The Atlantic Charter

HSMBC Plaque Location:

Placentia - Ship Harbour, Newfoundland and Labrador

Owner/Administrator:

 

Date Designated:  1973/98

Plaque Status:  Plaqued in 1976

 

Reason for Designation

Basis for United Nations Charter, issued in 1941

 

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Plaque Text

  

THE ATLANTIC CHARTER

LA CHARTE DE L'ATLANTIQUE

 

In August 1941, during the Second World War, Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, and Franklin Roosevelt, President of the United States, met aboard U.S.S. Augusta in Placentia Bay to discuss common goals for peace. Their eight point declaration, known as the Atlantic Charter, was issued on 14 August. It affirmed the rights of political self-determination, security and economic development for all peoples. These principles were endorsed by the 26 Allied powers in 1942 and after the war became a basis for the United Nations Charter.

Au mois d'aoft 1941, durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, Winston Churchill, Premier ministre de Grande-Bretagne, et Franklin Roosevelt, président des Etats-Unis, se rencontrPrent B bord du U.S.S. Augusta, dans la baie de Plaisance, pour discuter de leurs objectifs de paix. Leur déclaration en huit points, connue sous le nom de Charte de l'Atlantique, fut publiée le 14 aoft. Elle affirme le droit de tous les peuples B l'auto-détermination, B la sécurité et au développement économique. Ces principes, ratifiés par les 26 États alliées en 1942, formPrent, aprPs la guerre, la base de la Charte des Nations Unies.

 

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