Charter of the United Nations
The Charter of the United Nations (UN) is the founding treaty of the United Nations. It establishes the purpose, structure and framework of the UN system, including its main principles: the Secretariat, the General Assembly, the Security Council, the Economic and Social Council, the International Court of Justice, and the Trusteeship Council. The charter mandates the UN and its members to maintain international peace and security, uphold international law, achieve "higher standards of living" for their citizens, address "economic, social, health, and related problems", and promote "universal respect for, and observance of, human rights and fundamental freedoms for all without distinction as to race, sex, language, or religion".[1]
 UN Charter | |
| Drafted | 14 August 1941 |
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| Signed | 26 June 1945 |
| Location | San Francisco, California, United States |
| Effective | 24 October 1945 |
| Condition | Ratification by China, France, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, the United States and by a majority of the other signatory states. |
| Parties | 193 |
| Depositary | International |
| Languages | Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish |
 Charter of the United Nations at Wikisource | |
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Charter Of The United Nations Media
The United Nations Office at Geneva (Switzerland) is its second biggest centre after the UN headquarters in New York City.
Insignia appeared in the frontispiece of the charter, prototype of the current logo of the United Nations.
United States World War II poster containing the Preamble to the Charter of the United Nations
World War II poster with the first line of the Preamble, "We the peoples of the United Nations"
Roberts, Christopher N. J. "William H. Fitzpatrick's Editorials on Human Rights (1949)". www.geschichte-menschenrechte.de (in Deutsch). Retrieved 2025-03-07.
