892 UNTS 119
Concluded: 26 June 1945
In force: 24 October 1945
CHAPTER I PURPOSES AND PRINCIPLES 6
CHAPTER II MEMBERSHIP 7
CHAPTER III ORGANS 8
CHAPTER IV THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY 8
COMPOSITION 8
FUNCTIONS AND POWERS 8
VOTING 10
PROCEDURE 10
CHAPTER V THE SECURITY COUNCIL 11
COMPOSITION 11
FUNCTIONS AND POWERS 11
VOTING 12
PROCEDURE 12
CHAPTER VI PACIFIC SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTES 13
CHAPTER VII ACTION WITH RESPECT TO THREATS TO THE PEACE, BREACHES OF THE PEACE, AND ACTS OF AGGRESSION 14
CHAPTER VIII REGIONAL ARRANGEMENTS 16
CHAPTER IX INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL CO-OPERATION 17
CHAPTER X THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL 18
COMPOSITION 18
FUNCTIONS AND POWERS 18
VOTING 19
PROCEDURE 20
CHAPTER XI DECLARATION REGARDING NON-SELF-GOVERNING TERRITORIES 20
CHAPTER XII INTERNATIONAL TRUSTEESHIP SYSTEM 21
CHAPTER XIII THE TRUSTEESHIP COUNCIL 23
COMPOSITION 23
FUNCTIONS AND POWERS 24
VOTING 24
PROCEDURE 24
CHAPTER XIV THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE 24
CHAPTER XV THE SECRETARIAT 25
CHAPTER XVI MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 26
CHAPTER XVII TRANSITIONAL SECURITY ARRANGEMENTS 27
CHAPTER XVIII AMENDMENTS 27
CHAPTER XIX RATIFICATION AND SIGNATURE 28
We the peoples of the United Nations
Determined to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war, which twice in our lifetime has brought untold sorrow to mankind, and to reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person, in the equal rights of men and women and of nations large and small, and to establish conditions under which justice and respect for the obligations arising from treaties and other sources of international law can be maintained, and to promote social progress and better standards of life in larger freedom,
And for these ends to practice tolerance and live together in peace with one another as good neighbours, and to unite our strength to maintain international peace and security, and to ensure, by the acceptance of principles and the institution of methods, that armed force shall not be used, save in the common interest, and to employ international machinery for the promotion of the economic and social advancement of all peoples,
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