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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
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. ROOSEVELTThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
by WINSTON CHURCHILLOn behalf of the Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
MAXIM LITVINOFF, AmbassadorNational Government of the Republic of China
TSE VUNG SOONG, Minister for Foreign AffairsThe Commonwealth of Australia
by R. G. CASEYThe Kingdom of Belgium
by Cte R. V. D. STRATENCanada
by LEIGHTON McCARTHY
The Republic of Costa Rica
by LUIS FERNANDEZThe Republic of Cuba
by AURELIO F. CONCHESOCzechoslovak Republic
by V. S. HURBANThe Dominican Republic
by J. M. TRONCOSOThe Republic of El Salvador
by C. A. ALFAROThe Kingdom of Greece
by CIMON P. DIAMANTOPOULOSThe Republic of Guatemala
by ENRIQUE LOPEZ-HERRARTELa Republique d' Haiti
par FERNAND DENNISThe Republic of Honduras
by JULIAN R. CACERESIndia
GIRJA SHANKAR BAJPAIThe Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
by HUGUES LE GALLAISThe Kingdom of the Netherlands
A. LOUDONSigned on behalf of the Government of the Dominion of New Zealand
by FRANK LANGSTONEThe Republic of Nicaragua
by LEON DEBAYLE
The Kingdom of Norway
by W. MUNTHE DE MORGENHTIERNEThe Republic of Panama
by JAEN GUARDIAThe Republic of Poland
by JAN CIECHANOWSKIThe Union of South Africa
by RALPH W. CLOSEThe Kingdom of Yugoslavia
by CONSTANTIN A. FOTITCH
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Footnotes
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.