 the Declaration was adhered to by Mexico, the Commonwealth of the Philippines, and Ethiopia; in the first four months of 1943, it was adhered to by Iraq, Brazil, and Bolivia.


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