DECLARATION BY UNITED NATIONS, DONE AT WASHINGTON ON
JANUARY 1, 1942, WITH RELATED DOCUMENTS.
1.
DECLARATION BY UNITED NATIONS :
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, LUXEMBURG, NETHERLANDS,
NEW ZEALAND, NICARAGUA, NORWAY, PANAMA, POLAND, SOUTH AFRICA,
YUGOSLAVIA.
\THE Governments signatory hereto,
Having subscribed to a common programme 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,(1) known as the Atlantic
Charter,
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 co-operate with the Governments
signatory hereto and not to make a separate armistice or peace with the
enemies. foregoing declaration may be adhered to by other nations(2) which
are, or which may be, rendering material assistance and contributions in the
struggle for victory over Hitlerism.