The Charter of the United Nations (UN) is the foundational treaty of the United Nations. It establishes the purposes, governing structure, and overall...

The Preamble to the United Nations Charter is the opening (preamble) of the 1945 United Nations Charter. Jan Smuts from South Africa originally wrote...

have equal representation in the UN General Assembly. The Charter of the United Nations defines the rules for admission of member states. Membership is...

Charter of the United Nations#Chapter VII – Action with Respect to Threats to the Peace, Breaches of the Peace and Acts of Aggression Chapter VII of the...

"Charter of the United Nations and Statue of the International Court of Justice" (PDF). San Francisco, United States: Treaty Section, United Nations Office...

Charter of the United Nations#Chapter I - Purposes and Principles Chapter I of the United Nations Charter lays out the purposes and principles of the...

Amendments to the United Nations Charter can be made by a procedure set out in Chapter XVIII of the UN Charter. The UN Charter has been amended five times...

Charter of the United Nations#Chapter VI - Pacific Settlement of Disputes Chapter VI of the United Nations Charter deals with peaceful settlement of disputes...

this article: Charter of the United Nations#Chapter IV – The General Assembly Chapter IV of the United Nations Charter contains the Charter's provisions...

co-ordinate the work of the organizations of the United Nations System. The United Nations itself has six principal organs established by the Charter of the United...

article: Charter of the United Nations#Chapter II - Membership Chapter II of the United Nations Charter deals with membership to the United Nations (UN) organization...

priority the establishment of the United Nations to replace the defunct League of Nations. Roosevelt planned that it would be controlled by the United States...

Expulsion from the United Nations is a procedure under Article 6, Chapter II of the United Nations Charter when a member state of the United Nations can be expelled...

used to mitigate the lack of definition provided by Article 51 of the Charter of the United Nations, which states that sovereign nations may fend off an...

this article: Charter of the United Nations#Chapter X - The Economic and Social Council Chapter X of the United Nations Charter deals with the UN Economic...

out in Chapter IV of the United Nations Charter. The UNGA is responsible for the UN budget, appointing the non-permanent members to the Security Council...

United Nations Day is an annual commemorative day, reflecting the official creation of the United Nations on 24 October 1945. In 1947, the United Nations...

article: Charter of the United Nations#Chapter V - The Security Council Chapter V of the United Nations Charter contains provisions establishing the United Nations...

recommending the admission of new UN members to the General Assembly, and approving any changes to the UN Charter. Its powers as outlined in the United Nations Charter...

article: Charter of the United Nations#Chapter XII - International Trusteeship System Chapter XII of the United Nations Charter deals with the international...

A number of decisions by the United Nations are seen as failures to prevent armed conflicts and enforce the Charter of the United Nations. In 2004, former...

of the members of the United Nations and is one of five permanent members of its Security Council. One of the victorious Allies of World War II (the Chinese...

The Group of Friends in Defense of the Charter of the United Nations is a grouping at the United Nations, established in July 2021 in New York. The group...

A United Nations Security Council resolution (UNSCR) is a United Nations resolution adopted by the Security Council (UNSC), the United Nations (UN) 15-member...

and civilian personnel. Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter gives the United Nations Security Council the power and responsibility to take collective...

secretariat is laid out by Chapter XV (Articles 97 to 101) of the United Nations Charter. However, the office's qualifications, selection process and tenure...

Ukraine signed the United Nations Charter when it was part of the Soviet Union. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, the newly independent...

United Nations General Assembly Resolution ES‑11/6 is the sixth resolution of the eleventh emergency special session of the United Nations General Assembly...

article: Charter of the United Nations#Chapter XI - Declaration Regarding Non-Self-Governing Territories Chapter XI of the United Nations Charter deals with...

reviewed and rewrote the Dumbarton Oaks agreements of the previous year. The convention resulted in the creation of the United Nations Charter, which was opened...