Pact
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A pact, from Latin pactum ("something agreed upon"), is a formal agreement. In international relations, pacts are usually between two or more sovereign states. In domestic politics, pacts are usually between two or more political parties or other organizations.
Notable international pacts include:
- Anti-Comintern Pact between Germany and Japan (1936)
- Auto Pact between Canada and the United States (1965)
- Kellogg-Briand Pact, a multilateral treaty against war (1928)
- London Pact between Italy and the Triple Entente (Great Britain, France, and Russia) (1915)
- Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact between Germany and the Soviet Union (1939)
- Neutrality pact between Japan and the Soviet Union (1941)
- North Atlantic pact, organizing the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (1949)
- Pact of Steel between Italy and Germany (1939)
- Stability and Growth Pact between European Union member states about fiscal policy (1997)
- Tripartite Pact between Italy, Germany, and Japan (1940)
- U.S.-North Korea Agreed Framework concerning the latter country's development of nuclear power (1994)
- Warsaw Pact of Eastern European communist countries, led by the Soviet Union (1955)
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