Charter of the United Nations

• Coming into Force: 24 October 1945
• Subject Terms: United Nations (UN),Legal matters,International Court of Justice (ICJ),Charters-Constitutions-Statutes
• Date of Conclusion: 26 June 1945
• Type of Document: Multilateral
• Registration Number: N/A
• Participants: Argentina,Australia,Bielorrusia,Bélgica,Bolivia,Brasil,Canada,Chile,China,Colombia,Costa Rica,Cuba,Czechoslovakia,Dinamarca,República Dominicana,Ecuador,Egipto,El Salvador,Ethiopia,France,Greece,Guatemala,Haiti,Honduras,India,Iraq,Islamic Republic of Iran,Lebanon,Liberia,Luxembourg,México,Holanda,New Zealand,Nicaragua,Noruega,Panamá,Paraguay,Perú,Philippines,Polonia,Russian Federation,Saudi Arabia,South Africa,Syrian Arab Republic,Turquia,Ukraine,United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,United States,Uruguay,Venezuela
• Party Submitting the Application for Registration: ex officio
• Depositary: Secretary-General of the United Nations

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Multilateral

Charter of the United Nations. San Francisco, 26 June 1945

Entry into force: 24 October 1945, in accordance with article 110

Registration with the Secretariat of the United Nations: ex officio, 26 June 1945

Multilatéral

Charte des Nations Unies. San Francisco, 26 juin 1945

Entrée en vigueur : 24 octobre 1945, conformément à l'article 110

Enregistrement auprès du Secrétariat des Nations Unies : d'office, 26 juin 1945

CHARTER OF THE UNITED NATIONS

AND

STATUTE

OF THE

INTERNATIONAL

COURT

OF JUSTICE

SAN

FRANCISCO

• 1945

CHARTER

OF

THE UNITED NATIONS

WE THE PEOPLES OF THE UNITED NATIONS

DETERMINED

to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war, which twice in our life-

time 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

neighbors, 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,

HAVE RESOLVED TO COMBINE OUR EFFORTS

TO ACCOMPLISH THESE AIMS.

Accordingly, our respective Governments, through representatives assembled in

the city of San Francisco, who have exhibited their full powers found to be in good

and due form, have agreed to the present Charter of the United Nations and do

hereby establish an international organization to be known as the United Nations.