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 XVIII → relatedToInstrument → Charter of the United Nations ⓘ

this entity surface form: United Nations Charter

Charter of the United Nations → shortName → Charter of the United Nations self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: UN Charter

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

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

Office of Peace Operations, Sanctions, and Counterterrorism → usesFramework → Charter of the United Nations ⓘ

this entity surface form: United Nations Charter