Declarations by governments that announced a policy or promise during or after a war, such as the Balfour Declaration of 1917 and the Atlantic Charter of 1941. A document belongs here when its cited article presents it as a statement of aims by one or more governments. The group sits under the Declarations and Foundational Rights Instruments subcategory of the Political Atlas and helps a reader browse that subcategory by the scope of each instrument and the body that adopted it. Each member is placed on the strength of the article it cites, so a reader can follow the grouping back to a stated source.
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Wikipedia: Balfour Declaration
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The Balfour Declaration (2 November 1917) was a public statement issued by the British Government in 1917 during the First World War announcing its support for the establishment of a "national home for the Jewish people" in Palestine, then an Ottoman region with a small Jewish minority among an overwhelming Arab majority, mostly Muslim but also including Christians.
Wikipedia: Atlantic Charter
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The Atlantic Charter was a statement issued on 14 August 1941 that set out American and British goals for the world after the end of World War II, months before the US officially entered the war.
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