The Kellogg-Briand Peace Pact declared a “renunciation of war as an instrument of national policy” to promote the welfare of mankind through peace, and specifically without the use of violence. With the refusal of war as a tool in the national policy, cooperation between nations of the world in a common rejection of war is necessary in order to make this the national policy of every nation in the world. The treaty then states that if a nation does use war or violence to promote itself in any way, then it will not receive the benefits of the Peace Pact. The treaty also placed criticism in the use of war to solve internal problems within the nation as well as "international controversies." Afghanistan, Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, China, Cuba, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Estonia, Ethiopia, Finland, Guatemala, Hungary, Iceland, Latvia, Liberia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Norway, Peru, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Kingdom of the Serbs, Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, Siam, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, Panama all signed the Act. These coutnries participated in signing this act with the belief that they would reap the benefits of cooperating peacefully with other nations and that if any sort of warfare was used, then that nation would automatically be excluded from the Kellogg-Briand Peace Pact.
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