Karta Narodów Zjednoczonych, Statut Międzynarodowego Trybunału Sprawiedliwości i Porozumienie ustanawiające Komisję Przygotowawczą Narodów Zjednoczonych

DZIENNIK USTAW RZECZYPOSPOLITEJ POLSKIEJ Warszawa, dnia 6 marca 1947 r. •

Po•• : 90 - 91 - Nr 23 lII~DZYNARODOWEI Karta Narodów Zjednoczonych wraz ze Statutem Międzynarodowego Trybu.alu Sprawiedłiwołel i Porozumieniem. ultanawiajllcym Komisję Pr'ZYiotowawczą Narodów ZjednoczODych , OŚWIADCZENIE RZĄDOWE z duia 8 ~pca 1946 w .prawia ratyfikacji przez Polskę Karty Narodów Zjednoczo..,..la poCIpilanej w \VaazYDłtonie dnia 16 października 1945 r. , r.

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KARTA NARODÓW ZJEDNOCZONYCH Stetut ' Międzynarodowego Trybunału Sprawiedliwości I Porozumienie ustanawiające KomiSję Przygotowawczą Narodów Zjednoczonych.

W IMIENIU RZECZYPOSPOLITEJ POLSKIEJ PREZYDENT KRAJOWEj RADY NARODOWEJ RZECZYPOSPOLITEJ POLSKIEJ Podaje do powszechnej wiadomości:

W dniu dwudziestym szóstym czerwca tysiąc dziewięćset czterdziestego piątego roku podptsane zostały w San Francisco: Karta Narodów Zjednoczonych, Statut Międzynarodowego Trybunału Sprawiedliwości i Porozumienie ustanawiające Komisję Przygotowawczą Narodów Zjednoczonych, do których to aktów Rząd Polski przystąpił. o następującym dosłownym brzmieniu: ' CHARTER OF THI! UNITED NATIONS ,W E THE PEOPLES OF THE UNITED I INATIONS DETERMINED tlO save sucoeeding gellerations fl'om the SiOOurge IOf war, which twice in .o ur lifetime has bl'ought untlOld s'Orrow to mankind, and to r;e affirm faith in fundam ental human rights, in the dig'mty and worth of the h'Uirrlall pers!on, in the equal iight~ of men and women and of nati'Ons large and small, aiIld to establish conditirms under which justicJ and respect fO;l" '.tJ;lIe. obligations arisiJng: bom treaties and other · s'o urces of international lawcan be maintained, and to promote soda! progress and better standardis IOf life in larger fr'e edom, ~D :~~:t:;; .''''''-' FOR THESE ENDS tO practice tolerance anO. live together in peaoe with' one another as ~od neighblcms, and to uruMour ~trength tlO maintain ' inrernatiónal peaqe and' SiOOurity, and ' tlO ensure, by the aoceptance of principles and the institutioo. of rorethod!s, that armed f'Orce shall nlOt be used, save in the oommon inte rest, and DoempllOy internatilOnal machiner/ flOr the pl"omlOtiOlIl of the eoonomic and socia! advancement IOf all pooples, HAVE RESOLVED TO COMBINE OUR EFFORTS 1:0 ACCOMPLlSH THESE AIMS.

Acoordingly, our resprective Governments~ thl'ough r epll'esentatives asse:mbled in the citY' of San Francisco, who have exhibited their: fulI powers found to be in g!o od and due form, have agreed to . the pll'esent Charter of the United N atilOns and do hereby establish an international organization to be krnown as the United N ations.

CHAPTER I '

PURPOSES AND PRINCIPLES Artide 1 .

The Purposes of the U nited N ations areł 1. To maintain international peace and s& curity, md 'to thate;nd: to take effeC'tive oolleo- D,iennik U\!;taw Nr._ ---- _ ._- ---_ -23- - - - - - - - .

262 Poz. 90 ----------------------~------------ . -- - --- tive 'measures f.oT the prevention and l'emovalof threats to the peace, and ror the suppression of acts of aggression or other breaches of the peace, and to bring about by p~ac:eful mear:s, and in oonrormity with the pnnClples of JUstice and international law, adjustment or settlement of international disputes o rsituations which might lead to a breach of the peace;

Article 2The Organization and its Memb ers, in

pursuit of the Purpos'e5 st::ted in Artiele. 1, shall act in accordance wlth ' the folllowmg Principles.

CHAPTER II

MEMBERSHIP Artiele 3 The origin'l Members oOf the United N ations shall b e the states which, havingl participated in the Unite d Nations Conference oOn Inte rnational Orga nizatioOn at San Francisco, or having previousIy signed the Dedaratio!ll by United N ations oOf January 1, 1942, sign the pte s,e nt Charter and ratify it in acoordance wi th Artid e 110.

Article 41. Membe rship in the U nited N alions łS

oOpen to aU oOthe r peace-loving states which accept the oObligations containeó in the present Charter and , in the judgment oOf the 9rganizadon, are able and willing to carry oOut . these obIigations.

Artiele 5 A Member ot the United N ations against which preventive or enfoocement action has been taken by the Security Council may be suspended fl'om th e exe rcise of the rights and' privileges oOf membership by the Generał AssembIy uIJ'0n the r ecommendatiol1 oOf the Socurity Council. The exe rcis,e of these rig~ts and prixileges may be restored by the Secunty Oouncil.

Anide 6 A Member oOf the United Nations whicb has persistent1y v10lated the Principles contained in the pres ent C harter may be expeUe d' fmm th :~ Organiza'i on b y the General Assembly upon the reoomrnendatio n oOf the Security Council.

CHAPTER III

ORGANS

Article 7t. There are established as the prindpłll

organs of the United N ations: a Gen'e ral As,s embly, a Security Goundl, an Economią and Social Council, a Trusteeship Counsil~ an International Court oOf Jus tice , and a Secre· tariat.

Artide 8 The United Nations shali place no restriotiOlI1S 0il1 the eligibility ot men and women to Dzk.1llwk UlStaw Nr 23 -- 263 participate in auy capacityand under coOndi· tions of equality in its principal and subsidiary oO~gans.

CHAP TER IV THE GENERAL ASSEMBL \0 ClOmpositioll1

Article 91. The GeIl1eral Assembly shalll oons :st Qf

all the Me mbers oOf the United N ations.

Poz. 90 r~lO~endatilOn with regard to that' dispute or sltuatIOiIl unless the Security Couocil 50 requests.

Functions and PQwers

Article 10. The General Assembly may discuss any

questions oOr au)'" matrers within the scope oOf the present Charter lOr relating to ,he po wers and functions of any oOrgans provided flOr in the ptl'lesent Charter, and, except as provided in Artic1e 12, may maroe reoommendations to the Members oOf the Ull1ited Nations oOr tlO the St;curity Gouncil lOr to both lOn any ruch que. stloOnS oOr matters. o

Article 131. The General Assembly shalł initiate

studies and make rooomrnendations for the pllrpose 'Of: a. promoting international cooperation in the political field and encouraging the progressive deve10pment Qf internati'Onal law and itis oodification; b. promoting internatilOnal oooperation in the eooIlQmic, social, cultural, oouc atilOnal, and health fie1ds, and assisting in the realizatilOn Qf human rights and ' funArtide 11 damental fr:oodoms fur aU withQut distioc1. The General Assembly may CQllSlder the tilon as to race, s,ex, language, lOr religilOn. general principles IOf cooperatioOn:in the mainte2. The further J1eSpcmsibilities, functions~ ll1auce Qf internatiQnal peace a1ild security, in· duding the priocip1es glOverning disarmament . and p owers Qf the General Assembly with and the regutation oOf armaments, and may re sprect to matters mentiQned in paragraph l(b); make l'eoommendatilOns with re gard to such ablOve are set forth in Chapters IX and X. principles tlO the Members or to the Security Artic1e 14 .ClOuncil Alr to blOth.

Subjoct to the provisiOllls Df Articl~ 12, the 2. The General Assembly may discuss any General Ass, e mbly may rooommend measures . questions rela:ting to the main tenance oOf internadtmal pea ce and seourity · brought befoOre ror the p eaceful adjustment Qf any siruati'On, it by any Memher IOf the United NatilOns, Dr regardless 'Of lOrigin, which it deems liroely to by the Sec urity Gouncil, or by a staŁe which impair the ge neral welfare lOr friendly reI:ations is nlOt a Member Qf the United Nafi.ons in amon g nations, iocluding situati'Ons reslUlting acoordance with Attide 35, parag raph 2, and, horn a violation of the provis~oJls Qf the except as provided in Artide 12, may make present Charte'r setting rorth the Purposes reoommen dations with regard toO any soch que- and Prineipl es of the United Nations. stioll1s to the stare oOr states clOncerned lOr to the Artide 15 Seourity ClOuncil oOr toO both. Any Buch question 1.

The General Assembly shalli receive and Oin which actiQn is necessary shall be referred to th'e Security CQuncil by the General Ass,e m· oOJlsider annual and special reports frum the Security Conuncil; th'e se reports shall include bly either hefore lOr after discussiO!l1. an acoount IOf the measure s that the Security 3. The General Assembly may calli the ClOooeil has decided upon Dr taken to maintain attentilOn Df the Security CDuncil tQ sitJuaooll1s international peace and security. which are likely to e ndanger intqnatiQnal preace 2. The Generał Asse mbly shalll l'eceive and and se curity. oonside r re ports f110m the Qther organs IOf the . The powe rS Qf the General Assembly United" N ations. set f>orth in this ArticIe shall not l!imit the

Article 16

general sClOpe Qf Article 10.

The Gooeral Assembly shalll petform socli

Article 12

fUlI1Ctions with l1espect to the international tTus1. While the Security Council is exercising teeship system as are assigned to it ulIlder in respect of any dispute lOr situatioOn the me- Chapters XII and XIII, including the approval tiO!l1S assigned to it in the pres ent Charter, Qf the trusrereship agreements for ~ noa: the General Assembly shal~ nlOt ~ any designated as strategie. , _264

Article 171. TheGeiuf;ał Assembly shalI! oonsider

lt,I[ld appl10ve the budget IOf the Organizatio<n.

Voting Artide 18 1. Each member of the General Assembły ..hall have OIIl;e vote.

Article 19I A MelJ:l1.be f IOf the United Natio<ns which

Js in arrears in the paym:,ent of its financial IA.rticle 21 The Generał Assembly shaU adopt its OWA rules of prooedure. It shall eliect its Presidien~ fur each session.

Article 22The General Assembly may establish such:

subsidiary IOrgans as it deems necessary for the pedDrmance IQf its functions.

CHAPTER V

THE SECURITYi COUNCIL Compositil()n

Article 231. The Security Gouncil frhalI consist of

eleven Memhers of the U nited N ations. The Republic IOf China, France, the Union I()f SlOviet SDcialist R:epublics, the UlIlited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and the Umited States IOf America shall be pel'manent memhers IOf the Socurity ClOuncil. The Generał Assembly shalI el1ect six IOther Members IOf the United Natil()ns to be ll'Dn-permanent members of the Seourity Council, d'ue regard beingl specialIy paid, in the first instance to the oontribution of Members of the United Natiorrs to the maintena~ce lO! international peace and security and to the other p'llrposes of the Organization, and allso to equital1le geDgraphical d1stribution.

Article 20rrhe General Assembly shaH meet in

~lar rannuru sessj,QllS and in such specjal IeSsio!ns as occru;iOlIl · may require. SpeciaI tessiOlIl5 shali be COllvOlred by the SecretaryGeneralat the request o<f the Security Council ~r of a ,maioIrity of the Member:s IQf the UlIlited Na tiIoIlS,o FunctilOns and PQwers

Article 241. In 'Order tQ ensure prompt and effective

action by the United Nations, its Members oonf.er on the Socurity Council primary resplOlIlsibility fiDr the mam ten ance Qf internatiolIlal peace and seourity, and agree that in carrying1 out its duties under this responsibility the Security GDuncil acts on their behalf.

The specific pDwers granted to the Security CO'Uincil flOr the discharge of the::;e duties are laid down in Chapters VI, VII, VIII, and XII.

Article 25The Members of the Urnited Nations agree

' 1:0 aoceplt and carry out the decisio'lls of the Security CoU'ncil in accordance with the present Charter.

Article 26In order to promote the establishment and

maintenance of int,ernational peace and s eCllrlty with the 1east diversłon fl{)r armaments of the world's human and economic res ources, the Security Oouncil shall be r espo l1sible to r tormulating, with the assistance IOf the Military Staff Oommittee referred to in Article 47, pIans to be submitted tO' the Members of the United N ations for the establishment of a system flOr the I1egulatiOln ofarmaments. ' ~ I Poz. 90 ----~------------~----~~~ participa1le, without vOte, in the discussion of any question brought hero re the Seoority:

Oouncil whenev'e rthe latter clOllsiders ' tha,t: the interests of .that Member are specially] aHect,ed.

Artide 32 Any Membe r of the United NatilOns whichi is not a member of the Security Council or any state which is nlOt a Member of the Unitedl N ations, if it is a party to a dispute under eonsideradon by the Security Coundl, shall be invited to partidpate, withlOut vO'te, in the discussiou relating to the dispute. The SeclU'rity!

ClOuncil shall I'ay down such conditions as it deerns just ~or the ,p articipatiOln IOf a state which is ll:Ot a Memher of the United N atioll11S. • i I

CHAPTER VI

Votirng PAC,lFIC SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTES Artide 27.

Article 33

shall have orne wte. • 1. The parties to auy dispute r the conti2. Decisłollls (lf the Security Council on nuanoe of whkh is like1y to endanger th6

Each member of the Security Council shali for this purpose be r~presented at alltimes at the seat IOf the Organization.

Article 34

The Security Oouncil may iuvestigate any; dispute, or any situation which might le ad' to international friction or give rise to a d'isput,e, in order to determine whether the oontinuance IOf the dispute or situation is likely: toendange r the maintenance of international peaoe and security.

Article 30The 'Security Council shall adopt .its owo

rules of prooedure, induding the method of seleeting its President.

Article 351. Auy Memher 'o f the United Nations may!

bring allly dispute, or any situation of the nature I1efe rred to in Article 34, tO' the attention of the Security Council or of the Generał' ASi'embly.

Artide 31 AJuy Member IOf the United Nations which is ll1!Ot JI. , rneJPlbę'r ofthe Securi~y 'oouncil may 1. The SeK:urity Ooundl may, at any stagcw of a diswte of thie rnature refe,r:rel<l .. '. to i'II Artide 36 Dziif~nW. U~b'"

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Artiele 37 1. Should the parties to a disp~t'e of the nature referred to in Artic1e 33 faiI to settłe it by the me ans indicated in that Artide, they iShall refer it to the Security Council.

Article 41The Security Council may decide wha..t

measUJIes not mvolving !he use oI armed roxc.e are to be employed to giv,e effect to its dJecisions, and it may calI upOJn the Members of the Ul11.ited N ations to app1y such measures.

These may include oOJl1P~ete OT partial intecrruption of economi<: rdations and of rail, sea,; air, post al, telegraphic, radio, and other means of CQl11Jmunication, and the severance of dipło­ matie relatians.

Artic1e 42 Should the Security Council consider that measures P'l'ovided for in Article 41 W(>uld be inadequate or have proved to be' inadequate, it may take such aetion by air, sea, or land ~orces as may be necessary to maintain or restOl'e international peaoe and securiry. Such ac60n may include d1emollstrations, blockade" and 10ther operations by air; sea, or land forces of Members of the United Nations.

Artide 43 . 1. All Me:mbers of the United Nat~ons, in order to oontribute to the maintenanoe of internati'oj)al peace and security, undertake to make available · to the Security Coundl, on its call and in a·c cordanee with a special agreeArtide 38 ment or agreements, armed fiorces, assistanoe,' Without preJuilioe to the pr.oVlSIOns of and facilities, including rights of passage, ~rtides 33 to 37, thle Security Coup.cil may, necessary for the purpose of maintaining interif all the parties to any disput,e so request, national peaoe and security_ ma~e .l1eoommendations tlo the parties with a 2. Such agrecment or agreements shalI view to a poacific settlernent of -the disputie. govern the numbers and types of f.orces, their degree of readiness and generał vocation, and

CHAPTER VII

the nature of tłre faeilities and assstance 1<0 be ~CTION WITH RESPECT TO THREATS providoo.

IT O THE PEACE, BREACHES OF THE 3. The agreement or agreements shali be negotiated as ·s·o on as possible on the initiative p'EACE, AND ACTS OF AGGRESSION of the Se C'll rit y Council. They shaU be eonArtide 39 cluded between the Security COUl1Cil and MemThe Security Council shall detennine the bel1S or betw,een the S ecu rity Gouncil and! existeTIce of any threat to the pea<::e, breach groupls of Members and shall be subject to of the peace, or act of :;tggression and shali ratification by the signatory states in accormake recommendations, or decide what mea- danoe with their respective constitu tional prosures shalI he taken in accordance with Articles cesses.

Article 4441 and 42, tu maintain or restore ipternational

peace and security. ' When the Security Coundl has decided to use force it shall, before calling upon a MemArticle 40 ber not l'epresented on it to pro vide. armed In order to prevent an aggravation of the forces in fulfil1ment of fue obllgations as5umoo situation, the Seauity Coancil may, before under Artide 43, invite that Member, if the making the reoommendations or deciding uponl Men:ber 50 desires, tQ participate in the decithe measures provided for in Article 39, calI sions of the Security Council concerning the npon the parties con-cerned to comp1y with such employment of contingents of that Member's pt'Oyisional measures as U' deems necessary or armed forces. •

Article 45desnable. Such provisional measures shaU be

wit~,c:ut prejudice to the rights, claims, or In order to enable the United Nations to pOSltl~n oI the parties concerned_ The Security take urgent military measures, Membersshall Oouncil shaIl duJly t~e account oI failur'e to hołd immediately available national air-force CiQIIllply with sueh provisional me~llr'es. . oontingents for combined international enforce- Dziennik Uistaw Nr 23 ......

Poz. 00 267 ---~---------------~--------------------~~ ment aetion. The suen.gth and degree of readiness of the:se contingents and plans for thcir oombined act:Don shall be detemrined, within the limits laid · oown in tbe special agreement or agreements rererred to in Artide 43, by the Socurity Gouneil with tIle a5Sistance of the Military Staff Gommittee.

Artide 46 .

Plans lor the. appli.ca.tion of anned force shall he made by the Security Oouncil with the assistanee of the Military Staff Oommittee. •

Article 471. There shall be established a Mititary

Staff Oornmittee te advise and assrst the Security Ooondl on aU questions rełating to the Secuńty Councirs military requirements fur the maintenance of international peace and socu-rity, the employment and command of lioroes 'płaoed at its disposal, the regulat~on of armaments, and plO55ibIe disarmament. .

Artide 50 If preV'eDl.tive or enfuroement ~ures against any state are takem. by the Secuńty .

Co~, auy other staŁe. wbether a Member 011 the Unitted Nations or not, whieh finds its.elf confoonted willi special eoonomie problems ari.. sIDg from the carrying out of thos~ measures . shaIl have the right to cons·u lt the Securit:y!

Council with regard to a sDlution of thOSIJ probLems.

Artide 51 Ni()thing in the p~sent Charter shaIl irnpair the inherent right of individual ar oollectiV'e sclfdefense if an. armed attack OOCUI'Si ' against a Memher of the United .Natiorn~. until the Socurity Oouncil has takten the measures neeessary to IDaintain intemabonaI peaoe and security. Measul'e5 taken. IłY Members in the exercise of th~ right o.f seIfd.efense shall he irnmedi.ately reporred to the SecuritYi Oouncil and shalI oot in any way afiect the authority an-d l'esptonsibility of the SecuritYi Oouneil u'11<:kr the present Charter to take at any time such action as it deems necessary lU order to maintain or restore international peace and security. .

CHAPTER VIII

REGIONAL ARRANGEMENTS

Article 521. Nohing in tbe present Charter preclu&s

the ex~tence of regional arrangements ar ageil~ Cl~ for i:1!ealing with such mattJers relating tQ the maintenanoe ol international pteace andl s.enuity as are appoopriate for regionaI action., [l'l"'Ovided Wat SlJCh arrangem.en1:s or agencles ann lheir activities are oonsisteńt With tl'he Purposes and PrinciJp1es ol tne Uruted Nations.

Article 48

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268 S~iUlrity Oouncił,' with the exception ofmeasures agailn~t any enemy state, as defined in paragraph . 2 of this Artide, . provided for IPlU:rsuant . to. Artic1e 107 Ot hl regi!Oinal arr~ge' tnents directed agai!nst retiewal of aggressive !pOlicy on the part of any such state, untił s!Uch time as the Organi!zation may, on re' ąU'est of thle Governments OOIncerned, he char· 1geId with the I1espionsiJbility for preventing further aggressuon by such a state. .

CHAPTER IX

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMJC AND SOCJAL COOPERATION Artide 55 Witha view to the cr,eatuon of condidons ofstability and welI-heing which are necessary fur peacefuland friendły relati>o'llS among naI(j,ons bas,e d on I1espeet ror theprinciple ' of equal rights and sełf-ldleter:mination IOf poop};es, the United Nations shaIl promot,e : a. higher standars lof living, fulI emplloyment,and- oond'iltions . lOf eclOO1lomic and slo dal p1.1ogr,ess and deveLopn1<ent; b. solutions IOf int'e rnational eooulOil11k, :Slo dal, health~and l1elated p'robI1e ms; and liń.ternational cultural · and edltlJeatiOlna~ iC!010iplerat10n; and c. universal l1eSplOCt f.O'r, and ohservance IOf, hlUman rightls and fund ament al freeOKml!s fur aU withOlut distinetioill as to il"ooe, slex,- languag.e, o r rdigion.

Art1cle 56 'AU M.embers piLedge .themseI~es to take ~oint and separate act10111 in oooperatiol1 with Itl1'e Organizatiol1 :6or the aehievement of the purplOs-es !Set fort11 in Artide 5:>.

Artide 5'1, 1. The varioous spe~ialized agendeIS, estab· tished by intergovernmental agreemept and baving wide international respoHsibilities, as defined in their bask instruments, in economic, sodal, cultural, ecllucational!, h ealth, and related ifields, shall he bI1oU;ght intor-el!atiOillshipwith 'the United N ations in . aecordancre with the pl"OVlSlO'llS of . Artide 63. ' 2. Such agendes thus br,ought into :rela· tio:nship with the Unit,ed N ations are herein· abel" teferredto as spocialired agendes.

Artide ·58 The Organization shalI make recommendations for the ooordination . of the policies and aetivities of the specialized agencies.

Article 59

The Organ.itzation shall, where apprópriate'.,. initiate negotiajoas ;:mong the slates concerned for the creatiJon of ahy new specialized agencies requir,e d [,or the accomplishment of the pur:. poses set forth in Artide . 55.

Article 60Responsibility :6or the discharge of the

functions of the Organization set forth ilu this Chapt'e r 5ha11 he vested in the General Assem· bly and, under the authority of the Generał Ass,e mbly, im the Eoonomic and Social Coundl, which 5ha11 have for this purpose tm powe rs set forth in Chapter X.

CHAPTER X

THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIU Composi tion Artide 61 • 1. The EoonolIllic and Social Council shall c10nsist of eighteen Members of the UlIlited N ations elected by the General Assembly. , . 2. Subject to the p'rovisions of paragraph 3"

ISIX m embers of the Eoonomic and Sociał -.

Oouncil shalI he el1ected eaeh year for a tenn of three years. A retiring ' member shall be eligible for immediate r,e-'electioll.

Functions and Powe ·r s Artide 62 1. The Economic and Sodal Council ma YI make .or initiatre studies and reports with! r'esprect to international eoonomic, sodal, cultu· . raI, educational, health, ' and rdiated mattel'$ . and may make reoommendations with respect t'o any such matt'e rs to the General Assembly" to the Memhers of the United Nations, and to . the specialized agendes ooncerned.

Il"Ill('ĄS prescn'bekl' by thIe U:nited N ations, inter· natilOnal d:>n~ IOID. mattel"S falling withm. lU oompe'tJettloe. i . ' i

Article 63i

, 1. The EOOnornic, and Sodal CounciI may enter into agreemettlts with' any IOf thę agiemdes r,e:ł.ie!rl1oo to in Article 571, (JJefining th,e teItIl$ Pn wlUch the agency oouQemeld shall be brought inti() relationship with tlhe UlIlited Nations. Such! agl100rne:n ts shali be subj,o ct to approval by! th:e Ge:ne-ral Assemlbly. , 2. It may ooo·l1dinate tbie activities of tlle specialiZ1eld agencies th'rough oonsultariolll wiili and reoOmmenidations 'fi<> ~ch ag;endes aIIld through re.oommeindations to thle Geneml ~ssembly and to tbe M~bers IOf the United iNaoons.

Artide 64 1. The E.oo:nomic and Sodal Coundl ma)'i talie a:plprop~iatle step! to obtain regular reports bom tbie spocialiZIed agencies. It may make ar~. angemen.ts with the Memhers IOf the Ulllioocr iN ations and with tbe specialized agencies to IObtain replOrts on the steps taken to give effoot to its 1OW'll :moOlIl1lIllJe!Ilidatiffl1s and tQ l'eoommen· QatilOn& lOn matters falling within its oompetoo100, mad!e by tOO Generał Assembly.

Article 68The ECiOnomio and Sodał ClOunciI shaU

set up oommissions in eoonomic and soda! fiełds and. fur tbie pl'oouotion IOf human righm, and such IOther clQlUmissilOns as may be required for tbie per:ł.iormance of ińs funct1<OiI1'S.

Artide 69 I The Eoooornk and Soda! Cowcil shall invite any M<emher ef the UlIlited Natrons tn participate, without vone, in its deliberations OD any matter of partkular COIlcem to thałl Memibe:r.

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Article 70The Eoonomic and Socia! OOłll:IlCil may mabi

arrang,e ments for l'epres<entatives of thle speciał.. ized: a&1endes to partidpate, withlOU't VlO~ in i~ d;elibie.ratiOlI1s and in those of tbe oommiis:sions esta!blished hy it, and for itsrepres.entatives to participate in tbie diełiheratioo:s o'f the speciaJ.o ized agendes.

Artide 71 The Eoonomk and Soda! Council may make suitable arrangements f0r cO'J1JSUłt,ation witli illQngovernmental organizations wllich are eoncemed with matters within its oompetence.

Soch arrangem!ents may be made with international org.anizat101IlS and, whe'r e appl1Op'ria~ with national organizatiJOllls after oon:sultation with the Member of the United Nations oonoerned.

Article 72Artide 65

1.

The EclOnomic and Sodal Council shaU i The Eoonomic and Sodal Council ' may lurnish inrormatilOlIl 110 the Security COIUIl1cil . adopt its Qwn rules of procedure, . incktding: and shall assist the Socurity ClOundl uipon its the meth!Od of selecting its Presid!ent.

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2.1t may, WitJl the apprQva!' IOf the Gene- "

DECLARATION REGARDING raI Alss'e;mbly, perform services at tile reqUJeSt NO N -SELF -GOVERNING TERRITORIES of Members IOf the Unitoo - Nations and at .Artide 73 the req'\lest of specializ·eQ agencies.

I M'e;mbers lO! the United N atioIlS whicli 3. It shall perfiorm such other fuctio.ns l~ve .or assume responsibilities for the adas are specified elsewhere in the present ministration oi terri~ories whose peopl~ hav~ Charter or as may be assigned tx> it by the not )'let attained ' a fuIl measute of self-govel1IJ;4 General Ass-embly. meint r'ooognize. the principle that the mt<el'est91 of the inhabitants of these territlOr1es are parVoting . 1 amount, and aa;ept as a sacred trust -ilieI obligatio:n to p'romote to the utJlllIQst,' withilll

Article 67J

. tIle system of international peace aI\d security( I I 1. Each member IOf the Economic and established by the present Charter( th~ ~llJ Soda! Council shalE have one vote. being of the inhabitants of these terntones, 2. De<;.isians IOf the Economic -and Sodal and, to this end: . a. 00 el1sl1r-e, with due respect for the ClOundł shall be made by a majority of the culture of the peoples oonoemed, theili members present and voting. ,. ~ ~ Dziennik Ustaw Nr 23 270 IW. 90 ·· ----------------~--------------------------~--------------- politi.cal, eoo-nomic, sodal, and educationaJ b. to promote the political, e{;tOn.oil11ic~ advancement, their just treatment, and

Artiele 74 'b :; territor ies which may he detached Members Qf the United N atiolls a15.o agree from enem y statcs <liS a res u1t of {he ::eocnd that their policy in respec t Qf the territories to W ,o rld vVar ; a nd which this Chapter applies , no less . than in c. territl()ries voluntarily placed unde r r esp oct Qf their metropolitan areas, mU5t be the system by s tate s responsible fo r their based lOn the gene rał principle Qf good-neighadminis tr a tion. borlines$, due account · being taken Qf the in\ 2. It will be a matter for subs,e quent terests and well·being of the rest of the world, in social, eoooomic, and comm~ rcial matters. agreementas to which territories in the fo regoing categories will be brought under the trusteeship system and upon what terms.

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INTERNATIONAL TRUSTEESI-IIP.

Artide 78 SYSTEM The trusteeship s ystem shalI not apply to Artide 75 territories which have become Members Qf the The United N ation$ shall establish under United N atións , relatiQnship among whichshall łts alltbority an interna tional trusteeship s ystem be based on respect for the principle Qf ror the administration and supervision of such SIOvereign equality. rerritories as may be placed thereund~r by Artide 709 subsequent individual agl'eements. Th~ territodes are hereinafter refen-ed to as trust The tenmjS Qf trus teeship flOr each te rritory: terrirories. to be placed . under ~ trusteesI~ip system, ArticIe 76 including any alteration lOr amenclment, sl1aU The basic obj,octives Qf the trusteeship be agl'leed u<pon by the states direc tly eonsystem, in aooordanoe _with the PurplOiSeS of the cerneCl, inclUiding the mandatory power in t he Unit'Cd Natioos laid clown in Artic1e l Qf the case of 1lerritories held under mandate by a pres,e nt Charter, shali be:

Membe:r of the United Natio l1s, and silall a. tJO fur,the:x: i.Ilte;r,natiiQlIlal I*·ac~ and ~­ be ap'pTPved as provided for in Articles 83 and 85. 1 • c u.ri t y; req i _4 Dziennik Ustaw Nr 23 '"- 271 -- Poz. ,00 ------,--------------------------------------------------~~~~

Article 80may

l. Except as be agreed upon in individual trusteership agreement5, madie uiKlrer 'A rtkles 77, 7'9, and 81, placing each t crritory under the truste'e ship system, and un liL su ch agreen1!ents have boon ooncluded, nothing in this Chaptter 5halI be CQnstrued in lOr Qf itsclf to alter in any manner the rights whatsOever IOf any states or any peoples or the teIDls Qf existing in1'ernationał instruments to whkh Members of the United Nations may respectively be parties.

Article 82, Th1el"le may be uesignated, in any trusteeship agr-eement, a stra tegie area nr areas

which may include part or aU of the trust t<eeritQry to which the agreement awlieś, without prejlldice to auy special agreement lOr agr~nents macie .under Article 43. ..

Article 831. All functiollls I()f the Ulllived ' N adOlll's

relating to strategie areas, induc1ing tlle approval ' IOf the tenns of the trust'~eship agre" emellts and IOf their altera60n O'r amendment, shan be exercised by the Security Oouncil.

Article 84It shalI be the duty IOl the administering

autbority to ensure taht the trust territory 5hali play its part in the main ten ance IOf international peare and security. TO' this end the administe!"ing authority may, m.ake use Df V'Oklinteez: fu,reres, facilities, and assi.stance from the trust terrirory in carrying out tOO obligations t10. wards the Security Oouncil 'lmdertaken in this r,e gard by the administering authority, as weU as ':601r 10cal de:6ense and the maint:enanee lOt i law and order within the trust territory.

Artide ~

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THE TRUSTEESHIP COUNCIL' C 1ompo s i tio!ll

Article 861. The Trusteeship Council shaU oonsist

ol the foUowing Me:m:bel·S IOf the United NatilOllS: a. toose Members administedng tm5t terri tories ; b. such IOf those Mem'bem 'mentłoned by name in Article 23 as arie not administc;ring trust territories; and c. as many other Members elec1'ed for threeyear terms by the General Assem:bly; as may be necessary to ensure that the rotal numoor I()f membellS of the Trustee. $hip. COUIllCil is equally divided b'etween' those Members Qf the United Nadons which administer trUlSt territories and t110se which do not. ..

Functiolls and Powers

Article 87Thie Ge.neral Assemblyand, under its

authority, the Trus1'eeship Council, in carrying out their functions, may: a. oonsider replOrts suhmitted by the administering authority; b. acoept petitions and examine themin consultation with tOO administering autblOrity; c. p~ovide forperiodic visi1's to tIte res~ pective trust terri1'ories at tirnes agre(~d upon with the adminis1'ering authority; aud l "} .. .~.

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272 ~ __ . -'-_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _Po'Z. go oonditiJOnsbo be deter.min~d in each case b}'i the General Assembly upon tIle recommendatilOn of the Security Council. , d. take the.seaoo IOther actions in CiOiIlfonnity with the reImS IOf the trustees.h ip agrooments.

Artide 88 The Trustreship Coun~il shall foltnlt1'llate

Voting I 1. Each Member of the United Nations n'tldertalres fu oomply with the decision of the ]nter:natiO!llał Coart IOf Justice in any <.;ase to which it :i$ ~. party.

Artide 89 1. Eacll meJmb1e r of the Trq~teeship' :OouIndl shalI"have I()ne vote.

Article 95Artide 94

I 2. If any party to a case fails to perforrn ~ IObligations incumbent upOIIl it under a judgment rendered by the O:>art, the other: party may h~ve .1IepDurse to the Security Oo:uncil. which may, ' if it de~s necessary, make l'leCIommendations lOr dlecide upon measures to be talren ~o give effect to the judgment.

I Nothing in the pmsent Charter sha11 preVelI1t Members of the United N ations from e:ntrusting thre solution Ol their differ-ences to othe'r tribunais by virtue of agreements ah:eadyr . in existence er which may be cQnduded iJJl Artide 90 tbie future.

Artide 96 . l. The TX1,lSteeship ' Oouncil shall adopf fb Io:wn ru1es of prooed'ure, iincluding the I 1. The Generał As5embly lOr the Securit'y methiold oi selecting its President.

OOu'Ilcil may request the InternatiQnal Court Qf 2. Tbe Truateesbip OOUllCil shall meet as required maooordiance with its mIes, which Jqusticeto ghne an advisory lOp'inion on any; &hall includie p!Ilovision for the clOnvening Qf le'g al question.

Ploo.ting-s klin the requrest IOf a majority IOf its , 2. Otller IOrgans IOf the UlIliteJd Nadons and nremble!rs. speeialized agencies, which may at any timę Artide 91 be so authiOri'Zled by the Generał Assembly, may!

The T:rusteeship Oouncil sha11, when appl:o- also reqą:est advi.sory I()pinions IOf the Cl()urt liriate, av,a il itself oi fhe assistance of the on legał questions arising, within the scope Io~ their ,activiti~.

ĘCO'IlKlImic and Sociał ClOundl and of the speI cialized ag.encies in regard to mattets wit'h'

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which the;y aro respootively concern.ed. · Procedure 4 CHAPT:ER XIV THE INTERNATIONAL GOURT OF JUSTICE Articlte 92 .

The Inte.r natioiIal Ooart of Justice $ha11 be the prilIlcipal ju.!dicial IOrgan cI the Unite:d Natioos. lt shall funetron in accorclance with thC a11l1ltexed Statute, which' is basted upon the Statute IOf the Permanent Oourt IOf Internatignal Justioe and forms an irntegral part IOl .tIie prresent Charter.

Artide 93 1. Ali Membe,r s of the United Natrons are 'i~o facto partires to the StatUite IOf ~he ln1Jernati'o nal Court cf Justice.

Article 97. The Secretariat shall c-omprise a Secretary'"

Generał and such staff as the Organization ma)'l require. The Secretary-General shall be ap~ pointeid by the General Assemblyupon the rooommendation ot the Security COtlncił. He 5ha11 be tbie chief. administrative officer ci the Organi~ationo Artic1e 98 I The Secretary-General sha11 ad in that capacity in a11 meetings IOf the Generał Ass'embly, IOf the Security Coundl, IOf the Eoonomie and Social Council, and of the TrusteeshiR Coundl, and shall perfomn such other liun.ctions as are entrus1Jed to him b'y thes'e organs. The Secretary-General shall make an ann'll!al report 110 the Gerreral ASi.S~lll:bły on ~he WIOrk IOf tae Organizatioooo . -, , ,"

D 7.lenniJ{ Usta w Nr 23' I '-' 273 ArticLe 99 The Secrelary-General may bńng to the at ten tron IOf the Security Council any matter whkh in llis opńnion may threaten the maintenanoe of intJe.rnatiional peace and security. , Artide 100 i 1. In the perfiormance of their duties the Secl'etary-General and the staff shall not seek or receive instructioillS from any government Ol" [rom any IOther au thori t y external · to the Orgacization. They shall refrain haro , any actiO'll which might ref1ect on their position as international offióals responsible onl1y to ' the Organization. I , 2. Ea,ch Member of tlle Un~t,ed Nations u'ndertakesto respect tne exdusively international character of the re5ponsibilities of the Secretary-General and' the staff and not to seek to influence them in the discharge of their resp!Onsibilities. -, '., '; - i ~'I L, 'I-: :- l i I, I ' : . ;, ;. ,i \, Artl·cle 101 t. The staff shan be appiOinfed by the ~ Poz. 90 tio:ns und1e r the present Charter and their.

IObligations wnder any other inte rnational agree[ll,ent, their obligations under the present Charter shalI prevail. ' ' • Artiele 104 I The Organization shan enjlOy in the territory of ea·ch IOf its Members such legal eapad ty as may he necessary f'Or the exercise of its functions and tIle fulfil1ment l()f its purposes.

Artide lOS , 1. Th·e OrganizatiO!Il shall enjoy in t:he territory of each of its Members such privilege~ and immunities as al'ie necessaty fo.r the ful. fill,rnent ()f its p!Urposes. , I 2. Representatives of the Members IOf th~ United N atioJ;ls and IOfficials of the Organiza.: tion shall similarliy enjcy such p:rivi'lJe!ge5 and immunities as are tnece;;sary for the ind~ent exerdse ci their functi()fl1S in connectron with' the--Organizatl<oill. i 3. The General Assemhly may maIre recom-. mendations with a view to aetermlining the details IOf the awlicatiQn lOt paragraphsl and 2 Qf this Article lOr may propose convejl1tio!lSl to t:he Memoen cf the United Nadon$ tOli this purpose.

Seeretary-General unde r regulations established by tOO General Assembly. ! . : 2. Appl10priate staffs shall be pel1lllanently assi!ITlro -to the EOOllomic and Social Ooundl, the "'Trusteeship Council, and, 'as re quired , to lbtheT organs of tOO United N ations. These

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staffs sIlali fonn a partof the Secretariat. i 3. The paramJOl\lIIlt clOnsideratilOll in the TRANSITIONAL' SECURITYi ellnployment of tne staff and in the determina- , ARRANGEMENTS 't ion ofthe oonditions 'lOf seorvice shali be the ineces!Sity of securing the highest standards of Artide 106 efficie'ncy, oompetence, and integrity. Due regard shall be · paid to the importance . bil . Pending the ooming into force of sucH irecruiting the staff on as wide a geograplucal special agreernents referred to in ArtiClIe .43 as, basis as possi'ble. ią the opinion lOt the Sec:uri~y Council ..e!1~J:>le it to begin tOO exercise of 100 resptoil1s1b1ht.1es

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, un-der Article 42, the parties to the Four-Nauon: signed at Moscow, Octob!er 30,.

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS I ~ DeClaration, 1943, and France, shall,Jn accordanoo with the pl1Ovisions of paragraph 5 of that Declarat~oill.

ArtiCle 102 oonsult with ooe 3IlJdtherand as ocoaslon 1. Every treaty and every in tiematiottlal requires with other Memhers cf ~he Unitedl agreieme:nt elltered l11łJo by any MelmiOOr of the Nations with a view to soch Joint action lOn , U niteid N atiOiIls after the present Charter aomes behalf ol the Organization as may be neressary into force shali as 00Q!l1 as possible be registe,r ed for the pillIplOse of maintaining intemat~ with the Sec.r etariat and p!Ublished by it. f peaceand security. , ' 2. No party fu any such treaty or interna. tional agreement which has not boon r~gistere{1 Artide 107 in a,ccordance with theplrOvisions of paragraph l II ' NioithiiJrig in the 'Pitesent Cha~ter , shan ~f this Artide may invokle that treaty or agreinvalidate 1Oil" pweclude actiQll, in .relation to any: ~l.tbiefore any, ~rgan Iof the United Nations. sta1:!e; whkh du.r1ng ~ Sec~d World War. " has bJeie',n an renemy of any signatlOry to th~ Artkle 103 presetnt Charter, 'taken o.r authlOriZied as a ~ult In tOO ' event IQf a conflkt betWOOIl the of 'that war b'y the Goveriun,ent:s havln~ obligations cf the MeJl1ibe~ lOt the Uf1litęd Na- r,~WA'ibiUty. fo~ ~ a,c~ , . _. -, . ' . ' . \ .

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AMENDMENTS

Article 108•

Amenclments to the present Charter shall iOOme into fQroe fQr all Members of the Ulllit€d Natioos when they have been adopted by a vote of two thirds of the members of t})e General Assembly and ratified in acoordance with their res}ilective oonstitutional l',rocesses by two thirds cf the Members of the United N ations , inclucling all the permanent members of the SecurityCouncil.

Article 1091. A General Gonference 'Of the Memhers

'Of the United Nations . for the purpose of revi<ewing the present Charter may be hch:! at a date and place te be fixed by a tW00-thirds VlOte of the members 'Of the General Assembly and by a vote of any seven members ot the ~ecurity Gouocil. Each Member of the U nited iN ations shall have Gne vote in the conference.

I 2. Any alteratj,on of the present Charter rec{)lIIUllJencled by a two-thirds vote of the confererwe shall take effect when ratified in accordance with their respective constitutional processes by twe> thirds 'Of the Memhe rs of the United N ations including alI the permanent members of the Security Council. ' i 3. If such a confurelllce has not been held before the tenth annual sessi.on of the Gene ral A ssembly following th e co ming into fOI'ce of the pIlesent Charter, the proposal to calI such a conference shall be placed on the agenda of that session of the Generał Assembly, and ' ,the conference shall be held if 00 decided by a majority vote of the members of the General Assembly and by a vate Qf any seven member5 of the Securify Council.

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RATIFICATION AND SIGNATURE Artide 110 1. The pI1esent Charter shall be ratified by the signarory stares in accordance with their respective oonstitutional proces5es.

DONE at the city of San Francisco the twentysixth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and forty-five. I STATUTE Of THE INTERNATIONAL COURT Of JUSTICE

Article 1THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF

JUSTICE established by the Charter cf the United N ations ' as the prindpal judidal organ 01 the United N ations shall be constituted and shall fuoction in acoordance with the provlsions of the present Statute. r I

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ORGANIZATION OF THE COURT

Article 2. The Court ~hall be oornposed of a body

of mdepJendent Judges, elec.ted rega.~ 'of their nationality from among peJS,ons of high' mQral character, who possess the qualifications required in their respective oountries for appointmant tI9 the highest judicial offices, or are jurisconsults of recognized oompetenoe in international law.

Artide 3 I 1. The Court shalI oonsist of fifteen members, no two of whom may be' nafi.onals of the same state.

Article 41. The members of the Court shall be

elected. b y the General Ass embly and by the Security Council frQm a list of perSQns nominated by the national groups in the Permanent Gourt of Arbitration, in acoordance with the folloo\-.ing provisiQns.

Artide 5 1. At least threemonths befoOre tbie date of the el,ectioOn, the Secretary-General of the U nited N ations shall actqress a written requ es t to the members of the ' "Permanent Court of Arbitrat~on belonging to the states which are parties to the present S tatu cIe, and to the m emhers of the natDonal groups appoint,e d under Article 4, paragraph 2; inviting them to undertake, wit hi n a given tirne, by national g110ups, the nlOmłna tioOrt cif persons in a position tiO accept the duties of a member of the Court.

Artide 6 Bdo re making these nominations, each nadonal group is rocOlIIlmended t'O cOillsuIt its highest court of justice, its legal faoldties and schools of law, and its national academie.:;and national sections, of international academ1e$ devo tBd to the study of law.

Article 71. The Secretary·General shall prepare a

' li~t in alphabetical order oOf aJ[ the persoons thus nominated. Save as provided in Artide 12, paragraph 2, thes.e shall be the ónly IJIersoru eligible. , Poz. 90 2. The Secretary~General shall submit ~ list to the General AssembIy and to th'e Secu- . rity COUllCil. .,

Article 8l The General AssembIy and the Security

Coundl shall proceed independentlly of one another to eloct the member,;; of the Court.

Artide 9 At every electian, the eleoCtors shalF bear in mind not only that the p ersons to he elected should individ'llaHy po5socss the qouallifications requ~red, but also that in the hody as a whole the rep:r:esentatio[l of the main: forms of civilization andof ~e principal legal systems of the world shou1d be assured. .

Article 10I 1. ThoOse candidates who obtain an absolute

ma}ority of votes in the General ASSoCmlbly and in the Sec'llrity Council shall be considered 35. elected.

Article 121. li, after the third meeting, one or more

s'e ats still remain unfillled, a joint conference oonsisting of six memhers, three appointed ,by the General AssembIy and three by theSecuclty Coundl, may be formed at any time at the request of either the General AssembIy oOr ~he Security Counc il, for the purp05,e of choosl11g) by the vote of an ahsolute majority one name for each se at still va,c ant, to submit to the Gene rał Ass'embly and the Socurity Council for thcir respectiveacceptanoe.

276 ~ those lIllieIIllJb!ers of the Ccurt whJo hav,e a1readly 'bIoon electOO shalE, within a period !tJo be fixeld by the Secu-rity Council, Piroceeld ~ fiU the vacant seats by selecticn from among rthcse cand5Jdates who have obtained votes either im. the General Assembly or in 'the Security Ccl.lOCil. . .

Artkle 13 t. The members oi the Oourt shall be ~teId ror me years and may be ~e1etcted; provrilileid, blowever, that oi the judges docted at :ObJe first eiecticn, the rerms of-five judges J;hall expireat the end cf three years and the remns IOf five m(}re judges shall expire at the end IOf six years. . . 2. The judges whose terms .C\re tło expire at th:e end of the ooove-m[e!ntioned initiaJ. pericds of threle and six years shall be chiosen by lot to be drawu by the Secretary-General immediately after the first e1ection has boon P.OmJpleted.. .

Artiele 14 'I f Vacandes shall be fiUed by the sa~ methiod as that Iaid down for thle first election, fiubje.ct to the fcllQwing provision: the Secrelary-General shall, within one mQnth of lhe occurrence cf the vacancy, proceed to issue thle invitations provided for in Artiele 5, , and the datJe cf the electión shall be fixed by the Security 'CQuncil.

Article 15'A member cf the Court elected to replace

a memJbe r wbos'e term of office has lllct expired 5hall hold office for the ramainder of his ~SIOr'\S te11ITl. ' ~

Article 16l. No membeir of the Court may exercise

Mll political or adrninistrative functicn, or engag,e in any Qther OccwpatiOlIl of a profes- ' sional nature.

Artiele 17 , 1. NQ membe r of the Coprt mayact as agent, c:ounsel, o.J;"'.adv!OC,a te inany case. ........

Poz. 90, 2. No. meanber may partidpate in the tiecision of any caSie in wh'ich he has previou.sly: ta1ren part as agent, oounsel, Ol' advocate . fo.r one.Qi the I?'arties, or as a member cf a. n~tionaI or mternati(mal oourt, or uf a CQmmlSSl'o n ot enquiry, or in any cther capacity.

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Article 14)

The members of the Court; when engage<ł bn the business of the Court, shall enjQYI diplomatic priviIeges and immunities. ) Artkle 20 Every rnember cl the Court shall, before tamg up his duties, make a solemn dec1aration in open oourt that he will exercise U. .powe,r s impartially and conscientiously. ' .

Artiele 21 l. TheOourt shall.. elect its President and Vice-President for three years; they may be re-eleded. .

I 2. The Ccurt shall appoint its Registrar, and may poovide for thle appointrnent of such cther cfficers as may be necessary.

Artiele 22 1. The seat of the Court shalI be eStablished at The Hague. This, however, shall ' nQt prevent the Court from sitting and exercising its fUlIlctions elsewhere whenever thle Oourt oonsiders it desirable. , 2. The President and the Registrar shall reside at the seat of the Court.

Article 23,' l. The Oourt shall remain permanentI}'1

in session, except during the judicial vacations, the dates and du;ratiOlIl of which shalI be fixedJ by the Court.

Court.

Artide 24 1. U, for s.ome sptecial reas.on, a ttneinber of the C.ourt considers that he should not take part in the decision of a par'tkular case, he shalI SQ inf.orm the Pr,e sident.

Article 251. The fulI ' Gourt shalll sit except when

it is expressly provided o.therwis,e in the present Statute.

Artkle 26 1. The Court may horn time tQ time form one Qr more chambers, cQmposed .ot three Ol" m ore juclges as the CQurt may de te nnine, f.or dealing with particular categories ot cases; :lior e xample, labor cases and cases relating ,tlO transit and communicatioot1s.

The numb er .ot judges to constitrute such a chambe r shalI be detenn~ned by the Court with the approval o f the parties.

Artide 27 A judgment given by any of the' cham bers provided fQr in Articles 26 and 29 shalI be considered as rendered' by the Court.

Artide 28 The chambers provided :lior in ArticIes 26 and 29 may, with the consent of the parties, sit and exercise their functiQns elsewhere than at The Hague. ao

Article 29With a view to the speedy <lespatch of

business. tobe.Ooul1; ~lW1" fo.l1ll ~lfya ~ha.m.- .1

Artide 30 1. The Court sha11 frame rules f'Or carrying out its functiJons. In partiaular, it sha11 Ila}'1 d,own rules o.f prooedure.

I ' • Ar,ticIe 31 1. Judges of the nati'Onality of each ot the parties' shall retain their right t'O sit in dle case bdore the Oourt.

They shall take part in the decision on ternliS of cQmplete equality with their col/leagues.

Artiele 32 1. Each member of theCourt shall reoeive an annual salary.

Article 36

sation shall be fixed by the General Assemblly.

They may not be decreased during the term 1. The jurisdiction of the Gourt CQl11pris cs of offi,ce. all cases whieh theparties ~efer to it and aU 6. The salary of the Registrar shalI be matters specially provided fur in the Charter fixed by the General Assernbly Oon the p'l'Oposal , of the U nited N ations or in treaties and eonof the OÓurt. ventions in foroe.

The declarations referred to above may CHAP TER II be made unconditionally or on condition of reciprocity on the part of several or certain COMPETENCE OF THE COURT states, or for a eertain timc.

Artic1e 34 4. Such declarations shaU be deposited 1. Only states may be parties in cases with the Se cretary-General of the United N ations, who shall transmit oopies thereof tIQ the before tile Court. parties to the Statute and tlO the Registrar of 2. The Court, subj'c ct to and in conformity the Court. ' with its Rules,may request of pubIic interna5.

Declarations made under

Article 36ol

tional organizations inrormation I'elevant t iG, the Statute of the Permanent Court of Internacases bre:6ore it, and shali receive such inrorroation presented by such organizations on their tional Justice and which are still in force shalI be dee med, as between the partiets to own initiative.

Artiele 37

Article 35Whenev1er a treaty or oonvention in force

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PROCEDURE Artide 3'9 1. The official langua~es of the Court shall be Fl'ench and English. If the parties agre,e that the case shall be conduct,e d in French, the judgment shalI be deliver,ed in French. If the parties agree that the case shall be oonduct,e d in English, the judgrnent shalI be deliv,e red in English.

Artide 40 1. Cases are brought before the Court, as the case may he, either by the notifkation IOf the spedal agl'eement Ol' by a written applicanon addl'essed to the Registrar. In either case the su'bj,ect of the disp'llte and the partioesi shall be indkatle d.

Artide 41 1. The Court shal1 hav,e the power to indicate, if it considers that circumstances so requil'le, any provisional measures which ought 110 he taken to pręlierve the respe.ctive rights of either party.

Article 42I 1. Tohe parties shal1 be repvesented by!

agents.

Artide 43 1. The p l1QIoedluire Ishall OOIllsiJSt of tWlO parts, wdtt,en and oral.

Article 44l. FlÓr the servioe of alI notices upoIlI

persons other than the agents, oounsel, and! advocate s, the Court shall apply direct to the gov,ernment of the state upion wnose tleliritory the IlJotioe has to be served.

I ArtiCIe45 I The hearing shali be under the oontrol of the PresiJc1ent or, if he is unab1e to' presid'ei~ of the Vioe-President; if neither is a:ble to preside, the senio:r juJdJg.epl'lesent shali plOOSidJel.

Artide 46' The hearing iIl1 COUIt shall be publib) unless the Oourt sha.ll dle did e othe:rwise, lOr: unless the parties dJe,mand that the public be 11IOt admitted.

A:rtiicl~ 47 I 1. Minutes shall bIe made at each hearin~ and signed by the Registrar and the Presidlent. ' . 2. 'Jh~:e m.Uw:~ alonę ~hall beau:theAtlq. , " ~'k UlSmW Nr ,Z3 ' ';;';;;:, 280 ' ~

Article 48The Oourt shall make orders ror llie

o:mduct of the case, shall decide theform and time in whkh each party must conclude its arguments, and ma1re all arrang,ements oonnected with the taking of evidence.

Artic1e 56 I 1. The judgment shalI state the reas·ons on which it is based.

Article 57Ii the judgment does not represent in

woole or in part the unanimous opmlOn Qf the judges, any judge shall be entitled to deliver a seperate opinion. :

Article 49i The Court may, even before the hearing

Ibegins, call upon the agents to produce any document or to supply any explanations. FormaI note shall be taken of any refusal. !

Article 50The Court may, at any time, entrust any

!individual, body, bureau, commission, or other organization that it may seleet, with the task of earrying out an enquiry or giving an expert opmian.

Artide 51 \ . ( I During the hearing any relevant questions iare to be put to the wi,tpesses and experts t1nder the conditilOns laid down by the Court in ~he rules of.,procedure referred to in Article 30.

Artide 52 i ' lUter tbe Court has receiv·e d the proofs . land evidmce within the time specified for the purpose, it may l'efuse to accept any further oral or wńtten evidence that one party may desire to present unless the other side consem.ts. >.

Article 53.I!

i l. Whenever one of the parties does not lapipear before the Court, or fails to defend its case, the other party may caIl upon the Court to decidie in favor of its clairn.

Article 54- I l. When, subject tlO the control of 'the

Court, the agents, counseł, and advocates have oompleted their presentation of the case, the P~esident shall declare the hearing clIosed'.

Article 55I I

2 In the event of an equality oi votes, the Preside:nt or the judge who .acts in his Rlac~ Jihall have a ~ting v!O~~ I Article· 58 f , The judgment sha11 , be . signed by the President and by the Registrar. I t sha11 be read' in 0p'en court, due notice having been given to the agents.

Article 59The decision of the u>urt has no binding

force excep't between the parties and in relSp'ect of that particular case.

Artide 60 The judgment is final and without appeal.

In the event of disp'ute as to the meaning or ocope of the judgment, the u>urt shalI construe it upon the request of any party.

Article 61l. An application for revision of a judgmentmay be made only when it is based upon

the disc.overy oI some fact of such a nature as to be a decisive factor, which fact was, when the judgment was given, unknown tQ the Court and als.o t.o the party claiming1 revision, always provided that such ignorance was not due 1'0 negl~gence.

I i 3. The Court may require p'revious compliance with the terms of the judgment beforel it admits plr,oceedi~gs in revisiQn. • ! , 4. The applicati.on for revision must be made at latest within six months of the discovery of the new facto 5. No application for revision may be made after the lapse of ten years from the date of the judgment.

Artide 62 I 1. Shou~d a state consicller that it has au interetst Qf alegal 'Ilature which may be affected by the decision in the case, it may submit a ~equest to the Court to be pennitted :to inter;., Y~"

Dziennik Ustaw Nr 23 -" 281 2. I t shali be. for the CQurt to decide upon this request.

I

Article 631. Whenever the oonstruction. of a conventilon to which states Qther than those

ooncemed in the case are parties is in questi()n, the Registrar shall notify aU such statJes forthwith. , 2. Every stare sa notified has the right to . interv.erne in the p'roceedings; but if it uses this ńght, the oonstruction given by the judgment will be equaUy binding upon it.

Article 64

U nless otherwise decided by the Oourt, e~ch party shali bear · its Qwn OO5t5.

CHAPTER IV

ADVISORY OPINIONS

Article 651. The CQurt may gh-,e an adviSi()ry opinion

lOn any legaJ questi()n at the request ()f what,e ver b()dy may be authorired by lOr in accoroanoo with the Charter Qf · the United NatitOns ID rnake such a request.

Article 661. The Registrar shall furthwith give notice

IOf the request ror an advisory opinion to all states eiltiiled to appear before the Oourt.

Accordingly, the Registrar shall in due time oornmunicate any such written ·statements tlO states arid 'Organizations having subrnittieJdl similar statements.

Article 67The C'Ourt shalI delivel' its advisor~

opi.niQns in open oourt, notic'e havi~ b'een given to the Secretary-General and to th~ reptresentatives of Members of thle United NatiJons, of Qther s"tates and 'Of · in'teI1niatii'On:ałi 'Organizati'Ons immed'iately OO,l1CelUled.

Article 68In the exercise of its advisory runct10ns

the ClOU rt shali further be guided by th~ pl1Ovisions 'Of the present Statute which applYi in contentiQuscases t'O thę extent to which it reoognizes them to be applicah~. i l

CHAPTER V

AMENDMENTr

Article 69, I Amendments to the pTesent Statute shalI

be effected by the same procedul'e as is pl10vided by the Charter Qf the U nited N ations fur amendments to that Charter, subject however to any p1'ovisiQns which the Genera~ Asserribly upon recommendation of the Socuńty, C'Ouncil may ad()pt ooncerning the participation· Qf states whichare parties to the present" .

Statute but are n'Ot Members of the Unitled ' Nations.

Artide 70 i The CQurt shali ha VJe power t'O p110pose' soch amendments to the present Statute as. it may deem necessary, through wńtten clOmmurucations to the Secretary-General, for cou-. sideration in aOnfo()liffiity with the .provisiO!l1lSi Artide 69. - Dziennik . Ustaw Nr 23 ~ 282 Poz. 90 CHĄRTE DES NATIONS UNIES INOUS, PEUPLES DES NATIONS UNIES RESOLUS a preserver les generations fufures dfU fleau de la guerre qui deux fois en l'espace d 'une vie humaine a inflige a l'humanite d 'indicibles souffrances , a proclamer a nouveau no tre foi dans les droitls f.ondamentau x de l 'h omme, d ans la dignite et la valeurde J'a personne humaine, dans l'egalite de dmiJ;; d es h~mmes et des femmes, ainsi quedes nations, grand es et pztites, a creer les oonditions necessaires au maintien de la justice et du respect des obligations nees des traites et autres sources du droit international, a favoriser le pl'ogres sodal et instaurer de meilleures cond itions de vie dans uoe liberte plus grand e, ET A CES FINS a p'ratiquer la tolerance, a vivre en paix l'un avec l'autre dans un eSp'rit de borr voisinage, a u n],r nos f,orces pour maintenir la paix et la securite int'e r ilationales, a Clicoep'ter des pri.'lcipes et instituer des methodes zarantiss ant qu'il ue sera pas fait usage de la f.or : e des armes, sauf dans l'interet oommun, a r ecDu rir aux insti tutions int'e rnationales pour favoriser le prog res economique et sodal de to us les peupl'e s, ~VONS DEC IDE D'ASSO CIER NOS EFFORTS POUR R EALlSER CES DESSEINS En oorrsequenoe, nos Gouvernements ,r espectifs, par l'intermecliaire de leurs l'epres entants, reuini!S en la viHe de San Francisco, et munis de p'leins p'ouvoirs reconous en bonne et clue f,o rme, ont adopte la presente Charte des N ations U nics et etab lissent p ar les pres entes une Drganisation internatioaale qui prendra le nom cle N ations U ni es.

CH A PITRE I BUTS ET PRINCIPES Art:id~ 1 L es Buts des N ations U nies sont les SUlvants:

CHAP ITRE I I MEMBRES

Article 3Sont Membnes ongmaires des N atious

Unies Les Etats qui, ayant partiópe a la Gonference des Nations Unies pour l 'O rgams ation Internationale a San Francisco oru ayantanterieurement signe la Dedaratkm d es N atiol1JS Unies, en dat:e dru l-er janvier 1942, signent la presente Charte et la ratifient conformement a l'article 110.

Article 41. Peuvent dlevenir Membres des N ationsUniels tous autres Etats padfiqu es qui acceptent

les obligation;; .de la pres,e n te Charte e t, au jugement de l 'O rganis.ation, sont capaMes de les r'e mplir et disposes a le faire.

Article 5I i'

Un Membre de l'Organisation oontre lequel une action preventive ou coercitive a ele entr·eprise par le Gonseil de S eourite, peut etre suspendu par 1'Assemblee Generale, sur reoommandation du. Conseil de Securite, de l 'exe rcice d.es droits et privileges inherents Gl la qualite de Me:mbre . L'exer-cice de ces droits et privileges p eut etre retabli par le Conseil de Seourite. , !

CHAPITRE IV

ASSElVIBLEE GENERALE Composition Artide !9 1. L'Assemble'e, G enerale se compose de tous les M·embJ:1es d es Nations Unies.

Article 10L 'Assemblee Generale perut discute r toutes

q'llestions ou affaire.s rent rant d ans le cadro de la presente Charte ou se rappo rtant aux pouvoirs et f'0ncti-ons cle l'un quelconque des: organes preV'lls dans la p rese.nte Charte, et, sous res·e r ve cles disposit~ons de l' article 12, fOI1l11'Uler sur ces questions ou affaires des reoommandations aux Membres die l 'Organisa. tion des Nations Unies, 'au Conseil de Securite, o u aux lVI embres de l 'Organisation et au Conseil de Securite.

Article 11

l. L'Assemblee Generale peu t etudie r les, principe s generaux de coope ration pour le; maintien dle la paix e t d:e la securite interna .. t~onales, y ' c'0mpris les p-rincipes regissant le; d es armement et la reglementation des armements, et faire, sur ces principes" des r·ecommandati'0ns soit au ie Membres de l'Organisa ~ tion, soit au C'0ns,eil de S ecurite, soit . aUle Membres de l'Organisati'0n et au Conseil de Securite.

I 2. L 'As,s,emb l ć e Generale p eut discuter • Artide 6 routes -questions se rattachant au maintien de Si un Membre d,e l 'OrganisatiJon enfreint la paix et de la securite inte rnatio nales, clont de maniere p ersistan te les Principes enonces eUe aura ete saisie par l'une queloonque d es d ans la presente Chart-e, il p eru t et re exclu N ations Unies, o u par Je Conseil de S ec uri tć, de 1' Organisat~on par l'Assemblće Generale sur ou par un Etat qui n 'est pas Membre de l 'O rganisa t~on, conf'0rmement a'llX dispositions r ecommandation du Conseil de Securite. de l'artide 35, paragraphe 2, et, sous reserve

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de l 'artide 12, faire sur toutes questi ons d e ce OR GANES genre d es r ecommanclations soit a l 'Etat nU • aux Etats intć res s ć s , s'0it au Gons eil de

Article 71. 11 est c ree comme organes principaux S ecu rite, soit aux Etats et au Gonseil de

tle l 'O rganisation cl:es Nations Unies: une As - S ćcurit e . T'0ute question cle ce g enre qui ar· sembl ć e Generale, ,'lin Gons,e il de Securite, un . peUe uhe actiJon est r,envoyee au Con'3eil cle Securite par l' Assemblee Generale, avant ou Gonseil Economique e t Social,un Cons,eil de [ IT uteUe, une Gour Internationale de Ju stice apres cliscu ssion.

3.

L'Assem blee Generale peut attirer l,'attenet un Secretariat.

Article 12femmes, dans des oonditio.ns egales, a routes les

fonctio ns, dans ses organes principąux et sub· '. " ' l ..Tantque)e Con~il de . Securit6 rempiliJt; sidiaires, ,J'e,garq' : d~,~'Il:.'l' ~itferend ou d'une ~ituatiloll !

I a Dziennik UłStaw Nr 23 284 q'llelco~que, les fonctions . qui Iw . sont attribuees par la presente Charte, l' Assemblee Generale ne d.oit faire aucune recommandatiJcm sur 'c e diffćrend .oU cette situatilon, a moins que Ie C.onseil de Securite ne le lui! demande.

Poz. 90 des chapitres XII et XIII; entre allties, elle approuve les ~ooor<1s dJe Tutelle relatifs aux zones nQn desiignees comme 'r ones strategiqu::s.' Artid~ 17 1. L'Assembl6e Generale examine et ap. pI'OUve le budget dle l'Organisation.

Article 13V.ote

1.

ChaqUJe membre "de l'Asse.mblee Genea.develoP'P'er la cooperation internatilonale dans le cLomaine politique et encoura- rale dispose d 'uae VQix.

Article 14

L' Assemblee Generale etablit son regle- se:nte Charre.

Artic;:1e 26 ment interieur. Elle d esiJgne son Pn~sident pour chaq'llle session.

Afin de favoriser l'etabliJs'Sement et le

Article 22

maintien de la paix et de la soourite internat10nales en ne detoiU!rnant vers les a11Il1Jements.

L' Assemblee Generale peu.t creer les organes subsidiaiJres qU'el1e juge neoessail"'es a que le minimum des resSI(}U'roes humaimes et economiqUJes dit monde, le Gons,eil de Securi!te l',e xercice de ses foncti,ons. est charge, avec l'assistanoe diU Comite d'EtatMajor prevu a ParticIe 47, d' elaborer des plans

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qu:i seront soumis aux Membres de l'Organisa..

CONSEIL DE SECURITE uon en vue d'etablir un systetne de reglementa..

C'Omp'Ositi'On tion des annements. .

Article 23Vote

Membres de l'Organisation sont elus, a titre de 3. Les decisi'Ons du ConseiJl de Socurite sur. m'e mbres non permanents du Oonseil de Se- toutelS autres questions sont , prises par un cmite, par l' Assemblee Generale qui rient sp'e- vote affinrnatif de Sleiptt d!e ses memhres dans ' cialement oompte, 00 ptiemier lieu, clte la eon- lequiCl ront oomp'rises les voix de tous les tribution des Membl"es' die l'OrganisatLon au membre'S pe,p manents, etant entend/ll que, dangl, mai!ntien de la paix et de la seourite internatio- l es d eósions prilSes aUlX tel11Il1Je'S du chaplitre VI nales et au:x autre,s fins de l'Organisation, et et cliu praragrapihe 3 dJe l'artide 52, une partie . aUIs,si d'une rep'artitiJon geographique equitable. a un diff6rend s'abstient de vobert.

P roc ed~ure deux ans. Toutefois, lo'r s .n'e la premiere eleeArtide 28 ti'On des membre.s non permaments, trois se· 1.

Le Gonseil dJe Seourite est orgamlSe de r'Ont elus plOur une p'eriode d'un ano Les ' mem· maniere a piouvoir exe roer ses functiJoos en btes so rtants ne soot pas immediatement reeliJ· pennanenoe. A oet effet, ehaqUJe memhre du gibles.

Le Conseil die Secwrit6 peut oree.r les orgaoi 2. DaIlis l'acoompłis-sement de ces devoirs, re Conseil de Securite agh oonfonrnement aux nelS subsic1iaiJres qu'il jlU~ nec!essail"'es a l!e~err' dcę de s.es functions.

Buvs et Principes des NatiJons Un~es. Les pouvoirs spocifiqUJcs acool'des au Conseil dle SeArtide 30 purite ' pour lui permettre d'accomp'liJr /lesdits Dl..e Oonseil d\e Seourite 6tabliJt SOill regte,.;! devoirs slont definis auxchapitres VI, VII, ment interieUlr, dans lequel ił filce le morle VIII et XII. de d'esignation de oon. .President.

Tout Mem'hredJe l'Organisation quiJ n'est!

Artide 25 pas membre diu Cons,e il die Securit.e, ~t par-tkiper, sansdroirt: de vote, a la. d'lscU!sslon . d~ Les Memhres dJe l'Organisation oonvienn.ent d'acpepter et d'appliquer le~ decisi!ons du ttouŁe questilOn soumiseau CIDnseil die Secuinte, a • · Dzienru1c UlSfaw Nr 23 - 286' - chaque f~ que celni-ci estime que les intetets de ce Membre SQnt particulierement affectes. f:"

Artiele 32 Tout Membre dleS Natioons Unies qui! n'est pas membre du Conseil de Securite O'U tQut Etat qui n'est pas Membre des NatiQns Unies, s'il est partie a U!Il diHerend examine par le CQnseil de Seouńte, est oonvie a participer, sans droit de vote, aux discussrons relatives a ce differend. Le Conseil de Securite detennine les conditiO'ns qu'ill estime juste de mettre a la participatkm d'un Etat qui n'estpas Membre dle l'Organisation.

CHAPITRE VI

REGLEMENT PACIFIQUE DES DIFFERENDS

Article 331. Lesparties a toOttt differend dont la

prolongatiO'n est s'llsceptible de menacer le maintien de la paix et de la seourite internatiQnales, doiventen rechercher la solution, ~l.Vant tout, par voie de negociati:m, d 'enquete, rle mediation, de conciliation, d'arbitrage, de re· glenient judiciaire, de ~OCO'Ut1S aux organismes pU acoordls regiQIlaux, QU par d'autres moyens !padfiques de leur choilx.

Article 34Le CoIiseil de Socurite peut enqueter sur

tout differend O'U toute situatron qui pourrait entrainer Uln desacoord entre nations on engendrer' UlIl differend, afin de def te rmine r si la prolongation de re differe:nd OlU de cette situatilOn sem:ble devQir menacer le maintien ne la paioc et de la sooll'rite internatiQnales.

Artide 35 1. Tou1: M~bre dJe l'Organisation peut attirer l'atte:ntiQn du Conscil de Securite OlU (Je l' Assembl6e Generale sur uu differend O'U U!l1e situatiQn de la nature visee dans l'artic1e 34.

Article 36t.' Conse.il die S6curite peut, a tout mome!Ilt

ae l'evolubond'un differend de la nature men- tionn6e a l'article 33 ou d'une Slituation analo-" c' ' . Poz. 90 gue, reoommandier les procooures QU mćthodes d'ajustement appropri6es.

Artiele 37 1. Si les parties a un diffćrend de la nature rnentionnee a l'article 33 ne reussissent pas a le regler par les moyens indiques audit ar.. tiele, elles Je soumettent au Conseił de Sćcunte.

Artiele 38 Sans prejudice des dispositions des articles 33 a 37, le Conseil de Securite peut, si toutes les parties a un differend le demandent, faire des recommandations a celles,ci en vue d'un reglement pacifique de ce diiferend.

CHAPITRE VII

ACTION EN CAS DE MENACE CONTRtE LA PAIX, DE RUPTURE DE LA PAIX ET D'ACTE D'AGRESSION Artiele ·39 Le CQnseil . de Securite oonstate l'ex]stence d'une menaoe contre la paix, d'une rupture de la paix QU d'un acte d'agression et fait des re.commandations cu d6cide quelles meSUl'es seront prises oonformement aiUX article's 41 et 42 pour maintenir QU retablir la paix et la s6curite internationales..

Article 40

Afin d'empOCher la situation de s'aggraver, le COlllseil deSecurite, avant de faire les roclQIffimandatrons ou .de decider des mesUl-es a prendre conformement a l'article 39, peut inviter:

Les parties interelSSees a se oonfonner aUX mesures provisoires . qu'iJl juge necessaires ou · souhaitables. Ces mesures provisoires ne pre.. jugent en den les droits, les pretentions O'U la position des parties interessees. En cas de nQn exeautiO'n de ces mesures provisoires, le Conseil de S6curit6 tient dument oompte de cette dćfaillance.

Article 41

Le Conseil de Securite peut d6cider quelleg, IDeIS~r~ n'impliquant PAA l'epl,ploi de la foJ"(:.e -=---_ik_U_is_ta_w_N_r_23_',_ _- -___- -,_-_28'1_ '__-_ __ ~_--_ _ _ __'___ _ p():Z; 90 -=Dzieno=--=-' annee doivent ~tre prises pour d!onner effet - , aeriennes immediarement utilisables en vue de a ses d6cisions, et peUlt iIlviter les Membresdes NatiQn5 Unres a apptliqUJer ces mesures.

Celles-ci peuvent oomprendre l'interruptiton oomplete ou partieUedes relations 6oonomiques et des oommunications ferrovi!air~, maritimes, aeriennes, 'postales, teIegra.plhiques, radiio-electriques et des autres moyens de oommunicatioo. ainsi que la rupW're des re1ations diplomatiques.

Article 42Si le Conseil de Soourite estime que les

meSIUres ptrevues a l'article 41 seraient iiIladequates ou qu"elles se sont revel6e~ telles, i!l1peut entreprendre, ou moye:n <fu force'.) aeriennes, navales ou terrestres, toute action qu'il juge nocessaire au maintilein ou au retablissement de la paix_ et de la secuTite iiIltemationales.

Cett'e aqron pefUlt oomprendre des demonstrations, des mesunes de b19cus et d'autres operations executees par des rorces aeriennes, navales ou teTreStres de Membres des Nations Unies.

Article 43

2_ L'accord ou les aca>r<ls susvises fixeront les effoctifs et la nattl re de ces forces, lem degre de preparation et leur emplaoement general, aiusi que la nature des fadlites et de l'assis tance a fO'llrnir.

Aniele 44 Lorsque le Conseil de S6curite a d6cide de reoourir a la f'Orce, il doi!t, avant d"mviter un Membre non represente au Conseil a foumir des foroes armees en ex6cution des obligatrolOs oontractees en ve.rtu de l'article 43, oonvier ledit Membre, si oelui-ci le desire, a participer aux d6cisions du Conscil de Sćcurite touchant l'emploi de oontingent5 des forces' arrnees de ce Memhre..

Article 45Afin de permettre a l'OrganisatiJOn de

prendre d'urgence des mesures d'ordre militaire, des Membresdes Nations Umes maintiendront des oontingents nationaux de fux:ces l'exocution cOOlbinee d 'une action aoercitive intematinnale. Dans les limites prevues par. l'acoord special ou les aCOords speciaux mentionnes a l'articIe- 43, le Couseil de Securite avec l'aide d:u Gomite d'Etat-Major, f~e l'importanoe et le degre de preparation de ces contingelIlts et etablit des plans prevoyant ~r action combinee.

Article 46

Les plans pour l'emploi de laforce armee, sont etablis par le Conseil de Securi1:e avec l'aide du Gomite d'Etat-Major.

Article 471. n est etabli un Comitć d'Etat-Majol~

charge de oonseiller et d'assister le Conscil de Seourite pour tout ce qui concerne les moyens d'ordre militaire nOOessaires au Gonseil pouI" maintenir la paix et la securite internationales, l'empłoi et le commandement des forces mises a sa disposition, la reglementa li,:>D des armements . et le desarmement eventuel.

Artkle 48 1. Les mesures neces s aires a l'execution des d 6cisilOns du Conseił de Securite pour le mailIltien de la paix et de la sec'Ulrite iiIltoernatilO· nales sont prises par tous les Membres des N a-, tions Umes O'U certa~ns d'entre eux, selO!Il l'ap"

PTociation du Conseił.

Article 49Les Membres ~ Nations Unies s'asso'

cient powr se preter mutuellement assistance" dans l'exe.sutYln des mesures -arretees par lOt CiOnseil de SOCu:rite.

DzIennik UiStaw Nr 23 ,.

288 Artiele 50 Si un Etat est l'.obj,e t de mesures preventives .oU ooercitives prises par le Conseil de S 6curite, tout autre Etat, qu'il &O~t .oU non 'M embre des Nati.ons Unies, s'il1 se trouve en presence de diffioultes econo.rniques partkulie;r es dues a l'executi.on desdites mesures, a le dr;oit de c.on sulter le Conseil de Securhe au iSuje t de.la soluti.on de ces diff:i!cultes.

Artiele 51 Aucune disposi6on de la presente Chart e ne parte atteinte au droit naturel de legiltime d efense, indivildu :!Ue .oU oollective, dans le cas