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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]

 

[98] See doc. 229.

 

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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

 

[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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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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