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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]
[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