peace conference

{{Short description|Meeting organised to seek resolution to conflict and sign a peace treaty}}

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A peace conference is a diplomatic meeting where representatives of states, armies, or other warring parties converge to end hostilities by negotiation and signing and ratifying a peace treaty.

Significant international peace conferences include:

• St. Petersburg Declaration of 1868
• Algeciras Conference (1905)
• Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907
• Versailles (1919)
• Good Friday Agreement (1998)