Atlantic Charter
The Atlantic Charter was a document drafted by Prime Minister Winston Churchill and President Franklin D. Roosevelt while aboard ship, “somewhere in the Atlantic”. The official name for it was “Joint Declaration by the President and the Prime Minister", but was commonly referred to as the “Joint Declaration” while the name “Atlantic Charter” stuck after Churchill used it in Parliament on August 24, 1941, even though a small local newspaper officially coined the name prior to Churchill’s announcement. The Atlantic Charter was a policy statement outlining the post-war goals for the allied powers. As it was originally presented by both Churchill and Roosevelt, the remaining allied leaders came to agreement with it’s terms. There were eight principals from the Atlantic Charter, they are as follows:
1. No territorial gains were to be sought by the United States or the United Kingdom;
2. Territorial adjustments must be in accord with the wishes of the peoples concerned;
3. All people had a right to self-determination;
4. Trade barriers were to be lowered;
5. There was to be global economic cooperation and advancement of social welfare;
6. The participants would work for a world free of want and fear;
7. The participants would work for freedom of the seas;
8. There was to be disarmament of aggressor nations, and a post-war common disarmament.
"The Atlantic Charter 1941 August 14" The Atlantic Charter 1941 August 14 N.p. n.d. Web. 01 Dec. 2014
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1. No territorial gains were to be sought by the United States or the United Kingdom;
2. Territorial adjustments must be in accord with the wishes of the peoples concerned;
3. All people had a right to self-determination;
4. Trade barriers were to be lowered;
5. There was to be global economic cooperation and advancement of social welfare;
6. The participants would work for a world free of want and fear;
7. The participants would work for freedom of the seas;
8. There was to be disarmament of aggressor nations, and a post-war common disarmament.
"The Atlantic Charter 1941 August 14" The Atlantic Charter 1941 August 14 N.p. n.d. Web. 01 Dec. 2014
<http//www.let.rug.nl/usa/documents/1901-1950/the-atlantic-charter-1941-august-14.php>
"History of the United Nations: Atlantic Charter" History of the United Nations: Atlantic Charter N.p. n.d. Web. 01 Dec. 2014 <http://www.un.org/en/aboutun/history/atlantic_charter.shtml>