Outline of The United Nations - Legal Foundation: The United Nations Charter

Legal Foundation: The United Nations Charter

  • United Nations Charter – foundational treaty of the United Nations which states that obligations to the United Nations prevail over all other treaty obligations and is binding for all United Nations members.
    • Type of document: treaty
    • Signed: 26 June 1945
    • Location: San Francisco, California, United States
    • Effective: 24 October 1945
    • Condition: Ratification by China, France, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, United States and by a majority of the other signatory states.
    • Parties: 193
    • Sections: 20 (the preamble and 19 chapters)
      • Preamble to the United Nations Charter – opening (preamble) of the United Nations Charter.
      • Chapter I: Purposes And Principles – lays out the purposes and principles of the United Nations organization.
      • Chapter II: Membership
      • Chapter III: Organs
      • Chapter IV: The General Assembly
      • Chapter V: The Security Council
      • Chapter VI: Pacific Settlement of Disputes
      • Chapter VII: Action with respect to Threats to the Peace, Breaches of the Peace, and Acts of Aggression
      • Chapter VIII: Regional Arrangements
      • Chapter IX: International Economic and Social Co-operation
      • Chapter X: The Economic and Social Council
      • Chapter XI: Declaration regarding Non-Self-Governing Territories
      • Chapter XII: International Trusteeship System
      • Chapter XIII: The Trusteeship System
      • Chapter XIV: The International Court of Justice
      • Chapter XV: The Secretariat
      • Chapter XVI: Miscellaneous Provisions
      • Chapter XVII: Transitional Security Arrangements
      • Chapter XVIII: Amendments
      • Chapter XIX: Ratification and Signature

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