Roster of the United Nations 1041 Appendix I Roster of the United Nations (As at 31 December 1976) 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 Paraguay 24 Oct. 1945 Albania 14 Dec. 1955 Greece 25 Oct. 1945 Peru 31 Oct. 1945 Algeria 8 Oct. 1962 Grenada 17 Sep. 1974 Philippines 24 Oct. 1945 Angola 1 Dec. 1976 Guatemala 21 Nov. 1945 Poland 24 Oct. 1945 Argentina 24 Oct. 1945 Guinea 12 Dec. 1958 Portugal 14 Dec. 1955 Australia 1 Nov. 1945 Guinea-Bissau 17 Sep. 1974 Qatar 21 Sep. 1971 Austria 14 Dec. 1955 Guyana 20 Sep. 1966 Romania 14 Dec. 1955 Bahamas 18 Sep. 1973 Haiti 24 Oct. 1945 Rwanda 18 Sep. 1962 Bahrain 21 Sep. 1971 Honduras 17 Dec. 1945 Samoa 15 Dec. 1976 Bangladesh 17 Sep. 1974 Hungary 14 Dec. 1955 Sao Tome and Barbados 9 Dec. 1966 Iceland 19 Dec. 1946 Principe 16 Sep. 1975 Belgium 27 Dec. 1945 India 30 Oct. 1945 Saudi Arabia 24 Oct. 1945 4 Benin 20 Sep. 1960 Indonesia 28 Sep. 1950 Senegal 28 Sep. 1960 Bhutan 21 Sep. 1971 Iran 24 Oct. 1945 Seychelles 21 Sep. 1976 Bolivia 14 Nov. 1945 Iraq 21 Dec. 1945 Sierra Leone 27 Sep. 1961 5 Botswana 17 Oct. 1966 Ireland 14 Dec. 1955 Singapore 21 Sep. 1965 Brazil 24 Oct. 1945 Israel 11 May 1949 Somalia 20 Sep. 1960 Bulgaria 14 Dec. 1955 Italy 14 Dec. 1955 South Africa 7 Nov. 1945 Burma 19 Apr. 1948 Ivory Coast 20 Sep. 1960 Spain 14 Dec. 1955 Burundi 18 Sep. 1962 Jamaica 18 Sep. 1962 Sri Lanka 14 Dec. 1955 Byelorussian Soviet Japan 18 Dec. 1956 Sudan 12 Nov. 1956 Socialist Republic 24 Oct. 1945 Jordan 14 Dec. 1955 Surinam 4 Dec. 1975 Canada 9 Nov. 1945 Kenya 16 Dec. 1963 Swaziland 24 Sep. 1968 Cape Verde 16 Sep. 1975 Kuwait 14 May 1963 Sweden 19 Nov. 1946 Central African Lao People's Syrian Arab Empire1 20 Sep. 1960 Democratic Republic 14 Dec. 1955 Republic3 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 Colombia 5 Nov. 1945 Libyan Arab Republic 14 Dec. 1955 Tobago 18 Sep. 1962 Comoros 12 Nov. 1975 Luxembourg 24 Oct. 1945 Tunisia 12 Nov. 1956 Congo 20 Sep. 1960 Madagascar 20 Sep. 1960 Turkey 24 Oct. 1945 Costa Rica 2 Nov. 1945 Malawi 1 Dec. 1964 Uganda 25 Oct. 1962 Cuba 24 Oct. 1945 Malaysia5 17 Sep. 1957 Ukrainian Soviet Cyprus 20 Sep. 1960 Maldives 21 Sep. 1965 Socialist Republic 24 Oct. 1945 Czechoslovakia 24 Oct. 1945 Mali 28 Sep. 1960 Union of Soviet Democratic Kampuchea2 14 Dec. 1955 Malta 1 Dec. 1964 Socialist Republics 24 Oct. 1945 Democratic Yemen 14 Dec. 1967 Mauritania 27 Oct. 1961 United Arab Emirates 9 Dec. 1971 Denmark 24 Oct. 1945 Mauritius 24 Apr. 1968 United Kingdom Dominican Republic 24 Oct. 1945 Mexico 7 Nov. 1945 of Great Britain and Ecuador 21 Dec. 1945 Mongolia 27 Oct. 1961 Northern Ireland 24 Oct. 1945 Egypt3 24 Oct. 1945 Morocco 12 Nov. 1956 United Republic El Salvador 24 Oct. 1945 Mozambique 16 Sep. 1975 of Cameroon 20 Sep. 1960 Equatorial Guinea 12 Nov. 1968 14 Dec. 1955 United Republic Nepal 6 Ethiopia 13 Nov. 1945 Netherlands 10 Dec. 1945 of Tanzania 14 Dec. 1961 Fiji 13 Oct. 1970 New Zealand 24 Oct. 1945 United States Finland 14 Dec. 1955 Nicaragua 24 Oct. 1945 of America 24 Oct. 1945 France 24 Oct. 1945 Niger 20 Sep. 1960 Upper Volta 20 Sep. 1960 Gabon 20 Sep. 1960 Nigeria 7 Oct. 1960 Uruguay 18 Dec. 1945 Gambia 21 Sep. 1965 Norway 27 Nov. 1945 Venezuela 15 Nov. 1945 German Democratic Oman 7 Oct. 1971 Yemen 30 Sep. 1947 Republic 18 Sep. 1973 Pakistan 30 Sep. 1947 Yugoslavia 24 Oct. 1945 Germany, Federal Panama 13 Nov. 1945 Zaire 20 Sep. 1960 Republic of 18 Sep. 1973 Papua New Guinea 10 Oct. 1975 Zambia 1 Dec. 1964 1 By a letter of 20 December 1976, the Central African Republic advised that it had changed its name to the Central African Empire. 2 Cambodia changed its name to Democratic Kampuchea on 6 April 1976. 3 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 (footnotes continued on next page) 1042 Appendix I (Footnotes—continued from preceding page) resumed its status as an independent State, also resumed its separate membership in the United Nations. The United Arab Republic continued as a Member of the United Nations and reverted to the name of Egypt on 2 September 1971. 4 By 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 activities 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. 5 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. 6 Tanganyika was a Member of the United Nations from 14 December 1961, and Zanzibar, 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. The Charter of the United Nations 1043 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 26 June (formerly seven), including the concurring votes of the five perma- 1945, in San Francisco, at the conclusion of the United Nations nent 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 Justice August 1965, enlarged the membership of the Economic and So- 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 17 December 1963 and graph of that Article, provides that a General Conference of Mem- came into force on 31 August 1965. A further amendment to Article ber States for the purpose of reviewing the Charter may be held 61 was adopted by the General Assembly on 20 December 1971, at a date and place to be fixed by a two-thirds vote of the members and came into force on 24 September 1973. An amendment to of the General Assembly and by a vote of any nine members Article 109, adopted by the General Assembly on 20 December (formerly seven) of the Security Council. Paragraph 3 of Article 1965, 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 Assembly, Security Council from 11 to 15. The amended Article 27 provides has been retained in its original form in its reference to a "vote of that decisions of the Security Council on procedural matters shall any seven members of the Security Council," the paragraph hav- be made by an affirmative vote of nine members (formerly seven) ing been acted upon in 1955 by the General Assembly, at its tenth and on all other matters by an affirmative vote of nine members 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 life-time 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 1. To maintain international peace and security, and to that end: worth of the human person, in the equal rights of men and to take effective collective measures for the prevention and re- women and of nations large and small, and moval of threats to the peace, and for the suppression of acts of to establish conditions under which justice and respect for the aggression or other breaches of the peace, and to bring about by obligations arising from treaties and other sources of interna- peaceful means, and in conformity with the principles of justice and tional law can be maintained, and international law, adjustment or settlement of international dis- to promote social progress and better standards of life in larger putes or situations which might lead to a breach of the peace; freedom, 2.