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

DZIENNIK USTAW RZECZYPOSPOLITEJ POLSKIEJ Warszawa, dnia 6 marca 1947 r. • • UMOWY TREŚĆ: 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. 90 . 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; 2. To develop frien(ily reIations among ' nations based on res.pect roI" the pIinciple of equaI rights and self~dletermi:1ation of peoples, and to take other ąprproptnate measures toO strengthre!n universal peace; . 3. To achie ve international cooperation in .solving international problems oOf an economic, sodal, cultural, oOr humanitarian character, and ,in poomoting and encouraging respect for human rights and fior funclamental freedoms for aU without distinc tion as toO r ace, sex, lang uage, oOr religion; and 4. To be a ce nter for harmonizing the actions of nations in the attainment of tJhese common ends. Article 2 The Organization and its Memb ers, in pursuit of the Purpos'e5 st::ted in Artiele. 1, shall act in accordance wlth ' the folllowmg Principles. 1. The Organizati.ou is based on the principic of the ISOvereign equ'a lity oOt aU its Memhers. 2. AU Membe rs, in oOrde r toO ensure t'o aU of them the rights and benefits l'esultin,g f11()m mem be rship, shall fulfill in g>oocl falth the obligations assumed by them in aoco rclance with the present Charter. 3. AU Membe rs shall settle their in ternatiQll1al disputes by peaceful means in such a manner that inte rńational pe ace and security, 1l:nd justice, are not enclangered. 4. AU Members shaH refrain iń their in te rnational relations from the threat oOr use oOf furce against .the terril,1orial integ rity oOr political independence of any state, or in any oOther manuer inoonsiste nt with the Purposes oOf the United N ations. 5. AU Members shal~ give the ' United N atioIlS every assistance in any action it takes in acoo rd ance, with the present Charter, and shall refrain fl'om giving assistanoe to any state ag aIDs t which the United Nations is taking preventive oOr enfiorc ement ac tio!ll. 6. The Organization shaU ensure that states which are not Members of the United N atiJons act inaccord'ance with these 'PrincipIes SQ far as may be necessary forthe maintenance ot international peace and security. 7. Nothing coOntained in the present Charter shall authorire the United Nations ro intervene in matters which are essentially within the domestic jurisdictian of any state or shall requil'e the M~bers to subrnit such matters settlement under the present Chart!er; but this pIinciple shall noOt prejudice the applicatJilOlI1: oOf enforcement measul'es under Chapter VII. to 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 4 1. 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. 2. The admissio!ll oOf any such state to memb ership inthe United ~ations will be effected by a decisłcm oOf the General Assembl)'i upon the recommendation of the Security Oouncil. 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 7 t. 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. 2. Such subsidiary o rgans as may be fou.nd neoossary may be esta'bIished in acoordance with the present Charter. 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 9 1. The GeIl1eral Assembly shalll oons :st Qf all the Me mbers oOf the United N ations. 2. Each Member shall have .ll1ot mQre than five r:epresentatives in the General Assembly. Poz. 90 r~lO~endatilOn with regard to that' dispute or sltuatIOiIl unless the Security Couocil 50 requests. 2. The Sekretary-General, with the consent of the Security CoOu!lleil, shall n'Otify the General Ass,embly at each sessi,on of any matte ni . relative to,--the maintenance Qf inte rnational peaoe and security which are being dealt with by the Security ClOuncil and shall similarly notify the General Assembly, lOr the Members· Qf the Ulllited NatiQns if the General Assembly is ll10t in session, im,mediate-!y the Security Courncil c easesto de al with su ch matters. 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 13 1. 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 17 1. TheGeiuf;ał Assembly shalI! oonsider lt,I[ld appl10ve the budget IOf the Organizatio<n. 2. The expenses of the Organizatio<nshall be borne by the Memlbiers as appo<rtiolIloo by the GelIlerał Assembły. 3. The .Generał Assembly shaH consider and approv·e any financial and budg'etary arrangernents with spiedalized agencies referred to in :Artide 57 and shali examine the administrative budg,ets of such specialized agencies with a .view to makińg l'e~o<mme:ndations to the agencies concerned. Voting Artide 18 1. Each member of the General Assembły ..hall have OIIl;e vote. 2. DedsilOlIls of the General Assembly on fmpDrtant que:stio<ns shalI be made by a twothirds maj'Drity of the members present and VIOting. These questions shalI include: recomrneridations with respect to the maintenance of internatio<nal peace and security, the electron of the lIlon-pennanent members of the Security OOUlncil, the electiO!Il of the memhers of the EODnomic and SDdal ClOuncil, the elecdon of members of the Trusteeship ClOuncil in accord-anoe with paragraph l(ć) of Article 86, the adJmission IOf new Members to the United NatiOlIlS, the sUlspeillSion IOf the- rights and privileges of membership, the expulsvon of Members, questi,QllS relating tlO the IOperation of thetrusueeship system, andbudgetary qUlestions. 3. Dedslons lOn IOther questions, induding the d1ettellITlination of additional categ'Dries IOf que:suons to be decided by a two-thiI'ds majority, shalI be made by a majlOrity IOf the members pre5'eIIlt and voting. Article 19 I 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 22 The 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 23 1. 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. 2. The non-permanent membres of the Security Gouacil shali be ellected for a tenu I()f tWD Y'cars. In the first election of the nonpelimanent members, hrDwever, three shalI be choslelIl for a term of one year. A retiri"ng, member shall IIlOt be eligiblle flOr immediate ree1ection. 3. Each member IOf the Security ClOuncil shalI have one representatirve. i oontribUtiOIlS to the OrganizatilOlIl shall have nlO VIOOO in the General Assemhly if the amount of its anears equals Dr exoeeds the amlOunt of the oontributilOns due from it f'Dr the procedi!ng two fullyears. The General Assembly may, neverthele:ss, penmt s'll!ch a Member to vote ' if it is satisfied that the failure to pay is dJue to oondłtions beyonrl the oDntml of the Membe'r . • Article 20 rrhe 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 24 1. 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. 2. In discharging these duties the Security Council shalI act in accordance with the Purposesand Pril1ciples IOf the United Nations. 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. 3. The Security COUiIlcil shall submit ari.nual and, when n:'eoessary, special repD·r ts to the Ge!rreral Assembly fur itsąmsideration. • Dzien~ilć U ISfa \\ Nr 23 .. ~ 265' Article 25 The 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 26 In 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. 1. Each m~mber of the Sec urity Cou'llcil 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 • ~ural matters shali be made b y an affirma- main ten ance of international peace andsecurity. tive v10te of s'e ven m:embers. '" shan, first of aU, s'e ek a solution by negotiation. 3. Decisłollls of the Secu rity Council on ,aU enquiry, mediation, conciliation, arbitration, other matte rs shali be made by an affirmative judicial settlement, res ort to regilOnal agencies l vote ' of seve n members inc1uding the concur- or arrangements; or other peaceful means oii l :ring vDt,es of the p ermanent membęrs; provided their OWll. choice. that, in decisions under. Chapter VI, and under 2. The Security Coundl shall, when it !paragraph 3 of Artide 52, a party to a dispu t1e deems :necessary, calI upon ' the parties to shall abstain frlOm vo,t ing. l. sett1e their dispute by such means. i 1/ Procedure Artide 28 1. The Security Council shall be SI{) organized as to be ab1e to function oontinuolUsly. Each member of the Security Council shali for this purpose be r~presented at alltimes at the seat IOf the Organization. 2. The Security Oouncil shall hold p eriodic meeting s at which each of its members may. if it so desiresJ be repLI'esented by a member of the government or by slOme o!her specially designatlCld representative. , 3. The S ecurity ClOuncil may hlO1d l!J1e etings at such pIa,ces other than the seat of the Organization as in its judgment will h est facilitate its work. - Artide 29 The Security ClOuncil may es tabIish such subsidiary IOrgans as it deems necessary ~or the perfo m1anoe of its func tiODs , 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 30 The 'Security Council shall adopt .its owo rules of prooedure, induding the method of seleeting its President. Article 35 1. 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. 2. A state which is not a Memher of the United Nadons may briug to the attention of the Seourity ODuncil orof the General Assem~ bIy runy dispute to which it is a party if if a ccepts ] n advance, for the purposes of the dispute, the obligations of pacific settle nient provided in the present Charter. i 3. The p'J:1ooeedings of the General Assem.. bly in. re spect of matrers brought to its attentiom. unde'r this Artic1e ' will be subject to th6 pwvisions IOf Articles 11 and 12. 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'" Nr 23 _ _:..--_ _ _ _....... - .-=.2{j()::..;-=, _ _ -_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _~__ ~._~ Article 33 or of a situation ol liloo nature, rooomanend appropriate procedures or methiods of ad justment. • 2. The Security Coundl should take lnt-o ooruideration any proóedures for the settlement of the dispute which have already been adopted by the parties. 3. In making rec~[ldations Wlder this :Artiele the Security Council should allso take roto oonsideration that legał disputes should as a generał role be referred by the poarties to the International Court of Justice in acoordance with the pI'ovisions of the Statute of the CQurt. 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. 2. Ii the Security Goundl deems that the oo:ntinuance or the dispillte is in faet likely tJo endanger the maint,e nance of internatinal pea.ce and security, it shall decide whether to take action under Artic1e 36 or to recOlillmend such tenns of settlement as it· may e011sid'er appropriate. Article 41 The 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 44 . 41 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 45 desnable. 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 47 1. 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. . 2. The Military Staff Gommittee shall oonsist of the Chiefs of Staff of the pennanent r:nembrers of the Security Couneil or their refl'r;(~entatives. Any Member of the United ;Nations not permalll:'Atly represooted on the Cumnittee shall be invited by the Committree 1:10 be associated with it w hen the efficient discharge of the Oommittee's responsibilities r'e quires the participation of that Mem:ber in its work. 3. The Military Staff Committee shall he responsible unc1er the Security COilllCil for the strategie diroction of any anned rorces p~aced at the disposaI of the Security CQnneil. Questions 1"elating to the oommand of such fiorces shall be wor~ed out subsequent1y. 4. The Military Staff Committee, with the authorizatio'il of th'e Security Coundl and after oonsultatiJon with appropriate regional agendes, may establish r'e gional subcoIl}mittees. 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 52 1. 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. 2. The Merribers lÓf tlle Uriited Natrons enteIing into sucb arrangeme:nts . or oonstitu~ ting sUrch a.geneies shall ma1re every effiort to aebieve pacific settleme:nt of local dispc.'t,e~ thmugh such regional arrangements or by sueh regional ageneiJes bdore referring them to the Seeurity Counci!l. 3. The Seou·rity Oouncil shan enoourag e the development of paci:fie settlement of local disputes througb sueh regiKmal arran~nt9 or by su.eh J1egional agencies either on the ·ini.. tiat~v' e of the sta1Jes ooncerned ar by referenee fmm the SecU!rity Oouncil. 4. This Artide in no way impairs thet applkatlJon of Articles 34 and 35. Article 48 .. 1. The ClJet~on re qui red to carry out the docisłons of the &Curity Council for the maintenance i()f international peace and security shall be taken by al) the Members of the Unit!ed Nations or by some of them, as the ~' ocuńty Couocil may deteTffiine. 2. Such decisions shallbe carried out by the Memhers of the United NatiOns directly and through their action in the awropriate international ' agencies of which they are Artic1e 53 members. l. Tbe Seculrity Coundl shalI, where aplArtide 49 pil.1Opriate, utilwe such r1egional arrangements' The Members of the Unit'e d NatiPns !hall Olr agendes ~or enfioroement aetIDn under its shall b8 join in affording mutual ass istanceiu carrying authł{)rity. But no en~oroement out the measures decided upon by the Sec.urity . ta!{en UIIlder regional arrangeme:nts or by regioCoo.ncil.. nalagencies witbout the authorization of thicf a.ctiJon Dzi.ennik Ulstaw Nr 2) ~ Poz. gO :" 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. . 2. The term enemy state as us,e d in paragr:apih 1 IOf this Artkle applies to any state twhkh during tile Seoond W.orld War has heen an enemy of any signavO'ry of the present Charter~ Artide 54 The Seemity Counc:iJl shali at alI times be. kept f,u'lly informed of aedvities undertaken lOr in oont:elmpłatilOOl under re,guonal arrang,ements or by region al agendes for tble main telIlanoe of internatiJonaI peace and seeU'rity. 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 60 Responsibility :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. 3. At th:e first e1ectuoillJ eighteen mernbers of the Eoonomic and Sodal Oouneil sl1aH he chos,eill. The term of office oE six memhers Si() chos'e n sha11 exprireat the end of one year, and oE six other members at the end of two years, in aeoordanee with arrangetnents made b y the General Assem'bly. 4. Each memher of the E conomic and S,oóal Oouncil shall' l1ave one representative. 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. 2. It may make reoQV1mendations for the p'tHpose of promoting respect, ~ox" and observanoe of, human r:i:ghts aiid .' fundamentaJ! freed<oms for a11. 3. It may prepare draft oonventirons roll . sr hll1ission to the . Generał Assembly, With relSpeet to matters fj!..lling within itsClOtlfipetence.-· • '. , • r pZleooik Usfaw Nr 23 ,~ 26'9 4. It may Qall, in accordanoe with )the; 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 63 i , 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. 2. It may communicate its observadons !>u these .repo·r ts to tlle Genera! Assembly. ! -- Poz. 00 Procedure Article 68 The 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. I Article 70 The 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 72 Artide 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. 2. The EO()lnl()[I1ic and Sodal Council shall request. meet as required in aooo,rdance with its rules, Artkle 66 which shan include provision for the converung i 1. The Economic and Sodal Council sha1ł ofmeetings on. the request of a majod.ty ot periiorm sum functions as faU within its com- its members. ' ptet!ence in connection with the carrying out of the recornm.endatilOTI:S of the Generał As'Sembly. CHAPTER XI 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 - social, and educational advancement of their protection against abus es ; the inhabitants of the trust territories, and their ptl'1Ogressive develQpment towards b. to develop self,governm ent, 00 take ~ue aooount of the political aspiratiQns Qf self-g1overnment o'r independence as may! he appl'1Opriate 00 the particular circumthe peoples, and to assist them in the progressive development Qf their free postanoes of each tlerritory and its peoples and the freely expressed wishes Qf the litical institutiQIl5, according 00 the particular circums tances I()f eClich territory and peoples conce rned, and as may be provided its peoples and their varying stag es Qf by the rerms of each trusteeship agreement; advaIlCetnoe!Ilt; c. 00 encourage r espect for human rights c. to further international peace and se· iCU.rity; . and for fundament al fl'eedol!ls ror aU without diistinction as to race, sex, land. to promote construc tive measures Qf guage, or religion, and to enoourage re1 Qe velopment, to enoourag e reSeal'Cll, and cognition Qf the interdependence of the to oooper ate with Qne another and, when peoples Qf the world; and and . where appropriate, with spedalized international bodies with a view 00 the d. · to ensure equal trea tment in sodal, practical achievement Qf the sodal, ecoeoonomic, and comme rciaI matters for aU ll<lIllic, and scientific purposes set rorth in Memhers Qf the United Nations and their this Article; and nationals, a nd also equal treatment flOr the e. 00 transmit regularly tQ the Sec retarylatter in the administration of jus tice , General flOr infl() rmation pu rposes, subject without pr·ejuuice to the attainment of the fure going Qbjec tives and subj10ct to to su..:h limi tatil()n as securitv and costitut~l()· tIle proovisions Qf Artic1e80. nal oonsiderations may uire , s tatistical and Qther ilTlfo rma tiQn Qf a technical nature f\rtide 7'7 relating to economic, social, and educational conditioDs in the territories for which 1. The trustees hip system sbaU apply to theyare l'espective1y responsible other such te rritories in th e foUowing categories as than those territories 00 which Chapters may he placed the reunder by means Qf truXII and XIII apply. steeship agreements: a. territories nQW h eld under mandate; 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$, due account · being taken Qf the in\ 2. It will be a matter for subs,e quent terests and well·being of the rest of the world, in social, eoooomic, and comm~ rcial matters. agreementas to which territories in the fo regoing categories will be brought under the trusteeship system and upon what terms. CHAPTER XII INTERNATIONAL TRUSTEESI-IIP. Artide 78 SYSTEM The trusteeship s ystem shalI not apply to Artide 75 territories which have become Members Qf the The United N ation$ 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 80 may 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. 2. Paragraph 1 of this Article shall not be interpreted as giving gl'Ouodis for delay or postponernent -o f the negotiation and oonciulSion IOf agreements for placing mandated and other territ1o'r ies under the trusteeship system as provided ,for in Artide 77. , Article 81 ! The trus~hip agreeme:ntshall in eaeh case include the tenns / und~r which the trust terri!tlOry will be administered and designate the authority which will exercise the awministration IOf the trust territio ry. Such authority, hereinafter eaUed the administering authority, may h e IOne lOr :m ore states lOr the Organization i s ~lf. 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 83 1. 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. 2. The basic I()bj,e ctives set f()rth in Article ~16 shali be applicab1e to the people of eaeh straregk area. 3. The Security CQuncil shalI, subje~t to tpe p'~visitOns ?f .the truste~ship a~re,~e;nts and WlthO'tlt pI'eJudloe bo Isecur!ty cons1deratlJon:s, avail itself IOf the assistanroo I()f the Truste'e ship Crouncil 1,10 perEorin those fUiIletions IOf the United Nations under the trusteeship system relatiJng tQ piolitical, ecQnomic, social, and educatilOnal matters in the strategie areas. Article 84 It 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 ~ • I 1. The functions of the United Nations with Tegard tO' trusteeship agrooments fur all ar,e as not dresignated as strategic, including the approval I(}f the tJeIDls, lOf the trusteeship agreelITi!Em.ts and IOf their alteration or a:mendtment. shali be eX'ercised by the General Asslerrnbliy. 2. The Trust,eeship Cl()ullcil, lOperating under the authority of the Generał Ass1embly, shaU assist the Gene'r al A:S's'emblly in carrying out !these.luetilOns. " .; ! CHAPTER XIII THE TRUSTEESHIP COUNCIL' C 1ompo s i tio!ll Article 86 1. 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. $hip. COUIllCil is equally divided b'etween' those Members Qf the United Nadons which administer trUlSt territories and t110se which do not. .. 2. Each member I(}f the TrusteeShip Council sh'a li G100ignate one spedaUy qualifi.ed perSIOIl t1Q .,repl1l(sent iJt therein. Functiolls and Powers Article 87 Thie Ge.neral Assemblyand, under its authority, the Trus1'eeship Council, in carrying out their functions, may: a. oonsider replOrts suhmitted by the administering authority; b. acoept petitions and examine themin consultation with tOO administering autblOrity; c. p~ovide forperiodic visi1's to tIte res~ pective trust terri1'ories at tirnes agre(~d upon with the adminis1'ering authority; aud l "} .. .~. Dziennik U staw Nr 23 . > I.-,;; . . 272 ~ __ . -'-_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _Po'Z. go oonditiJOnsbo be deter.min~d in each case b}'i the General Assembly upon tIle recommendatilOn of the Security Council. , d. take the.seaoo IOther actions in CiOiIlfonnity with the reImS IOf the trustees.h ip agrooments. Artide 88 The Trustreship Coun~il shall foltnlt1'llate • questiO'Ilillaire on. the piolitical, eoonlOllllic,. rocial, and ed.ucational advanoement vi the inhabitants IOf each trust territory, and the adminisrering authority for each trust territory within the tOompetence IOf the Generał Assembly I&hall malre an annuał report to the Gene,r a' ~sembly 'UlpIOn the . basis of such questron: naire. Voting I 1. Each Member of the United Nations n'tldertalres fu oomply with the decision of the ]nter:natiO!llał Coart IOf Justice in any <.;ase to which it :i$ ~. party. Artide 89 1. Eacll meJmb1e r of the Trq~teeship' :OouIndl shalI"have I()ne vote. 2. Decisions IOf tble Tru:steeship COUlIlcil .hall be made by a majority of the mem'oors presettlt and vo.t ing. Article 95 Artide 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' CHAPTER XV: 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. 2. A s tate which is nIQt a Member IOf t'he United NatiolIls may hecome a party to the Statute IOf tlre Intemational Court IOf ]UJSticę lO'll THE SECRETARIAT 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 CHAPTER XVII 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 CHAPTER XVI , 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~ , . _. -, . ' . ' . \ . I .' Poz.9Q Dzier.nTh: Uistaw Nr 23 CHAPTER XVIII 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 109 1. 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. CHAPTER XIX RATIFICATION AND SIGNATURE Artide 110 1. The pI1esent Charter shall be ratified by the signarory stares in accordance with their respective oonstitutional proces5es. 2. The ratifications shall be d~positeid with the Government of the United Stares of Amedca, which shall notify aU thesignatory state3 of each deposit as well as the Secretary-GeneraI of the Organization when he has been appointed. 3. The present Charter shall come into furce upon the deposit of ratificadons by the Rep'llblic of China, France, the Union- of Soviet Socialis't Republics, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and the United States ef America, and by a majo rit y ef the other signatory states. A protoool of the ratilfications deposited shall thereupon be clrawn up by the Government of the United States of Ame rica which shalI communicate OOlyies thereDf to all the signatory states. 4. The states signatory ro the present Charte r which ratify it after it has ()(!)me into force will beoome original Members of the U ni ted N ati.ons on the date of the deposit of their respective ratifications. ' Artide 111 The present Charter, ef which the Chinese, French, Russian, English, and Spanish texts are equally authen tic, shaU remain deposite d in the archives of the Government (li the United Staves of America. Dulycertified copie.s theroof shall be transmitted ~y that QQvemment t<> the Governments of the other signatf …