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Roster of the United Nations 1221 Appendix I Roster of the United Nations (As at 31 December 1986) DATE OF DATE OF DATE OF MEMBER ADMISSION MEMBER ADMISSION MEMBER ADMISSION Afghanistan 19 Nov. 1946 German Democratic Paraguay 24 Oct. 1945 Albania 14 Dec. 1955 Republic 18 Sep. 1973 Peru 31 Oct. 1945 Algeria 8 Oct. 1962 Germany, Federal Philippines 24 Oct. 1945 Angola 1 Dec. 1976 Republic of 18 Sep. 1973 Poland 24 Oct. 1945 Antigua and Barbuda 11 Nov. 1981 Ghana 8 Mar. 1957 Portugal 14 Dec. 1955 Argentina 24 Oct. 1945 Greece 25 Oct. 1945 Qatar 21 Sep. 1971 Australia 1 Nov. 1945 Grenada 17 Sep. 1974 Romania 14 Dec. 1955 Austria 14 Dec. 1955 Guatemala 21 Nov. 1945 Rwanda 18 Sep. 1962 Bahamas 18 Sep. 1973 Guinea 12 Dec. 1958 Saint Christopher Bahrain 21 Sep. 1971 Guinea-Bissau 17 Sep. 1974 and Nevis(5) 23 Sep. 1983 Bangladesh 17 Sep. 1974 Guyana 20 Sep. 1966 Saint Lucia 18 Sep. 1979 Barbados 9 Dec. 1966 Haiti 24 Oct. 1945 Saint Vincent and Belgium 27 Dec. 1945 Honduras 17 Dec. 1945 the Grenadines 16 Sep. 1980 Belize 25 Sep. 1981 Hungary 14 Dec. 1955 Samoa 15 Dec. 1976 Benin 20 Sep. 1960 Iceland 19 Nov. 1946 Sao Tome and Principe 16 Sep. 1975 Bhutan 21 Sep. 1971 India 30 Oct. 1945 Saudi Arabia 24 Oct. 1945 Bolivia 14 Nov. 1945 lndonesia(3) 28 Sep. 1950 Senegal 28 Sep. 1960 Botswana 17 Oct. 1966 Iran (Islamic Seychelles 21 Sep. 1976 Brazil 24 Oct. 1945 Republic of) 24 Oct. 1945 Sierra Leone 27 Sep. 1961 Brunei Darussalam 21 Sep. 1984 Iraq 21 Dec. 1945 Singapore(4) 21 Sep. 1965 Bulgaria 14 Dec. 1955 Ireland 14 Dec. 1955 Solomon Islands 19 Sep. 1978 Burkina Faso 20 Sep. 1960 Israel 11 May 1949 Somalia 20 Sep. 1960 Burma 19 Apr. 1948 Italy 14 Dec. 1955 South Africa 7 Nov. 1945 Burundi 18 Sep. 1962 Jamaica 18 Sep. 1962 Spain 14 Dec. 1955 Byelorussian Soviet Japan 18 Dec. 1956 Sri Lanka 14 Dec. 1955 Socialist Republic 24 Oct. 1945 Jordan 14 Dec. 1955 Sudan 12 Nov. 1956 Cameroon 20 Sep. 1960 Kenya 16 Dec. 1963 Suriname 4 Dec. 1975 Canada 9 Nov. 1945 Kuwait 14 May 1963 Swaziland 24 Sep. 1966 Cape Verde 16 Sep. 1975 Lao People’s Sweden 19 Nov. 1946 Central African Democratic Republic 14 Dec. 1955 Syrian Arab Republic(2) 24 Oct. 1945 Republic 20 Sep. 1960 Lebanon 24 Oct. 1945 Thailand 16 Dec. 1946 Chad 20 Sep. 1960 Lesotho 17 Oct. 1966 Togo 20 Sep. 1960 Chile 24 Oct. 1945 Liberia 2 Nov. 1945 Trinidad and Chine 24 Oct. 1945 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 14 Dec. 1955 Tobago 18 Sep. 1962 Colombia 5 Nov. 1945 Luxembourg 24 Oct. 1945 Tunisia 12 Nov. 1956 Comoros 12 Nov. 1975 Madagascar 20 Sep. 1960 Turkey 24 Oct. 1945 Congo 20 Sep. 1960 Malawi 1 Dec. 1964 Uganda 25 Oct. 1962 Costa Rica 2 Nov. 1945 Malaysia(4) 17 Sep. 1957 Ukrainian Soviet Côet d’lvoire(1) 20 Sap. 1960 Maldives 21 Sep. 1965 Socialist Republic 24 Oct. 1945 Cuba 24 Oct. 1945 Mali 28 Sep. 1960 Union of Soviet Cyprus 20 Sep. 1960 Malta 1 Dec. 1964 Socialist Republics 24 Oct. 1945 Czechoslovakia 24 Oct. 1945 Mauritania 27 Oct. 1961 United Arab Emirates 9 Dec. 1971 Democratic Kampuchea 14 Dec. 1955 Mauritius 24 Apr. 1968 United Kingdom of Democratic Yemen 14 Dec. 1967 Mexico 7 Nov. 1945 Great Britain and Denmark 24 Oct. 1945 Mongolia 27 Oct. 1961 Northern Ireland 24 Oct. 1945 Djibouti 20 Sep. 1977 Morocco 12 Nov. 1956 United Republic Dominica 18 Dec. 1978 Mozambique 16 Sep. 1975 of Tanzania(6) 14 Dec. 1961 Dominican Republic 24 Oct. 1945 Nepal 14 Dec. 1955 United States Ecuador 21 Dec. 1945 Netherlands 10 Dec. 1945 of America 24 Oct. 1945 Egypt(2) 24 Oct. 1945 New Zealand 24 Oct. 1945 Uruguay 18 Dec. 1945 El Salvador 24 Oct. 1945 Nicaragua 24 Oct. 1945 Vanuatu 15 Sep. 1981 Equatorial Guinea 12 Nov. 1968 Niger 20 Sep. 1960 Venezuela 15 Nov. 1945 Ethiopia 13 Nov. 1945 Nigeria 7 Oct. 1960 Viet Nam 20 Sep. 1977 Fiji 13 Oct. 1970 Norway 27 Nov. 1945 Yemen 30 Sep. 1947 Finland 14 Dec. 1955 Oman 7 Oct. 1971 Yugoslavia 24 Oct. 1945 France 24 Oct. 1945 Pakistan 30 Sep. 1947 Zaire 20 Sep. 1960 Gabon 20 Sep. 1960 Panama 13 Nov. 1945 Zambia 1 Dec. 1964 Gambia 21 Sep. 1965 Papua New Guinea 10 Oct. 1975 Zimbabwe 25 Aug. 1980 (footnotes on next page) 1222 Appendix I (footnotes for preceding page) (1)On 6 November 1985, Côte d’lvoire had requested that its name no longer decision and the President invited the representatives of Indonesia to take their be translated, including info “Ivory Coast”, and that this become fully effective seats in the Assembly. on 1 January 1986. (4)On 1 16 September 1963, Sabah (North Borneo), Sarawak and Singapore joined (2)Egypt and Syria. both of which became Members of the United Nations on with the Federation of Malaya lwhich became a United Nations Member on 17 24 October 1945, joined together-following a plebiscite held in those countries September 1957) to form Malaysia. On 9 August 1965, Singapore became an in- on 21 February 1958-to form the United Arab Republic. On 13 October 1961, Syria, dependent State and on 21 September 1965 it became a Member of the United Nations heving resumed its status as an independent State, also separate membership (Saint Christopher and Nevis officially changed its name to Saint Kitts and Nevis in the United Nations: it changed its name to the Syrian Arab Republic on 14 September on 26 November 1986; the United Nations, however, continued to use the former 1971, The United Arab Republic continued es a Member of the United Nations name throughout them year. and reverted to the name of Egypt on 2 September 1971. (6)Tanganyika was admitted to the United Nations on 14 December 1961, and (3) 20 January 1965, Indonesia informed the Secretary-General that it had decided Zanzibar. on 16 December 1963. Following ratification. on 26 April 1964. of the to withdrew from the United Nations. By a telegram of 19 September 1966, it notified Articles of Union between Tanganyika and Zanzibar, the two States became rep- the Secretary-General of its decision to resume participation in the activities of the resented as a single Member: the United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar: United Nations. On 26 September 1966, the General Assembly took note of that it changed ifs name to the United Republic of Tanzania on 1 November 1964. Charter of the United Nations 1223 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 June 1945, cluding the concurring votes of the five permanent members of the in San Francisco, at the conclusion of the United Nations Conference Security Council. on International Organization, and came into force on 24 October 1945. The amendment to Article 61, which entered into force on 31 August The Statute of the International Court of Justice is an integral part of 1965, enlarged the membership of the Economic and Social Council the Charter. from 18 to 27. The subsequent amendment to that Article, which entered into force on 24 September 1973, further increased the membership of the Council from 27 to 64. Amendments to Articles 23, 27 and 61 of the Charter were adopted The amendment to Article 109, which relates to the first paragraph by the General Assembly on 17 December 1963 and came into force of that Article, provides that a General Conference of Member States on 31 August 1965. A further amendment to Article 61 was adopted for the purpose of reviewing the Charter may be held at a date and by the General Assembly on 20 December 1971, and came into force place to be fixed by a two-thirds vote of the members of the General on 24 September 1973. An amendment to Article 109, adopted by the Assembly and by a vote of any nine members (formerly seven) of the General Assembly on 20 December 1965, came into force on 12 June 1968. Security Council. Paragraph 3 of Article 109, which deals with the con- The amendment to Article 23 enlarges the membership of the sideration of a possible review conference during the tenth regular ses- Security Council from 11 to 15. The amended Article 27 provides that sion of the General Assembly, has been retained in its original form decisions of the Security Council on procedural matters shall be made in its reference to a “vote of any seven members of the Security Coun- by en affirmative vote of nine members (formerly seen) and on all other cil”, the paragraph having been acted upon in 1955 by the General matters by an affirmative vote of nine members (formerly seven), in- Assembly, at its tenth regular 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, which twice Article 1 in our lifetime has brought untold sorrow to mankind, and The Purposes of the United Nations are: to reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person, in the equal rights of men and women and 1. To maintain international peace and security, and to that end: of nations large and small, and to take effective collective measures for the prevention and removal to establish conditions under which justice and respect for the obliga- of threats to the peace, and for the suppression of acts of aggression tions arising from treaties and other sources of international law can or other breaches of the peace, end to bring about by peaceful means, be maintained, and and in conformity with the principles of justice and international law, to promote social progress and batter standards of life in larger freedom, adjustment or settlement of international disputes or situations which might lead to a breach of the peace; 2.