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ARTICLE-2
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... The
Organization
and its
Members
, in pursuit of the
Purposes
stated in Article
1
, shall
act
in
accordance
with the following
Principles
. ...
... 2. All
Members
, in
order
to ensure to all of them the
rights
and
benefits
resulting from
membership
, shall fulfill in
good faith
the
obligations
assumed by them in
accordance
with the present
Charter
. ...
... 5. All
Members
shall give the
United Nations
every
assistance
in any
action
it takes in
accordance
with the present
Charter
, and shall
refrain
from giving
assistance
to any
state
against which the
United Nations
is taking
preventive
or
enforcement
action
. ...
... 6. The
Organization
shall ensure that
states
which are not
Members
of the
United Nations
act
in
accordance
with these
Principles
so far as may be necessary for the
maintenance
of
international peace
and
security
. ...
ARTICLE-3
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... The
original
Members
of the
United Nations
shall be the
states
which, having
participated
in the
United Nations Conference
on
International Organization
at
San Francisco
, or having previously
signed
the
Declaration
by
United Nations
of January 1, 1942,
sign
the present
Charter
and
ratify
it in
accordance
with Article
110
. ...
ARTICLE-7
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... 2. Such
subsidiary
organs
as may be found necessary may be
established
in
accordance
with the present
Charter
. ...
ARTICLE-11
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... 2. The
General Assembly
may discuss any
questions
relating to the
maintenance
of
international peace
and
security
brought before it by any
Member
of the
United Nations
, or by the
Security Council
, or by a
state
which is not a
Member
of the
United Nations
in
accordance
with Article
35
, paragraph 2, and, except as provided in Article
12
, may make
recommendations
with
regard
to any such
questions
to the
state
or
states
concerned
or to the
Security Council
or to both. Any such
question
on which
action
is necessary shall be referred to the
Security Council
by the
General Assembly
either before or after
discussion
. ...
ARTICLE-18
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... 2.
Decisions
of the
General Assembly
on
important
questions
shall be made by a two-thirds
majority
of the
members
present and
voting
. These
questions
shall
include
:
recommendations
with
respect
to the
maintenance
of
international peace
and
security
, the
election
of the non-
permanent
members
of the
Security Council
, the
election
of the
members
of the
Economic and Social Council
, the
election
of
members
of the
Trusteeship Council
in
accordance
with paragraph 1(c) of Article
86
, the
admission
of new
Members
to the
United Nations
, the
suspension
of the
rights
and
privileges
of
membership
, the
expulsion
of
Members
,
questions
relating to the
operation
of the
trusteeship system
, and
budgetary
questions
. ...
ARTICLE-24
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... 2. In discharging these
duties
the
Security Council
shall
act
in
accordance
with the
Purposes
and
Principles
of the
United Nations
. The
specific
powers
granted
to the
Security Council
for the
discharge
of these
duties
are laid down in
Chapters
VI, VII, VIII, and XII. ...
ARTICLE-25
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... The
Members
of the
United Nations
agree
to
accept
and carry out the
decisions
of the
Security Council
in
accordance
with the present
Charter
. ...
ARTICLE-36
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... 3. In making
recommendations
under this Article the
Security Council
should also take into
consideration
that
legal
disputes
should as a
general rule
be referred by the
parties
to the
International Court of Justice
in
accordance
with the
provisions
of the
Statute of the Court
. ...
ARTICLE-39
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... The
Security Council
shall determine the existence of any
threat
to the
peace
,
breach of the peace
, or
act
of
aggression
and shall make
recommendations
, or
decide
what
measures
shall be taken in
accordance
with Articles
41
and
42
, to maintain or
restore
international peace
and
security
. ...
ARTICLE-43
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... 1. All
Members
of the
United Nations
, in
order
to
contribute
to the
maintenance
of
international peace
and
security
,
undertake
to make available to the
Security Council
, on its call and in
accordance
with a
special agreement
or
agreements
,
armed forces
,
assistance
, and
facilities
,
including
rights
of passage, necessary for the
purpose
of maintaining
international peace
and
security
. ...
... 3. The
agreement
or
agreements
shall be negotiated as soon as possible on the
initiative
of the
Security Council
. They shall be concluded between the
Security Council
and
Members
or between the
Security Council
and
groups
of
Members
and shall be
subject
to
ratification
by the
signatory
states
in
accordance
with their respective
constitutional
processes
. ...
ARTICLE-57
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... 1. The various specialized
agencies
,
established
by
intergovernmental
agreement
and having
wide
international
responsibilities
, as defined in their basic
instruments
, in
economic
,
social
,
cultural
,
educational
,
health
, and related
fields
, shall be brought into relationship with the
United Nations
in
accordance
with the
provisions
of Article
63
. ...
ARTICLE-61
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... 3. At the first
election
after the
increase
in the
membership
of the
Economic and Social Council
from twenty-seven to fifty-four
members
, in
addition
to the
members
elected
in
place
of the nine
members
whose
term of office
expires at the end of that
year
, twenty-seven additional
members
shall be
elected
. Of these twenty-seven additional
members
, the
term of office
of nine
members
so
elected
shall expire at the end of one
year
, and of nine other
members
at the end of two
years
, in
accordance
with
arrangements
made by the
General Assembly
. ...
ARTICLE-62
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... 4. It may call, in
accordance
with the
rules
prescribed by the
United Nations
,
international
conferences
on matters falling within its
competence
. ...
ARTICLE-72
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... 2. The
Economic and Social Council
shall
meet
as required in
accordance
with its
rules
, which shall
include
provision
for the convening of
meetings
on the
request
of a
majority
of its
members
. ...
ARTICLE-76
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... The basic
objectives
of the
trusteeship system
, in
accordance
with the
Purposes
of the
United Nations
laid down in Article
1
of the present
Charter
, shall be: ...
ARTICLE-90
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... 2. The
Trusteeship Council
shall
meet
as required in
accordance
with its
rules
, which shall
include
provision
for the convening of
meetings
on the
request
of a
majority
of its
members
. ...
ARTICLE-92
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... The
International Court of Justice
shall be the principal
judicial organ
of the
United Nations
. It shall
function
in
accordance
with the annexed
Statute
which is based upon the
Statute
of the
Permanent Court of International Justice
and forms an integral part of the present
Charter
. ...
ARTICLE-102
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... 2. No
party
to any such
treaty
or
international agreement
which has not been
registered
in
accordance
with the
provisions
of paragraph I of this Article may invoke that
treaty
or
agreement
before any
organ
of the
United Nations
. ...
ARTICLE-106
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... Pending the coming into
force
of such
special agreements
referred to in Article
43
as in the
opinion
of the
Security Council
enable it to begin the
exercise
of its
responsibilities
under Article
42
, the
parties
to the Four-
Nation
Declaration
,
signed
at Moscow October 30, 1943, and
France
, shall, in
accordance
with the
provisions
of paragraph 5 of that
Declaration
, consult with one another and as occasion requires with other
Members
of the
United Nations
with a
view
to such
joint
action
on behalf of the
Organization
as may be necessary for the
purpose
of maintaining
international peace
and
security
. ...
ARTICLE-108
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...
Amendments
to the present
Charter
shall come into
force
for all
Members
of the
United Nations
when they have been
adopted
by a
vote
of two thirds of the
members
of the
General Assembly
and
ratified
in
accordance
with their respective
constitutional
processes
by two thirds of the
Members
of the
United Nations
,
including
all the
permanent
members
of the
Security Council
. ...
ARTICLE-109
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... 2. Any
alteration
of the present
Charter
recommended by a two-thirds
vote
of the
conference
shall take
effect
when
ratified
in
accordance
with their respective
constitutional
processes
by two thirds of the
Members
of the
United Nations
including
all the
permanent
members
of the
Security Council
. ...
ARTICLE-110
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... 1. The present
Charter
shall be
ratified
by the
signatory
states
in
accordance
with their respective
constitutional
processes
. ...
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