The French Foreign Minister reads the welcoming speech of the French government at the signing of the Briand-Kellogg pact in the clock room of the French Foreign Ministry. Left next to him sits the German Foreign Minister Gustav Stresemann, right next to him is his American colleague, Frank Billings Kellogg. In Paris, 15 nations committed themselves to the forbearance of war under the Briand-Kellogg Pact. By 1929 63 countries signed the Pact. Kellogg received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1929 for being the co-initiator of the Pact.