Charter of the United Nations

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constituent instrument of an international organization founding treaty multilateral treaty treaty

The Charter of the United Nations is the foundational treaty that established the UN, defining its purposes, principles, structure, and the framework for international peace and security.

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All labels observed (12)

Label Occurrences
Charter of the United Nations canonical 110
United Nations Charter 76
UN Charter 6

Statements (72)

Predicate Object
instanceOf constituent instrument of an international organization ⓘ
founding treaty ⓘ
multilateral treaty ⓘ
treaty ⓘ
adoptedOn 1945-06-26 ⓘ
allows collective security measures authorized by the Security Council ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Charter of the United Nations ⓘ
surface form: UN Charter
amended 1963 amendment expanding the Economic and Social Council ⓘ
1963 amendment expanding the Security Council ⓘ
1965 amendment on Security Council voting and membership ⓘ
1971 amendment on representation in the Security Council and ECOSOC ⓘ
1991 amendment on increasing ECOSOC membership ⓘ
articleCount 111 ⓘ
basisFor United Nations system of international law ⓘ
cameIntoForceOn 1945-10-24 ⓘ
chapter Chapter I: Purposes and Principles ⓘ
Chapter II: Membership ⓘ
Charter of the United Nations self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Chapter IX: International Economic and Social Cooperation

Chapter V: The Security Council ⓘ
Chapter VI: Pacific Settlement of Disputes ⓘ
Chapter VII: Action with Respect to Threats to the Peace, Breaches of the Peace, and Acts of Aggression ⓘ
Statute of the International Court of Justice ⓘ
surface form: Chapter XIV: The International Court of Justice
chapterCount 19 ⓘ
citation 1 UNTS XVI ⓘ
createdOrgan International Court of Justice ⓘ
United Nations Secretariat ⓘ
surface form: Office of the Secretary-General of the United Nations

United Nations Economic and Social Council ⓘ
United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
United Nations Secretariat ⓘ
United Nations Security Council ⓘ
Trusteeship Council ⓘ
surface form: United Nations Trusteeship Council
defines framework for international peace and security ⓘ
principles of the United Nations ⓘ
purposes of the United Nations ⓘ
structure of the United Nations ⓘ
depositary United States government ⓘ
surface form: Government of the United States of America
enteredIntoForceOn 1945-10-24 ⓘ
established United Nations ⓘ
governs functions and powers of UN principal organs ⓘ
membership in the United Nations ⓘ
hasPreamble Preamble of the Charter of the United Nations ⓘ
headquartersRelatedTo United Nations Headquarters ⓘ
surface form: United Nations Headquarters in New York City
language Arabic ⓘ
Chinese ⓘ
English ⓘ
French ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
legalStatus binding on all UN member states ⓘ
officialName Charter of the United Nations self-link ⓘ
preamblePhrase We the peoples of the United Nations ⓘ
prohibits threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state ⓘ
purpose to achieve international cooperation ⓘ
to be a center for harmonizing the actions of nations ⓘ
to develop friendly relations among nations ⓘ
to maintain international peace and security ⓘ
region worldwide ⓘ
requires members to settle international disputes by peaceful means ⓘ
shortName Charter of the United Nations self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: UN Charter
signedAt San Francisco ⓘ
signedAtConference San Francisco Conference ⓘ
surface form: United Nations Conference on International Organization
signedBy original 50 member states of the United Nations ⓘ
signedOn 1945-06-26 ⓘ
subjectMatter collective security ⓘ
cooperation among states ⓘ
decolonization ⓘ
human rights ⓘ
international economic and social cooperation ⓘ
international peace and security ⓘ
peaceful settlement of disputes ⓘ
trusteeship system ⓘ
use of force in international relations ⓘ

Referenced by (201)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

United Nations → legalDocument → Charter of the United Nations ⓘ
International Court of Justice → establishedBy → Charter of the United Nations ⓘ
Article 51 of the United Nations Charter → partOf → Charter of the United Nations ⓘ
Article 51 of the United Nations Charter → enteredIntoForceWith → Charter of the United Nations ⓘ
Charter of the United Nations → officialName → Charter of the United Nations self-link ⓘ
Charter of the United Nations → shortName → Charter of the United Nations self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: UN Charter
Charter of the United Nations → chapter → Charter of the United Nations self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chapter IX: International Economic and Social Cooperation
Charter of the United Nations → alsoKnownAs → Charter of the United Nations ⓘ
this entity surface form: UN Charter
United Nations Secretariat → follows → Charter of the United Nations ⓘ
United Nations Economic and Social Council → establishedBy → Charter of the United Nations ⓘ
Member States of the United Nations → foundedBy → Charter of the United Nations ⓘ
this entity surface form: United Nations Charter
Member States of the United Nations → hasLegalBasis → Charter of the United Nations ⓘ
Member States of the United Nations → areSubjectTo → Charter of the United Nations ⓘ
this entity surface form: Charter of the United Nations Article 2
Trusteeship Council → legalBasis → Charter of the United Nations ⓘ
Trusteeship Council → establishedBy → Charter of the United Nations ⓘ
San Francisco Conference → mainOutcome → Charter of the United Nations ⓘ
this entity surface form: United Nations Charter
San Francisco Conference → signedDocument → Charter of the United Nations ⓘ
San Francisco Conference → cameIntoForceRelatedDocument → Charter of the United Nations ⓘ
this entity surface form: United Nations Charter
Statute of the International Court of Justice → partOf → Charter of the United Nations ⓘ
Statute of the International Court of Justice → annexTo → Charter of the United Nations ⓘ
Statute of the International Court of Justice → adoptedWith → Charter of the United Nations ⓘ
Vice-President of the International Court of Justice → officeCreatedBy → Charter of the United Nations ⓘ
this entity surface form: Charter of the United Nations (through establishment of ICJ)
UN peacekeepers → legalBasis → Charter of the United Nations ⓘ
this entity surface form: United Nations Charter
Secretary-General of the United Nations → legalBasis → Charter of the United Nations ⓘ
Secretary-General of the United Nations → definedIn → Charter of the United Nations ⓘ
this entity surface form: Article 97 of the Charter of the United Nations
Resolution 260 A (III) → referenceTo → Charter of the United Nations ⓘ
United Nations General Assembly → establishedBy → Charter of the United Nations ⓘ
Atlantic Charter agreement → influenced → Charter of the United Nations ⓘ
subject surface form: Atlantic Charter
this entity surface form: United Nations Charter
Constitution of UNESCO → relatedTo → Charter of the United Nations ⓘ
United Nations system of international law → basedOnInstrument → Charter of the United Nations ⓘ
United Nations system of international law → includesInstrument → Charter of the United Nations ⓘ
Universal Periodic Review mechanism → basedOn → Charter of the United Nations ⓘ
this entity surface form: United Nations Charter
United Nations Security Council → legalBasis → Charter of the United Nations ⓘ
Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration process → guidedBy → Charter of the United Nations ⓘ
this entity surface form: United Nations Charter
United Nations delegates → mustComplyWith → Charter of the United Nations ⓘ
subject surface form: United Nations delegate
this entity surface form: United Nations Charter
Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter → partOf → Charter of the United Nations ⓘ
International Bill of Human Rights → basedOn → Charter of the United Nations ⓘ
this entity surface form: United Nations Charter
Covenant of the League of Nations → supersededBy → Charter of the United Nations ⓘ
Covenant of the League of Nations → influenced → Charter of the United Nations ⓘ
United Nations Commission on Human Rights → legalBasis → Charter of the United Nations ⓘ
this entity surface form: United Nations Charter
Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations → relatedTo → Charter of the United Nations ⓘ
UNTC → legalBasis → Charter of the United Nations ⓘ
subject surface form: United Nations Trusteeship Council
UNTC → establishedBy → Charter of the United Nations ⓘ
subject surface form: United Nations Trusteeship Council
United Nations system → governedBy → Charter of the United Nations ⓘ
Article XII → relatedInstrument → Charter of the United Nations ⓘ
subject surface form: Article XII of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
United Nations Human Rights Council → legalBasis → Charter of the United Nations ⓘ
General Assembly resolution 2625 (XXV) on the Friendly Relations Declaration → basedOn → Charter of the United Nations ⓘ
subject surface form: General Assembly resolution 2625 (XXV)
United Nations Development Assistance Frameworks → guidedBy → Charter of the United Nations ⓘ
subject surface form: United Nations Development Assistance Framework
this entity surface form: UN Charter
President of the International Court of Justice → establishedBy → Charter of the United Nations ⓘ
UN regional commissions → follows → Charter of the United Nations ⓘ
this entity surface form: United Nations Charter