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A pact is a formal agreement. In international politics, pacts are usually between two or more sovereign states. In domestic politics, pacts are usually between two or more political parties or other organizations.

Notable international pacts include:

• Anti-Comintern Pact between Germany and Japan (1936)
• Auto Pact between Canada and the United States (1965)
• Kellogg-Briand Pact, a multilateral treaty against war (1928)
• London Pact between Italy and the Triple Entente (Great Britain, France, and Russia) (1915)
• Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact between Germany and the Soviet Union (1939)
• Neutrality pact between Japan and the Soviet Union (1941)
• North Atlantic pact, organizing the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (1949)
• Pact of Steel between Italy and Germany (1939)
• Stability and Growth Pact between European Union member states about fiscal policy (1997)
• Tripartite Pact between Italy, Germany, and Japan (1940)
• U.S.-North Korea Agreed Framework concerning the latter country's development of nuclear power (1994)
• Warsaw Pact of Eastern European communist countries, led by the Soviet Union (1955)

[edit] PACT as an acronym

• PACT, a protein that activates protein kinase R (PKR)
• Powdered activated carbon treatment, a wastewater treatment technology
• Professional Association of Canadian Theatres
• Programme of Action for Cancer Therapy

[edit] Other uses

• Diabolical pact, a deal with the devil or Faustian pact
• Pact, Isère, commune in France
• The Pact, 1998 novel by Jodi Picoult
• The Pact (2006 documentary)
• The Pact (comics)

[edit] See also

• Impact
• Covenant
• Suicide pact
• Trade pact

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