Declaration by United Nations

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World War II document international agreement wartime alliance agreement

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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Declaration by United Nations (1942) 1
Declaration of the United Nations 1

Statements (60)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II document ⓘ
international agreement ⓘ
wartime alliance agreement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Declaration by United Nations ⓘ
surface form: 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 agreement ⓘ
surface form: Atlantic Charter
keyContributor President Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ
surface form: 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 agreement ⓘ
surface form: Atlantic Charter
relatedOrganization United Nations ⓘ
signatory Australia ⓘ
Belgium ⓘ
Canada ⓘ
China ⓘ
Republic of China ⓘ
surface form: China (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 of America ⓘ
surface form: United States

Yugoslavia ⓘ
signedDuringConflict World War II ⓘ
subjectMatter collective security ⓘ
military alliance ⓘ
war aims of the Allies ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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Declaration by United Nations → alsoKnownAs → Declaration by United Nations ⓘ
this entity surface form: Declaration of the United Nations
Atlantic Charter agreement → influenced → Declaration by United Nations ⓘ
subject surface form: Atlantic Charter
Arcadia Conference → producedDocument → Declaration by United Nations ⓘ
Moscow Declaration → relatedDocument → Declaration by United Nations ⓘ
this entity surface form: Declaration by United Nations (1942)
Allied forces → signedDocument → Declaration by United Nations ⓘ
Allies of World War II → signedKeyDocument → Declaration by United Nations ⓘ