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.

Observed surface forms (9)

Surface form	Occurrences
United Nations Charter	32
UN Charter	4
Article 97 of the Charter of the United Nations	1
Chapter IX: International Economic and Social Cooperation	1
Charter of the United Nations (through establishment of ICJ)	1
Charter of the United Nations Article 2	1
Charter of the United Nations in 1945	1
United Nations Charter 1945	1
United Nations Charter-based system	1

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 (105)

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

Article 50 of the United Nations Charter → adoptedWith → Charter of the United Nations ⓘ

this entity surface form: Charter of the United Nations in 1945

Statute of the International Court of Justice → adoptedWith → Charter of the United Nations ⓘ

UNOPS Executive Board → alignedWith → Charter of the United Nations ⓘ

this entity surface form: United Nations Charter

Charter of the United Nations → alsoKnownAs → Charter of the United Nations ⓘ

this entity surface form: UN Charter

Statute of the International Court of Justice → annexTo → 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

General Assembly resolution 2625 (XXV) on the Friendly Relations Declaration → basedOn → Charter of the United Nations ⓘ

subject surface form: General Assembly resolution 2625 (XXV)

International Bill of Human Rights → basedOn → Charter of the United Nations ⓘ

this entity surface form: United Nations Charter

United Nations General Assembly treaties → basedOn → Charter of the United Nations ⓘ

Universal Periodic Review mechanism → basedOn → Charter of the United Nations ⓘ

this entity surface form: United Nations Charter

United Nations system of international law → basedOnInstrument → Charter of the United Nations ⓘ

San Francisco Conference → cameIntoForceRelatedDocument → Charter of the United Nations ⓘ

this entity surface form: United Nations 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

UN → charterName → Charter of the United Nations ⓘ

Article 44 of the United Nations Charter → containedInDocument → Charter of the United Nations ⓘ

Military Staff Committee → createdBy → Charter of the United Nations ⓘ

President of the United Nations General Assembly → createdBy → Charter of the United Nations ⓘ

UNSC → createdBy → 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

Article 51 of the United Nations Charter → enteredIntoForceWith → Charter of the United Nations ⓘ

International Court of Justice → establishedBy → Charter of the United Nations ⓘ

President of the International Court of Justice → establishedBy → Charter of the United Nations ⓘ

Sixth Committee → establishedBy → Charter of the United Nations ⓘ

Trusteeship Council → establishedBy → Charter of the United Nations ⓘ

United Nations Economic and Social Council → establishedBy → Charter of the United Nations ⓘ

United Nations General Assembly → establishedBy → Charter of the United Nations ⓘ

GA → establishedBy → Charter of the United Nations ⓘ

subject surface form: United Nations General Assembly

UNTC → establishedBy → Charter of the United Nations ⓘ

subject surface form: United Nations Trusteeship Council

Electoral Assistance Division → follows → Charter of the United Nations ⓘ

this entity surface form: United Nations Charter

Peacebuilding Support Office → follows → Charter of the United Nations ⓘ

this entity surface form: United Nations Charter

UN regional commissions → follows → Charter of the United Nations ⓘ

this entity surface form: United Nations Charter

United Nations Secretariat → follows → Charter of the United Nations ⓘ

Secretariat → follows → Charter of the United Nations ⓘ

subject surface form: United Nations Secretariat

Member States of the United Nations → foundedBy → Charter of the United Nations ⓘ

this entity surface form: United Nations Charter

Africa II Division → governedBy → Charter of the United Nations ⓘ

this entity surface form: United Nations Charter

United Nations system → governedBy → 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 Development Assistance Frameworks → guidedBy → Charter of the United Nations ⓘ

subject surface form: United Nations Development Assistance Framework

this entity surface form: UN Charter

United Nations debates on children and armed conflict → guidedBy → Charter of the United Nations ⓘ

this entity surface form: United Nations Charter

United Nations development system → guidedBy → Charter of the United Nations ⓘ

this entity surface form: United Nations Charter

United Nations human rights system → guidedBy → Charter of the United Nations ⓘ

this entity surface form: UN Charter

Blue Helmets → hasLegalBasis → Charter of the United Nations ⓘ

this entity surface form: United Nations Charter

Member States of the United Nations → hasLegalBasis → Charter of the United Nations ⓘ

Second Committee (Economic and Financial) → hasMandateFrom → Charter of the United Nations ⓘ

Treaties of Mexico → hasPart → Charter of the United Nations ⓘ

this entity surface form: United Nations Charter

Treaties of the United Kingdom → hasPart → Charter of the United Nations ⓘ

this entity surface form: United Nations Charter 1945

Treaties of New Zealand → includes → Charter of the United Nations ⓘ

this entity surface form: United Nations Charter

United Nations system of international law → includesInstrument → 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

Covenant of the League of Nations → influenced → Charter of the United Nations ⓘ