Appendix I Roster of the United Nations (As at 31 December 1974) DATE OF ADMIS­ DATE OF ADMIS­ DATE OF ADMIS­ MEMBER SION TO U.N. MEMBER SION TO U.N. MEMBER SION TO U.N. Afghanistan 19 Nov. 1946 Ghana 8 Mar. 1957 Pakistan 30 Sep. 1947 Albania 14 Dec. 1955 Greece 25 Oct. 1945 Panama 13 Nov. 1945 Algeria 8 Oct. 1962 Grenada 17 Sep. 1974 Paraguay 24 Oct. 1945 Argentina 24 Oct. 1945 Guatemala 21 Nov. 1945 Peru 31 Oct. 1945 Australia 1 Nov. 1945 Guinea 12 Dec. 1958 Philippines 24 Oct. 1945 Austria 14 Dec. 1955 Guinea-Bissau 17 Sep. 1974 Poland 24 Oct. 1945 Bahamas 18 Sep. 1973 Guyana 20 Sep. 1966 Portugal 14 Dec. 1955 Bahrain 21 Sep. 1971 Haiti 24 Oct. 1945 Qatar 21 Sep. 1971 Bangladesh 17 Sep. 1974 Honduras 17 Dec. 1945 Romania 14 Dec. 1955 Barbados 9 Dec. 1966 Hungary 14 Dec. 1955 Rwanda 18 Sep. 1962 Belgium 27 Dec. 1945 Iceland 19 Nov. 1946 Saudi Arabia 24 Oct. 1945 Bhutan 21 Sep. 1971 India 30 Oct. 1945 Senegal 28 Sep. 1960 Bolivia 14 Nov. 1945 Indonesia2 28 Sep. 1950 Sierra Leone 27 Sep. 1961 Botswana 17 Oct. 1966 Iran 24 Oct. 1945 Singapore3 21 Sep. 1965 Brazil 24 Oct. 1945 Iraq 21 Dec. 1945 Somalia 20 Sep. 1960 Bulgaria 14 Dec. 1955 Ireland 14 Dec. 1955 South Africa 7 Nov. 1945 Burma 19 Apr. 1948 Israel 11 May 1949 Spain 14 Dec. 1955 Burundi 18 Sep. 1962 Italy 14 Dec. 1955 Sri Lanka 14 Dec. 1955 Byelorussian Soviet Ivory Coast 20 Sep. 1960 Sudan 12 Nov. 1956 Socialist Republic 24 Oct. 1945 Jamaica 18 Sep. 1962 Swaziland 24 Sep. 1968 Canada 9 Nov. 1945 Japan 18 Dec. 1956 Sweden 19 Nov. 1946 Central African Jordan 14 Dec. 1955 Syrian Arab Republic 20 Sep. 1960 Kenya 16 Dec. 1963 Republic1 24 Oct. 1945 Chad 20 Sep.1960 Khmer Republic 14 Dec. 1955 Thailand 16 Dec. 1946 Chile 24 Oct. 1945 Kuwait 14 May 1963 Togo 20 Sep. 1960 China 24 Oct. 1945 Laos 14 Dec. 1955 Trinidad and Tobago 18 Sep. 1962 Colombia 5 Nov. 1945 Lebanon 24 Oct. 1945 Tunisia 12 Nov. 1956 Congo 20 Sep. 1960 Lesotho 17 Oct. 1966 Turkey 24 Oct. 1945 Costa Rica 2 Nov. 1945 Liberia 2 Nov. 1945 Uganda 25 Oct. 1962 Cuba 24 Oct. 1945 Libyan Arab Republic 14 Dec. 1955 Ukrainian Soviet Cyprus 20 Sep. 1960 Luxembourg 24 Oct. 1945 Socialist Republic 24 Oct. 1945 Czechoslovakia 24 Oct. 1945 Madagascar 20 Sep. 1960 Union of Soviet Dahomey 20 Sep. 1960 Malawi 1 Dec. 1964 Socialist Republics 24 Oct. 1945 Democratic Yemen 14 Dec. 1967 Malaysia3 17 Sep. 1957 United Arab Emirates 9 Dec. 1971 Denmark 24 Oct. 1945 Maldives 21 Sep. 1965 United Kingdom 24 Oct. 1945 Dominican Republic 24 Oct. 1945 Mali 28 Sep. 1960 United Republic Ecuador 21 Dec. 1945 Malta 1 Dec. 1964 of Cameroon4 20 Sep. 1960 Egypt1 24 Oct. 1945 Mauritania 27 Oct. 1961 United Republic El Salvador 24 Oct. 1945 Mauritius 24 Apr. 1968 of Tanzania5 14 Dec. 1961 Equatorial Guinea 12 Nov. 1968 Mexico 7 Nov. 1945 United States 24 Oct. 1945 Ethiopia 13 Nov. 1945 Mongolia 27 Oct. 1961 Upper Volta 20 Sep. 1960 Fiji 13 Oct. 1970 Morocco 12 Nov. 1956 Uruguay 18 Dec. 1945 Finland 14 Dec. 1955 Nepal 14 Dec. 1955 Venezuela 15 Nov. 1945 France 24 Oct. 1945 Netherlands 10 Dec. 1945 Yemen 30 Sep. 1947 Gabon 20 Sep. 1960 New Zealand 24 Oct. 1945 Yugoslavia 24 Oct. 1945 Gambia 21 Sep. 1965 Nicaragua 24 Oct. 1945 Zaire 20 Sep. 1960 German Democratic Niger 20 Sep. 1960 Zambia 1 Dec. 1964 Republic 18 Sep. 1973 Nigeria 7 Oct. 1960 Germany, Federal Norway 27 Nov. 1945 Republic of 18 Sep. 1973 Oman 7 Oct. 1971 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, the Syrian Arab Republic, having resumed its status as an independent State, also resumed its separate membership in the United Nations, and the United Arab Republic continued as a Member of the United Nations. The United Arab Republic reverted to the name of Egypt on 2 September 1971. 2 In a letter dated 20 January 1965, Indonesia informed the Secretary-General that it had decided "at this stage and under the present circumstances" to withdraw from the United Nations. In a telegram dated 19September 1966, Indonesia notified the Secretary-General of its decision "to resume full co-operation with the United Nations and to resume participation in its activities (footnotes continued on next page) 1050 Appendix I (Footnotes—continued from preceding page) starting with the twenty-first session of the General Assembly." On 28 September 1966, the General Assembly took note of the decision of the Government of Indonesia and the President invited the representatives of that country to take their seats in the Assembly. 3 On 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 independent State and on 21 September 1965 it became a Member of the United Nations. 4 By a letter of 4 January 1974, the Secretary-General was informed that the Federal Republic of Cameroon had changed its name to the United Republic of Cameroon. 5 Tanganyika was a Member of the United Nations from 14 December 1961, and Zanzibar was a Member from 16 December 1963. Following the ratification, on 26 April 1964, of Articles of Union between Tanganyika and Zanzibar, the United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar continued as a single Member of the United Nations; on 1 November 1964, it changed its name to the United Republic of Tanzania. Appendix II The Charter of the United Nations and the Statute of the International Court of Justice The Charter of the United Nations NOTE: The Charter of the United Nations was signed on bers (formerly seven), including the concurring votes of 26 June 1945, in San Francisco, at the conclusion of the five permanent members of the Security Council. the United Nations Conference on International Organi­ The amendment to Article 61, which entered into zation, and came into force on 24 October 1945. The force on 31 August 1965, enlarged the membership of Statute of the International Court of Justice is an inte­ the Economic and Social Council from 18 to 27. The gral part of the Charter. 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 The amendment to Article 109, which relates to the were adopted by the General Assembly on 17 Decem­ first paragraph of that Article, provides that a General ber 1963 and came into force on 31 August 1965. A fur­ Conference of Member States for the purpose of review­ ther amendment to Article 61 was adopted by the Gen­ ing the Charter may be held at a date and place to be eral Assembly on 20 December 1971, and came into fixed by a two-thirds vote of the members of the Gen­ force on 24 September 1973. An amendment to Article eral Assembly and by a vote of any nine members (for­ 109, adopted by the General Assembly on 20 December merly seven) of the Security Council. Paragraph 3 of Ar­ 1965, came into force on 12 June 1968. ticle 109, which deals with the consideration of a The amendment to Article 23 enlarges the member­ possible review conference during the tenth regular ses­ ship of the Security Council from 11 to 15. The sion of the General Assembly, has been retained in its amended Article 27 provides that decisions of the Secu­ original form in its reference to a "vote of any seven rity Council on procedural matters shall be made by an members of the Security Council," the paragraph having affirmative vote of nine members (formerly seven) and been acted upon in 1955 by the General Assembly, at on all other matters by an affirmative vote of nine mem­ its tenth regular session, and by the Security Council. WE THE PEOPLES HAVE RESOLVED TO OF THE UNITED NATIONS COMBINE OUR EFFORTS TO DETERMINED ACCOMPLISH THESE AIMS to save succeeding generations from the scourge of Accordingly, our respective Governments, through repre­ war, which twice in our life-time has brought untold sentatives assembled in the city of San Francisco, sorrow to mankind, and who have exhibited their full powers found to be in to reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights, in the good and due form, have agreed to the present dignity and worth of the human person, in the equal Charter of the United Nations and do hereby establish rights of men and women and of nations large and an international organization to be known as the small, and United Nations. to establish conditions under which justice and respect for the obligations arising from treaties and other Chapter I sources of international law can be maintained, and PURPOSES AND PRINCIPLES to promote social progress and better standards of life in larger freedom, Article 1 The Purposes of the United Nations are: 1. To maintain international peace and security, and to that end: to take effective collective measures for the prevention and removal of threats to the peace, and for AND FOR THESE ENDS the suppression of acts of aggression or other breaches to practice tolerance and live together in peace with of the peace, and to bring about by peaceful means, one another as good neighbours, and and in conformity with the principles of justice and in­ to unite our strength to maintain international peace ternational law, adjustment or settlement of international and security, and disputes or situations which might lead to a breach of to ensure, by the acceptance of principles and the insti­ the peace; tution of methods, that armed force shall not be used, 2.