ANZUS agreement

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Situation map of the three ANZUS member states Australia, New Zealand and the United States
John Howard and George Bush in 2001 on the 50th anniversary of the military alliance between Australia and the United States

The ANZUS Agreement, named after the participating states Australia , New Zealand and the USA ( A ustralia, N ew Z ealand, U nited S tates ), also known as the Pacific Pact, was signed in San Francisco on September 1, 1951 . Came into force April 1952. The purpose of this agreement was to secure the Pacific region , originally primarily against a possible renewed Japanese aggression in the Far East . The pact was supplemented by the US- Philippines Defense Pact, which came into force at the same time , and expanded in 1955 by the Southeast Asia Pact with additional participation from France , Great Britain , Pakistan , the Philippines and Thailand with headquarters in Bangkok . The organ was the ANZUS Council, created in August 1952, consisting of the three foreign ministers .

On September 17, 1986, the United States terminated its treaty obligations to New Zealand. This happened due to the decision of the New Zealand Government under David Lange , nuclear-powered or nuclear -tipped ships and submarines to refuse the start-up of New Zealand ports, including those of the United States. Two years later, Australia and the United States agreed to keep the treaty between them, even though it was originally a tripartite alliance. The name ANZUS was retained.

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  1. ^ ANZUS treaty comes into force - April 29, 1952 . In: New Zealand History . Ministry for Culture & Heritage , accessed August 19, 2016 .
  2. ^ The Australia, New Zealand and United States Security Treaty (ANZUS Treaty), 1951 . In: Office of the Historian . United States Department of State , accessed August 19, 2016 .