Declaration of St James's Palace

First Inter-Allied Conference
Declaration of St James's Palace
Host country United Kingdom
Date12 June 1941
Venue(s)St James's Palace
CitiesLondon
Participants
PrecedesAtlantic Conference
Key points
No separate peace with the Axis powers, commitment to a peace based on "willing co-operation of free peoples"

The Declaration of St James's Palace, or London Declaration,[1] was the first joint statement of goals and principles by the Allied Powers during World War II.[2] The declaration was issued after the first Inter-Allied Conference at St James's Palace in London on 12 June 1941. Representatives of the United Kingdom, the four co-belligerent Commonwealth Dominions (Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa), the eight governments in exile (Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Greece, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Yugoslavia) and Free France were parties to the declaration. It stated the Allies' commitment to continue the war against the Axis Powers (Germany and Italy) and established principles to serve as the basis of a future peace.

  1. ^ Tandon, Mahesh Prasad; Tandon, Rajesh (1989). Public International Law. Allahabad Law Agency. p. 421.
  2. ^ "Preparatory Years: UN Charter History". United Nations. 2015-08-25. Retrieved 1 October 2023.