[ 1987 ] Appendices
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Roster of the United Nations 1319 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 Papua New Guinea 10 Oct. 1975 Albania 14 Dec. 1955 Republic 18 Sep. 1973 Paraguay 24 Oct. 1945 Algeria 8 Oct. 1962 Germany, Federal Peru 31 Oct. 1945 Angola 1 Dec. 1976 Republic of 18 Sep. 1973 Philippines 24 Oct. 1945 Antigua and Barbuda 11 Nov. 1981 Ghana 8 Mar. 1957 Poland 24 Oct. 1945 Argentina 24 Oct. 1945 Greece 25 Oct. 1945 Portugal 14 Dec. 1955 Australia 1 Nov. 1945 Grenada 17 Sep. 1974 Qatar 21 Sep. 1971 Austria 14 Dec. 1955 Guatemala 21 Nov. 1945 Romania 14 Dec. 1955 Bahamas 18 Sep. 1973 Guinea 12 Dec. 1958 Rwanda 18 Sep. 1962 Bahrain 21 Sep. 1971 Guinea-Bissau 17 Sep. 1974 Saint Kitts and Nevis4 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 2 Bolivia 14 Nov. 1945 Indonesia 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 Singapore3 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. 1968 Cape Verde 16 Sep. 1975 Lao People's Sweden 19 Nov. 1946 1 Central African Republic 20 Sep. 1960 Democratic Republic 14 Dec. 1955 Syrian Arab Republic 24 Oct. 1945 Chad 20 Sep. 1960 Lebanon 24 Oct. 1945 Thailand 16 Dec. 1946 Chile 24 Oct. 1945 Lesotho 17 Oct. 1966 Togo 20 Sep. 1960 China 24 Oct. 1945 Liberia 2 Nov. 1945 Trinidad and Tobago 18 Sep. 1962 Colombia 5 Nov. 1945 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 14 Dec. 1955 Tunisia 12 Nov. 1956 Comoros 12 Nov. 1975 Luxembourg 24 Oct. 1945 Turkey 24 Oct. 1945 Congo 20 Sep. 1960 Madagascar 20 Sep. 1960 Uganda 25 Oct. 1962 Costa Rica 2 Nov. 1945 Malawi 1 Dec. 1964 Ukrainian Soviet Cote d'Ivoire 20 Sep. 1960 Malaysia3 17 Sep. 1957 Socialist Republic 24 Oct. 1945 Cuba 24 Oct. 1945 Maldives 21 Sep. 1965 Union of Soviet Cyprus 20 Sep. 1960 Mali 28 Sep. 1960 Socialist Republics 24 Oct. 1945 Czechoslovakia 24 Oct. 1945 Malta 1 Dec. 1964 United Arab Emirates 9 Dec. 1971 Democratic Kampuchea 14 Dec. 1955 Mauritania 27 Oct. 1961 United Kingdom of Democratic Yemen 14 Dec. 1967 Mauritius 24 Apr. 1968 Great Britain and Denmark 24 Oct. 1945 Mexico 7 Nov. 1945 Northern Ireland 24 Oct. 1945 Djibouti 20 Sep. 1977 Mongolia 27 Oct. 1961 United Republic b Dominica 18 Dec. 1978 Morocco 12 Nov. 1956 of Tanzania 14 Dec. 1961 Dominican Republic 24 Oct. 1945 Mozambique 16 Sep. 1975 United States Ecuador 21 Dec. 1945 Nepal 14 Dec. 1955 of America 24 Oct. 1945 Egypt1 24 Oct. 1945 Netherlands 10 Dec. 1945 Uruguay 18 Dec. 1945 El Salvador 24 Oct. 1945 New Zealand 24 Oct. 1945 Vanuatu 15 Sep. 1981 Equatorial Guinea 12 Nov. 1968 Nicaragua 24 Oct. 1945 Venezuela 15 Nov. 1945 Ethiopia 13 Nov. 1945 Niger 20 Sep. 1960 Viet Nam 20 Sep. 1977 Fiji 13 Oct. 1970 Nigeria 7 Oct. 1960 Yemen 30 Sep. 1947 Finland 14 Dec. 1955 Norway 27 Nov. 1945 Yugoslavia 24 Oct. 1945 France 24 Oct. 1945 Oman 7 Oct. 1971 Zaire 20 Sep. 1960 Gabon 20 Sep. 1960 Pakistan 30 Sep. 1947 Zambia 1 Dec. 1964 Gambia 21 Sep. 1965 Panama 13 Nov. 1945 Zimbabwe 25 Aug. 1980 (footnotes on next page) 1320 Appendix I (footnotes for preceding page) 1 Egypt and Syria, both of which became Members of the United Nations the representatives of Indonesia to take their seats in the Assembly. on 24 October 1945, joined together — following a plebiscite held in those 3 0n 16 September 1963, Sabah (North Borneo), Sarawak and Singapore countries on 21 February 1958 — to form the United Arab Republic. On 13 joined with the Federation of Malaya (which became a United Nations Mem- October 1961, Syria, having resumed its status as an independent State, ber on 17 September 1957) to form Malaysia. On 9 August 1965, Singa- also resumed its separate membership in the United Nations; it changed its pore became an independent State and on 21 September 1965 it became name to the Syrian Arab Republic on 14 September 1971. The United Arab a Member of the United Nations. Republic continued as a Member of the United Nations and reverted to the 4 Formerly Saint Christopher and Nevis. name of Egypt on 2 September 1971. 5 Tanganyika was admitted to the United Nations on 14 December 1961, 2 On 20 January 1965, Indonesia informed the Secretary-General that it and Zanzibar, on 16 December 1963. Following ratification, on 26 April had decided to withdraw from the United Nations. By a telegram of 19 Sep- 1964, of the Articles of Union between Tanganyika and Zanzibar, the two tember 1966, it notified the Secretary-General of its decision to resume par- States became represented as a single Member: the United Republic of Tan- ticipation in the activities of the United Nations. On 28 September 1966, ganyika and Zanzibar; it changed its name to the United Republic of Tanza- the General Assembly took note of that decision and the President invited nia on 1 November 1964. Charter of the United Nations 1321 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 (formerly seven), including the concurring votes of the five per- 1945, in San Francisco, at the conclusion of the United Nations manent members of the Security Council. Conference on International Organization, and came into force on The amendment to Article 61, which entered into force on 31 24 October 1945. The Statute of the International Court of Jus- August 1965, enlarged the membership of the Economic and So- tice is an integral part of the Charter. cial Council 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 54. Amendments to Articles 23, 27 and 61 of the Charter were The amendment to Article 109, which relates to the first para- adopted by the General Assembly on 17December 1963 and came graph of that Article, provides that a General Conference of Mem- into force on 31 August 1965. A further amendment to Article 61 ber States for the purpose of reviewing the Charter may be held was adopted by the General Assembly on 20 December 1971, and at a date and place to be fixed by a two-thirds vote of the mem- came into force on 24 September 1973. An amendment to Arti- bers of the General Assembly and by a vote of any nine members cle 109, adopted by the General Assembly on 20 December 1965, (formerly seven) of the Security Council. Paragraph 3 of Article came into force on 12 June 1968. 109, which deals with the consideration of a possible review con- The amendment to Article 23 enlarges the membership of the ference during the tenth regular session of the General Assem- Security Council from 11 to 15. The amended Article 27 provides bly, has been retained in its original form in its reference to a "vote that decisions of the Security Council on procedural matters shall of any seven members of the Security Council", the paragraph be made by an affirmative vote of nine members (formerly seven) having been acted upon in 1955 by the General Assembly, at its and on all other matters by an affirmative vote of nine members 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 Article 1 twice 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 1. To maintain international peace and security, and to that women and of nations large and small, and end: to take effective collective measures for the prevention and to establish conditions under which justice and respect for the removal of threats to the peace, and for the suppression of acts obligations arising from treaties and other sources of interna- of aggression or other breaches of the peace, and to bring about by peaceful means, and in conformity with the principles of jus- tional law can be maintained, and to promote social progress and better standards of life in larger tice and international law, adjustment or settlement of interna- freedom, tional disputes or situations which might lead to a breach of the peace; 2.