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ANZUS

Collective security agreement between Australia, New Zealand and the United States

Eventtreaty military alliance international organizationQ295875

Also known as ANZUS treaty · Australia-New Zealand-United States Security Treaty · United States security treaty Australia New Zealand · U.S.-Australia alliance · ANZUS Pact · Australia, New Zealand, United States Security Treaty

Date: September 1, 1951
Location: San Francisco
Country: United States

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The Australia, New Zealand, United States Security Treaty is a collective security agreement between Australia, New Zealand, and the United States that was signed in 1951, and from which New Zealand has been partially suspended since 1986. It firstly recommits the parties to the purposes of the United Nations, prohibiting the use of force or threats except in self-defence. The following provisions require the parties to maintain their "capacity to resist armed attack", consult with each other on security matters in the Pacific and declare that an armed attack on any of the parties "would be dangerous to [each signatory's] peace and safety" and that each signatory "would act to meet the common danger in accordance with its constitutional processes". It also provides for a council of the signatories foreign ministers, in which the implementation of the treaty can be discussed.

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Founded: September 1, 1951
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1.austlii.edu.au/au/other/dfat/treaties/1952/2.htmlRetrieved 2017-11-23
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Members / parts: Australia
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1.austlii.edu.au/au/other/dfat/treaties/1952/2.htmlRetrieved 2017-11-23
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New Zealand
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1.austlii.edu.au/au/other/dfat/treaties/1952/2.htmlRetrieved 2017-11-23
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United States
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1.austlii.edu.au/au/other/dfat/treaties/1952/2.htmlRetrieved 2017-11-23
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Signatory: Percy Spender represents: Australian Government
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1.austlii.edu.au/au/other/dfat/treaties/1952/2.htmlRetrieved 2017-11-23
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Carl Berendsen represents: Government of New Zealand
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1.austlii.edu.au/au/other/dfat/treaties/1952/2.htmlRetrieved 2017-11-23
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Dean Acheson represents: Federal Government of the United States
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1.austlii.edu.au/au/other/dfat/treaties/1952/2.htmlRetrieved 2017-11-23
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John Foster Dulles represents: Federal Government of the United States
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1.austlii.edu.au/au/other/dfat/treaties/1952/2.htmlRetrieved 2017-11-23
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Alexander Wiley represents: Federal Government of the United States
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1.austlii.edu.au/au/other/dfat/treaties/1952/2.htmlRetrieved 2017-11-23
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John Sparkman represents: Federal Government of the United States
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1.austlii.edu.au/au/other/dfat/treaties/1952/2.htmlRetrieved 2017-11-23
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Operating area: Pacific Ocean
Different from: AUKUS
Released: September 1, 1951
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1.austlii.edu.au/au/other/dfat/treaties/1952/2.htmlRetrieved 2017-11-23
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