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Roster of the United Nations 1347 Appendix I Roster of the United Nations (As at 31 December 1980) DATE OF DATE OF DATE OF MEMBER ADMISSION MEMBER ADMISSION MEMBER ADMISSION Afghanistan 19 Nov. 1946 Greece 25 Oct. 1945 Poland 24 Oct. 1945 Albania 14 Dec. 1955 Grenada 17 Sep. 1974 Portugal 14 Dec. 1955 Algeria 8 Oct. 1962 Guatemala 21 Nov. 1945 Qatar 21 Sep. 1971 Angola 1 Dec. 1976 Guinea 12 Dec. 1958 Romania 14 Dec. 1955 Argentina 24 Oct. 1945 Guinea-Bissau 17 Sep. 1974 Rwanda 18 Sep. 1962 Australia 1 Nov. 1945 Guyana 20 Sep. 1966 Saint Lucia 18 Sep. 1979 Austria 14 Dec. 1955 Haiti 24 Oct. 1945 Saint Vincent and Bahamas 18 Sep. 1973 Honduras 17 Dec. 1945 the Grenadines 16 Sep. 1980 Bahrain 21 Sep. 1971 Hungary 14 Dec. 1955 Samoa 15 Dec. 1976 Bangladesh 17 Sep. 1974 Iceland 19 Nov. 1946 Sao Tome and Barbados 9 Dec. 1966 India 30 Oct. 1945 Principe 16 Sep. 1975 Belgium 27 Dec. 1945 Indonesia2 28 Sep. 1950 Saudi Arabia 24 Oct. 1945 Benin 20 Sep. 1960 Iran 24 Oct. 1945 Senegal 28 Sep. 1960 Bhutan 21 Sep. 1971 Iraq 21 Dec. 1945 Seychelles 21 Sep. 1976 Bolivia 14 Nov. 1945 Ireland 14 Dec. 1955 Sierra Leone 27 Sep. 1961 Botswana 17 Oct. 1966 Israel 11 May 1949 Singapore3 21 Sep. 1965 Brazil 24 Oct. 1945 Italy 14 Dec. 1955 Solomon Islands 19 Sep. 1978 Bulgaria 14 Dec. 1955 Ivory Coast 20 Sep. 1960 Somalia 20 Sep. 1960 Burma 19 Apr. 1948 Jamaica 18 Sep. 1962 South Africa 7 Nov. 1945 Burundi 18 Sep. 1962 Japan 18 Dec. 1956 Spain 14 Dec. 1955 Byelorussian Soviet Jordan 14 Dec. 1955 Sri Lanka 14 Dec. 1955 Socialist Republic 24 Oct. 1945 Kenya 16 Dec. 1963 Sudan 12 Nov. 1956 Canada 9 Nov. 1945 Kuwait 14 May 1963 Suriname 4 Dec. 1975 Cape Verde 16 Sep. 1975 Lao People’s Swaziland 24 Sep. 1968 Central African Democratic Republic 14 Dec. 1955 Sweden 19 Nov. 1946 Republic 20 Sep. 1960 Lebanon 24 Oct. 1945 Syrian Arab Chad 20 Sep. 1960 Lesotho 17 Oct. 1966 Republic1 24 Oct. 1945 Chile 24 Oct. 1945 Liberia 2 Nov. 1945 Thailand 16 Dec. 1946 China 24 Oct. 1945 Libyan Arab Togo 20 Sep. 1960 Colombia 5 Nov. 1945 Jamahiriya 14 Dec. 1955 Trinidad and Comoros 12 Nov. 1975 Luxembourg 24 Oct. 1945 Tobago 18 Sep. 1962 Congo 20 Sep. 1960 Madagascar 20 Sep. 1960 Tunisia 12 Nov. 1956 Costa Rica 2 Nov. 1945 Malawi 1 Dec. 1964 Turkey 24 Oct. 1945 Cuba 24 Oct. 1945 Malaysia3 17 Sep. 1957 Uganda 25 Oct. 1962 Cyprus 20 Sep. 1960 Maldives 21 Sep. 1965 Ukrainian Soviet Czechoslovakia 24 Oct. 1945 Mali 28 Sep. 1960 Socialist Republic 24 Oct. 1945 Democratic Kampuchea 14 Dec. 1955 Malta 1 Dec. 1964 Union of Soviet Democratic Yemen 14 Dec. 1967 Mauritania 27 Oct. 1961 Socialist Republics 24 Oct. 1945 Denmark 24 Oct. 1945 Mauritius 24 Apr. 1968 United Arab Emirates 9 Dec. 1971 Djibouti 20 Sep. 1977 Mexico 7 Nov. 1945 United Kingdom of Dominica 18 Dec. 1978 Mongolia 27 Oct. 1961 Great Britain and Dominican Republic 24 Oct. 1945 Morocco 12 Nov. 1956 Northern Ireland 24 Oct. 1945 Ecuador 21 Dec. 1945 Mozambique 16 Sep. 1975 United Republic Egypt1 24 Oct. 1945 Nepal 14 Dec. 1955 of Cameroon 20 Sep. 1960 El Salvador 24 Oct. 1945 Netherlands 10 Dec. 1945 United Republic Equatorial Guinea 12 Nov. 1968 New Zealand 24 Oct. 1945 of Tanzania4 14 Dec. 1961 Ethiopia 13 Nov. 1945 Nicaragua 24 Oct. 1945 United States Fiji 13 Oct. 1970 Niger 20 Sep. 1960 of America 24 Oct. 1945 Finland 14 Dec. 1955 Nigeria 7 Oct. 1960 Upper Volta 20 Sep. 1960 France 24 Oct. 1945 Norway 27 Nov. 1945 Uruguay 18 Dec. 1945 Gabon 20 Sep. 1960 Oman 7 Oct. 1971 Venezuela 15 Nov. 1945 Gambia 21 Sep. 1965 Pakistan 30 Sep. 1947 Viet Nam 20 Sep. 1977 German Democratic Panama 13 Nov. 1945 Yemen 30 Sep. 1947 Republic 18 Sep. 1973 Papua New Guinea 10 Oct. 1975 Yugoslavia 24 Oct. 1945 Germany, Federal Paraguay 24 Oct. 1945 Zaire 20 Sep. 1960 Republic of 18 Sep. 1973 Peru 31 Oct. 1945 Zambia 1 Dec. 1964 Ghana 8 Mar. 1957 Philippines 24 Oct. 1945 Zimbabwe 25 Aug. 1980 1 Egypt and Syria, both of which became Members of the United Nations on 24 October 1945, joined together-following a plebiscite held in those countries on 21 February 1958-to form the United Arab Republic. On 13 October 1961, Syria, having (footnotes continued on next page) 1348 Appendix I (Footnotes-continued from preceding page) resumed its status as an independent State, also resumed its separate membership in the United Nations: it changed its name to the Syrian Arab Republic on 14 September 1971. The United Arab Republic continued as a Member of the United Nations and reverted to the name of Egypt on 2 September 1971. 2By a letter of 20 January 1965, Indonesia informed the Secretary-General that it had decided to withdraw from the United Nations. By a telegram of 19 September 1966, it notified the Secretary-General of its decision to resume participation in the ac- tivities of the United Nations. On 28 September 1966, the General Assembly took note of that decision and the President invited the representatives of Indonesia to take their seats in the Assembly. 3On 16 September 1963, Sabah (North Borneo), Sarawak and Singapore joined with the Federation of Malaya (which became a United Nations Member on 17 September 1957) to form Malaysia. On 9 August 1965, Singapore became an indepen- dent State and on 21 September 1965 it became a Member of the United Nations. 4Tanganyika was admitted to the United Nations on 14 December 1961, and Zanzibar, on 16 December 1963. Following ratification, on 26 April 1964, of the Articles of Union between Tanganyika and Zanzibar, the two States became represented as a single Member: the United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar: it changed its name to the United Republic of Tanzania on 1 November 1964. Charter of the United Nations 1349 Appendix II Charter of the United Nations and Statute of the International Court of Justice Charter of the United Nations NOTE: The Charter of the United Nations was signed on 26 votes of the five permanent members of the Security Council. June 1945, in San Francisco, at the conclusion of the United The amendment to Article 61, which entered into force on Nations Conference on International Organization, and came 31 August 1965, enlarged the membership of the Economic into force on 24 October 1945. The Statute of the Internation- and Social Council from 18 to 27. The subsequent amend- al Court of Justice is an integral part of the Charter. ment to that Article, which entered into force on 24 Septem- ber 1973, further increased the membership of the Council from 27 to 54. Amendments to Articles 23, 27 and 61 of the Charter were The amendment to Article 109, which relates to the first adopted by the General Assembly on 17 December 1963 and paragraph of that Article, provides that a General Conference came into force on 31 August 1965. A further amendment to of Member States for the purpose of reviewing the Charter Article 61 was adopted by the General Assembly on 20 may be held at a date and place to be fixed by a two-thirds December 1971, and came into force on 24 September 1973. vote of the members of the General Assembly and by a vote of An amendment to Article 109, adopted by the General Assem- any nine members (formerly seven) of the Security Council. bly on 20 December 1965, came into force on 12 June 1968. Paragraph 3 of Article 109. which deals with the considera- The amendment to Article 23 enlarges the membership of tion of a possible review conference during the tenth regular the Security Council from 11 to 15. The amended Article 27 session of the General Assembly, has been retained in its provides that decisions of the Security Council on procedural original form in its reference to a “vote of any seven members matters shall be made by an affirmative vote of nine members of the Security Council,” the paragraph having been acted (formerly seven) and on all other matters by an affirmative upon in 1955 by the General Assembly, at its tenth regular vote of nine members (formerly seven), including the concurring session, and by the Security Council. WE THE PEOPLES Chapter I OF THE UNITED NATIONS PURPOSES AND PRINCIPLES DETERMINED to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war, Article 1 which twice in our life-time has brought untold sorrow to The Purposes of the United Nations are: mankind, and 1 . To maintain international peace and security, and to to reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity that end: to take effective collective measures for the preven- and worth of the human person, in the equal rights of men tion and removal of threats to the peace, and for the suppres- and women and of nations large and small, and sion of acts of aggression or other breaches of the peace, and to establish conditions under which justice and respect for to bring about by peaceful means, and in conformity with the the obligations arising from treaties and other sources of in- principles of justice and international law, adjustment or set- ternational law can be maintained, and tlement of international disputes or situations which might to promote social progress and better standards of life in lead to a breach of the peace; larger freedom, 2 .