Chapters I, II, III, IV and V

CHAPTER I: PURPOSES AND PRINCIPLES

Article 1

The purposes of the United Nations are:

• 1. Maintaining peace and security, and to that end: to take effective collective measures to prevent and remove threats to peace and to suppress acts of aggression or other breaches of the peace, and bring about by peaceful means and in accordance with principles of justice and international law, adjustment or settlement of international disputes or situations which might lead to breaches of the peace;
• 2. Among nations friendly relations based on respect for the principle of equal rights and self-determination of peoples, and to take other appropriate measures to strengthen universal peace;
• 3. To achieve international cooperation in solving international problems of an economic, social, cultural or humanitarian character and in promoting and encouraging respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms for all without distinction as to race, sex, language or religion, and
• 4. Be a center for harmonizing the actions of nations in the attainment of these common ends.

Article 2

For the realization of the Purposes stated in Article 1, the Organization and its Members shall act in accordance with the following Principles:

• 1. The Organization is based on the principle of sovereign equality of all its Members.
• 2. Members of the Organization, to ensure the rights and benefits attached to his capacity, shall fulfill in good faith the obligations assumed by them in accordance with this Charter.
• 3. Members shall settle their international disputes by peaceful means in such a way as not to jeopardize or peace and security nor justice.
• 4. Members of the Organization, in its international relations, shall refrain from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any State or in any other manner inconsistent with the Purposes of the United Nations.
• 5. Members of the Organization to provide it with all sorts of assistance in any action it takes in accordance with this Charter, and shall refrain from giving assistance to any state against which the Organization in exercise of preventive or enforcement action.
• 6. The Organization shall ensure that States not Members of the United Nations act in accordance with these Principles so far as necessary to maintain international peace and security.
• 7. Nothing in this Charter shall authorize the United Nations to intervene in matters which are essentially within the domestic jurisdiction of any state or shall require the Members to submit such matters to settlement under the present Charter, but this was not precludes the application of enforcement measures under Chapter VII.

CHAPTER II: MEMBERSHIP

Article 3

The original Members of the United Nations states that having participated in the United Nations Conference on International Organization at San Francisco, or having previously signed the United Nations Declaration of 1 January 1942, sign the present Charter and the ratify it in accordance with Article 110.

Article 4

1. Membership in the United Nations all other peace-loving states which accept the obligations contained in the Charter and that, according to the Organization, are able to meet these obligations and they are willing to do so.
2. The admission of such state to membership of the United Nations shall be taken by the General Assembly upon recommendation of the Security Council.

Article 5

A Member of the United Nations which has been the subject of preventive or enforcement action by the Security Council may be suspended by the General Assembly upon recommendation of the Security Council, the exercise of the rights and privileges as a Member. The exercise of such rights and privileges may be restored by the Security Council.

Article 6

A Member of the United Nations which has persistently violated the Principles contained in this Charter may be expelled from the Organization by the General Assembly upon recommendation of the Security Council.

 

CHAPTER III: ORGANS

Article 7

1. Are established as the principal organs of the United Nations:
   
      - A General Assembly
      - A Security Council
      - An Economic and Social Council
      - A Trusteeship Council
      - An International Court of Justice
      - A secretariat.
2. It may provide, in accordance with the provisions of this Charter, the subsidiary bodies as are deemed necessary.

Article 8

The Nations shall place no restrictions on the eligibility of men and women to participate on equal terms and in any character in the functions of its principal and subsidiary organs.

 

CHAPTER IV: THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY

COMPOSITION

Article 9

1. The General Assembly shall consist of all Members of the United Nations.
2. Each Member shall have more than five representatives in the General Assembly.

FUNCTIONS & POWERS

Article 10

The General Assembly may discuss any questions or matters within the limits of this Charter or relating to the powers and functions of any organs provided for in this Charter and except as provided in Article 12, may make recommendations concerning these matters or issues to Members of the United Nations or the Security Council or to both.

Article 11

1. The General Assembly may consider the general principles of cooperation in maintaining peace and security, including the principles governing disarmament and arms regulation, and may make recommendations with regard to such principles to the Members or to Security Council or to both.
2. The General Assembly may discuss any issue related to the maintenance of international peace and security brought before it by any Member of the United Nations or the Security Council, or a State not a Member of the United Nations under the present Article 35, paragraph 2, and except as provided in Article 12, make recommendations on such matters to the state or states concerned or to the Security Council or to both. All matters of this nature with respect to which action is necessary will be referred to the Security Council by the General Assembly before or after discussion.
3. The General Assembly may call the attention of the Security Council to situations which endanger peace and security.
4. The powers of the General Assembly set forth in this Article shall not limit the general scope of Article 10.

Article 12

1. While the Security Council is exercising the functions assigned by this Charter with respect to any dispute or situation, the General Assembly did not make any recommendation with regard to that dispute or situation unless requested by the Security Council.
2. The Secretary-General, with the consent of the Security Council, report to the General Assembly at each session of any matters relating to the maintenance of international peace and security which are being dealt with by the Security Council, and also inform the General Assembly, or Members of the United Nations if the Assembly is not sitting, as soon as the Security Council ceases to deal with such matters.

Article 13

1. The General Assembly shall initiate studies and make recommendations for the following purposes: a. promoting international cooperation in the political field and encouraging the progressive development and codification of international law, b. promote international cooperation in economic, social, cultural, educational, health and assisting in the realization of human rights and fundamental freedoms for all without distinction as to race, sex, language or religion.
2. Other powers, responsibilities and functions of the General Assembly with respect to the matters mentioned in subsection b of paragraph 1 above are set forth in Chapters IX and X.

Article 14

Except as provided in Article 12, the General Assembly may recommend measures for the peaceful settlement of any situation, whatever its origin, which is considered by the Assembly may impair the general welfare or friendly relations among nations, including situations resulting a violation of the provisions of this Charter setting forth the Purposes and Principles of the United Nations.

Article 15

1. The General Assembly shall receive and consider annual and special Security Council. These reports include an account of the measures the Security Council has decided upon or taken to maintain peace and security.
2. The General Assembly shall receive and consider reports from other United Nations bodies.

Article 16

The General Assembly shall perform, with respect to the international trusteeship system, the functions assigned to it under Chapters XII and XIII, including the approval of the trusteeship agreements for areas not designated as strategic.

Article 17

1. The General Assembly shall consider and approve the budget of the Organization.
2. Members bear the expenses of the Organization as apportioned by the General Assembly.
3. The General Assembly shall consider and approve financial and budgetary arrangements to be concluded with the agencies referred to in Article 57 and shall examine the administrative budgets of such specialized agencies with a view to making recommendations to the agencies concerned.

VOTE

Article 18

1. Each member of the General Assembly shall have one vote.
2. The General Assembly decisions on important questions shall be by vote of a majority of two thirds of members present and voting. These questions shall include: recommendations with respect to the maintenance of international peace and security, the choice of non-permanent members of the Security Council, the election of members of the Economic and Social Council, election of members of the Trusteeship Council pursuant to subsection c, paragraph 1 of Article 86, the admission of new Members to the United Nations, the suspension of rights and privileges of membership, the expulsion of Members, questions relating to the operation of the trusteeship system and budgetary issues.
3. Decisions on other questions, including the determination of additional categories of questions to be decided by two-thirds majority, shall be taken by the majority of members present and voting.

Article 19

The United Nations Member State that is in arrears in the payment of its financial contributions to the expenses of the Organization shall have no vote in the General Assembly if the amount of its arrears equals or exceeds the amount of the arrears of the previous two years complete. The General Assembly may, nevertheless, permit such a Member to vote if it is satisfied that the delay is due to circumstances beyond the control of the Member.
 

PROCEDURE

Article 20

The General Assembly shall meet in regular annual sessions and, whenever circumstances require, in special session. The Secretary General shall convene a special session at the request of the Security Council or a majority of UN members.

Article 21

The General Assembly shall adopt its own rules and elect its President for each session.

Article 22

The General Assembly may establish such subsidiary organs as it deems necessary for the performance of their duties.

 

CHAPTER V: THE SECURITY COUNCIL

COMPOSITION

Article 23

1. The Security Council shall consist of fifteen members of the United Nations. The Republic of China, France, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United States of America shall be permanent members of the Security Council. The General Assembly shall elect ten other Members of the United Nations to be non-permanent members of the Security Council, with particular emphasis in the first instance to the contribution of Members of the United Nations to the maintenance of international peace and security and other purposes of the Organization, and also to equitable geographical distribution.
2. Non-permanent members of the Security Council shall be elected for two years. In the first election of nonpermanent members was held after having increased from eleven to fifteen the number of Security Council members, two of the four additional members shall be elected for one year. Retiring member shall not be re-elected for the coming period.
3. Each member of the Security Council will have a representative.

FUNCTIONS & POWERS

Article 24

1. To ensure prompt and effective action by the United Nations, its Members confer on the Security Council primary responsibility for maintaining peace and security, and recognize that the Security Council acts on their behalf to perform the functions that under this responsibility.
2. In discharging these duties the Security Council shall proceed in accordance with the Purposes and Principles of the United Nations. The powers granted to the Security Council to perform these duties are laid down in Chapters VI, VII, VIII and XII.
3. The Security Council shall submit to the General Assembly for consideration annual reports and, when necessary, special reports.

Article 25

Members of the United Nations agree to accept and implement the decisions of the Security Council in accordance with this Charter.

Article 26

To promote the establishment and maintenance of peace and security with the least diversion of human and economic resources for armaments of the world, the Security Council will be responsible, with the assistance of the Military Staff Committee e1 regards Article 47, plans to be submitted to the Members of the United Nations to establish a system of regulation of armaments.

VOTE

Article 27

1. Each member of the Security Council shall have one vote.
2. The decisions of the Security Council on procedural matters shall be taken by the affirmative vote of nine members.
3. The decisions of the Security Council on all other matters shall be made by an affirmative vote of nine members including the concurring votes of all permanent members, but in decisions under Chapter VI and paragraph 3 of Article 52, the party to a dispute shall abstain from voting.

PROCEDURE

Article 28

1. The Security Council shall be organized so that it can operate continuously. To this end, each member of the Security Council shall at all times its representative at the headquarters of the Organization.
2. The Security Council shall hold periodic meetings at which each of its members may, if desired, be represented by a member of his Government or other specially designated representative.
3. The Security Council may hold meetings at such places outside the headquarters of the Organization, as it deems appropriate to facilitate its work.

Article 29

The Security Council may establish such subsidiary organs as it deems necessary for the performance of their duties.

Article 30

The Security Council shall adopt its own rules, which will determine the method of selecting its President.

Article 31

Any Member of the United Nations not a member of the Security Council may participate without vote in the discussion of any question brought before the Security Council when it considers that the interests of that Member are specially affected.

Article 32

The United Nations Member State that has no seat on the Security Council or the State not a Member of the United Nations, where a party to a dispute under consideration by the Security Council will be invited to participate without vote in discussions relating to the dispute. The Security Council shall establish the conditions it deems just for the participation of States not Members of the United Nations.

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