Article 23 of the United Nations Charter

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article of an international treaty

Article 23 of the United Nations Charter is the provision that defines the composition and election of the members of the UN Security Council, including the distinction between permanent and non-permanent members.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	article of an international treaty ⓘ
amendmentEffectiveDate	1965-08-31 ⓘ
appliesTo	United Nations Security Council NERFINISHED ⓘ
assignsResponsibilityTo	United Nations General Assembly NERFINISHED ⓘ
basisFor	regional allocation of non-permanent seats on the United Nations Security Council ⓘ
category	United Nations Charter provisions on Security Council NERFINISHED ⓘ
chapter	Chapter V ⓘ
citedAs	Article 23 UN Charter NERFINISHED ⓘ
concerns	structure of principal organ of the United Nations ⓘ
currentlySpecifiesNumberOfMembers	15 ⓘ
currentlySpecifiesNumberOfNonPermanentMembers	10 ⓘ
defines	composition of the United Nations Security Council ⓘ membership of the United Nations Security Council ⓘ number of members of the United Nations Security Council ⓘ
distinguishes	non-permanent members of the United Nations Security Council ⓘ permanent members of the United Nations Security Council ⓘ
enteredIntoForceWithCharter	1945-10-24 ⓘ
for	election of non-permanent members of the United Nations Security Council ⓘ
governs	election of non-permanent members of the United Nations Security Council ⓘ
hasLegalEffectOn	membership structure of the United Nations Security Council ⓘ
jurisdiction	United Nations NERFINISHED ⓘ
language	Chinese ⓘ English ⓘ French ⓘ Russian ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
legalSystem	international law ⓘ
organRegulated	Security Council NERFINISHED ⓘ
originallySpecifiedNumberOfMembers	11 ⓘ
originallySpecifiedNumberOfNonPermanentMembers	6 ⓘ
partOf	Charter of the United Nations NERFINISHED ⓘ
permanentMembersMentioned	China NERFINISHED ⓘ France NERFINISHED ⓘ Union of Soviet Socialist Republics NERFINISHED ⓘ United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo	Article 24 of the United Nations Charter NERFINISHED ⓘ Article 27 of the United Nations Charter NERFINISHED ⓘ Chapter V of the United Nations Charter NERFINISHED ⓘ
requires	due regard to contribution of Members of the United Nations to the maintenance of international peace and security ⓘ due regard to equitable geographical distribution ⓘ
specifies	five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council ⓘ number of non-permanent members of the United Nations Security Council ⓘ
states	The Republic of China, France, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and the United States of America shall be permanent members of the Security Council ⓘ The Security Council shall consist of fifteen Members of the United Nations ⓘ
subjectOf	United Nations Security Council reform debates ⓘ
wasAmendedBy	General Assembly resolution 1991 A (XVIII) NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Chapter V of the United Nations Charter → containsArticle → Article 23 of the United Nations Charter ⓘ