Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-06-26
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CeeQlIS generations IrOm INT
scourge Of war, which twice in oul
lifetime has brought untold sorrow
to mankind, and
To reafArm faith in Fundamental
human rights. in the dignity ano
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 law
and the pledged word can be MAIN
tanned, 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 as good neighbors,
and
To unite our strength to maintain
international peace and security, by
the acceptance of principles and
the institution of methods to in
sure that armed force shall not be
used, save in the common interest
and
u employ international means
for the economic and social ad.
vancement of all peoples have re.
solved to combine our efforts to &C.
complish these aims.
Accordingly, our respective gov
ernments. through representatives
assembled in the city of San Fran
cisco, who have exhibited their full
powers found to be in good and due
form, have agreed to the present
charter Of the United Nations ane
do hereby establish an international
organization to be known as the
United Nations.
Chapter I.
PURPOSES and Principles.
Purposes.
ARTICLE 1.
The purposes of the United Ma
tions are:
1. To maintain international peace
and security. and to that end: To
take effective collective measures
for the prevention and removal OF
threats to the peace and for the
suppression of acts of aggression or
other breaches of the peace, and
to bring about by peaceful means,
and in conformity with the prln-
ciples of justice and international
law, adjustment or settlement CT
international disputes or situations
which might lead to a breach Of the
peace;
2. To develop friendly relations
among nations, based on respect for
the principle of equal rights and
self-determination Of peoples, and
to take other appropriate measures
to strengthen universal peace;
8. To achieve international CO.
operation in solving international
problems of an economic, social, cul-
tural or humanitarian character
and in promoting and encouraging
respect for human rights and for
the fundamental freedoms for all
without distinction as to race, sex
language or religion; and
T. To be a center for harmonic
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tainment of these common ends.
Principles.
ARTICLE
The organization and its mem
bers, in pursuit Of the purposes
stated in Article /, shall act in &C
cordance with the following prin-
ciples:
/. The organization is based on
the principle of the sovereign equal
tty Of all its members.
2. All members, in order to in
sure to all of them the rights and
benefits resulting from membership,
shall fulfill in good faith the obliga-
lions assumed by them in accord
ance with the present charter.
3. All members shall settle their
international disputes by peaceful
means in such a manner that in
ternational peace and security and
justice are not endangered.
4. All members shall refrain In
their international relations from
the threat or use of force against
the territorial integrity or political
independence of any member or
state, or in any other manner In
consistent with the purposes of the
United Nations
S. All members shall give the
United Nations every assistance in
any action it takes in accordance
with the provisions of the present
charter, and shall refrain from Civ
ing assistance to any state against
which the United Nations Is taking
preventive or enforcement action.
G.. The United Nations shall in
sure that states not members act in
accordance with these principles so
far as may be necessary for the
maintenance of international peace
and security.
Z. Nothing contained In the pres
ent charter shall authorize the
United Nations to intervene in mat
tiers which are essentially within
the domestic jurisdiction OF any
state or shall require the members
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ment under the present charter; but
this principal shall not prejudice
the application Of enforcement
measures under Chapter VII.
Chapter II.
Menbezship.
ARTICLE 3.
The original members Of the
United Nations shall be the states
which, having participated IN the
United Nations Conference on in
ternationaI organization at San
Francisco, or have previously signed
the declaration Of the United Ma
tioF1s Of January I, 1912, sign the
present charter and rztify 1t in
accordance with Article ITO.
ARTICLE 4.
I. Membership in the United Ma,
tions is open to all other peace
loving states which accept the obi
cations contained In the present
charter and which, in the judg-
ment Of the organization, are able
and willing to carry out these obi
cations.
2. The admission OF any such state
to membership in the United NA-