APPENDIX I ROSTER OF THE UNITED NATIONS (As of 31 December 1961) 2 1 DATE OF ADMIS- TOTAL AREA ESTIMATED POPULATION (IN THOUSANDS) MEMBER SION TO U.N. (Square kilometres) Total Date Afghanistan 19 Nov. 1946 650,000 13,800 1 July 1960 Albania 14 Dec. 1955 28,748 1,625 2 Oct. 1960 Argentina 24 Oct. 1945 2,776,656 20,006 30 Sep. 1960 Australia 1 Nov. 1945 7,704,159 10,508 30 June 1961 Austria 14 Dec. 1955 83,849 7,081 1 July 1961 Belgium 27 Dec. 1945 30,507 9,178 31 Dec. 1960 Bolivia 14 Nov. 1945 1,098,581 3,509 5 Sep. 1961 Brazil 24 Oct. 1945 8,513,844 70,799 1 Sep. 1960 Bulgaria 14 Dec. 1955 110,669 7,867 1 July 1960 Burma 19 Apr. 1948 678,033 21,527 1 July 1961 Byelorussian SSR 24 Oct. 1945 207,600 8,226 1 Jan. 1961 Cambodia 14 Dec. 1955 172,511 4,952 1 July 1960 Cameroun 20 Sep. 1960 475,442 4,097 1 July 1960 Canada 9 Nov. 1945 9,976,177 18,238 1 June 1961 Central African Republic 20 Sep. 1960 617,000 1,227 1 July 1960 Ceylon 14 Dec. 1955 65,610 10,167 30 J u n e 1961 Chad 20 Sep. 1960 1,284,000 2,675 31 Dec. 1960 Chile 24 Oct. 1945 741,767 7,340 29 Nov. 1960 China 24 Oct. 1945 9,596,961 656,220 31 Dec. 1957 Colombia 5 Nov. 1945 1,138,338 14,443 5 July 1961 Congo (Brazzaville) 20 Sep. 1960 342,000 900 1960 Congo (Leopoldville) 20 Sep. 1960 2,345,409 14,150 30 June 1960 Costa Rica 2 Nov. 1945 50,700 1,250 31 Dec. 1961 Cuba 24 Oct. 1945 114,524 6,933 1 July 1961 Cyprus 20 Sep. 1960 9,251 581 30 Sep. 1961 Czechoslovakia 24 Oct. 1945 127,860 13,776 1 June 1961 Dahomey 20 Sep. 1960 115,762 2,050 Sep. 1961 Denmark 24 Oct. 1945 43,042 4,581 1 July 1960 Dominican Republic 24 Oct. 1945 48,734 3,098 1 July 1961 Ecuador 21 Dec. 1945 270,670 4,455 1 July 1961 El Salvador 24 Oct. 1945 21,393 2,501 2 May 1961 Ethiopia 13 Nov. 1945 1,184,320 20,000 1 July 1960 Federation of Malaya 17 Sep. 1957 131,313 7,018 1 Dec. 1960 Finland 14 Dec. 1955 337,009 4,499 31 Dec. 1961 France 24 Oct. 1945 551,208 46,219 31 Dec. 1961 Gabon 20 Sep. 1960 267,000 440 1 July 1960 Ghana 8 Mar. 1957 237,873 6,943 1 July 1961 Greece 25 Oct. 1945 130,918 8,387 19 Mar. 1961 Guatemala 21 Nov. 1945 108,889 3,868 30 June 1961 Guinea 12 Dec. 1958 245,857 3,000 1 July 1960 Haiti 24 Oct. 1945 27,750 3,505 7 Aug. 1960 Honduras 17 Dec. 1945 112,088 1,892 30 June 1961 Hungary 14 Dec. 1955 93,030 10,050 31 Dec. 1961 Iceland 19 Nov. 1946 103,000 177 1 Dec. 1960 India 30 Oct. 1945 3,040,220 440,316 1 July 1961 Indonesia 29 Sep. 1950 1,491,564 95,189 31 Oct. 1961 Iran 24 Oct. 1945 1,648,000 20,678 1 July 1961 Iraq 21 Dec. 1945 444,442 7,085 1 July 1960 Ireland 14 Dec. 1955 70,283 2,815 9 Apr. 1961 Israel 11 May 1949 20,700 2,232 31 Dec. 1961 Italy 14 Dec. 1955 301,226 49,773 30 Nov. 1961 Ivory Coast 20 Sep. 1960 322,463 3,300 30 June 1961 684 APPENDIX I 2 DATE OF ADMIS- TOTAL AREA1 ESTIMATED POPULATION (IN THOUSANDS) MEMBER SION TO U.N. (Square kilometres) Total Date Japan 18 Dec. 1956 369,661 94,420 1 Dec. 1961 Jordan 14 Dec. 1955 96,610 1,757 1 July 1961 Laos 14 Dec. 1955 236,800 1,850 1 July 1961 Lebanon 24 Oct. 1945 10,400 1,646 1 July 1960 Liberia 2 Nov. 1945 111,370 1,290 1 July 1960 Libya 14 Dec. 1955 1,759,540 1,216 1 July 1961 Luxembourg 24 Oct. 1945 2,586 315 31 Dec. 1960 Madagascar 20 Sep. 1960 590,000 5,487 1 Jan. 1961 Mali 28 Sep. 1960 1,204,021 4,100 1 July 1960 Mauritania 27 Oct. 1961 1,085,805 727 1 Jan. 1959 Mexico 7 Nov. 1945 1,969,367 36,091 30 June 1961 Mongolia 27 Oct. 1961 1,535,000 937 1 July 1960 Morocco 12 Nov. 1956 443,680 11,626 18 June 1960 Nepal 14 Dec. 1955 140,798 9,407 22 June 1961 Netherlands 10 Dec. 1945 33,612 11,707 1 Dec. 1961 New Zealand 24 Oct. 1945 268,676 2,463 31 Dec. 1961 Nicaragua 24 Oct. 1945 148,000 1,502 31 Dec. 1960 Niger 20 Sep. 1960 1,188,794 2,870 1 July 1960 Nigeria 7 Oct. 1960 923,772 35,752 1 July 1961 Norway 27 Nov. 1945 323,917 3,611 1 July 1961 Pakistan 30 Sep. 1947 946,719 94,601 1 July 1961 Panama 13 Nov. 1945 74,470 1,084 1 July 1961 Paraguay 24 Oct. 1945 406,752 1,812 30 June 1961 Peru 31 Oct. 1945 1,285,215 10,365 2 July 1961 Philippines 24 Oct. 1945 299,681 29,207 31 Dec. 1961 Poland 24 Oct. 1945 311,730 29,965 30 June 1961 Portugal 14 Dec. 1955 91331 8,921 15 July 1960 Romania 14 Dec. 1955 237,500 18,567 1 July 1961 Saudi Arabia 24 Oct. 1945 1,600,000 6,036 1 Jan. 1956 Senegal 28 Sep. 1960 197,161 2,980 July-Aug. 1961 Sierra Leone 27 Sep. 1961 72326 2,450 1 July 1960 Somalia 20 Sep. 1960 637,661 1,990 1 July 1959 South Africa 7 Nov. 1945 1,223,409 16,122 1 July 1961 Spain 14 Dec. 1955 503,486 30,559 1 July 1961 Sudan 12 Nov. 1956 2305,823 12,109 1 July 1961 Sweden 19 Nov. 1946 449,750 7,542 31 Dec. 1961 Syria3 24 Oct. 1945 184,479 4355 20 Sep. 1960 Tanganyika 14 Dec. 1961 937,061 9,404 30 June 1961 Thailand 16 Dec. 1946 514,000 26,258 25 Apr. 1960 Togo 20 Sep. 1960 56,600 1,450 31 Dec. 1960 Tunisia 12 Nov. 1956 125,180 4,198 31 Dec. 1960 Turkey 24 Oct. 1945 780,576 27,829 23 Oct. 1960 Ukrainian SSR 24 Oct. 1945 601,000 43,368 1 July 1961 Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) 24 Oct. 1945 22,402,200 218,000 1 July 1961 United Arab Republic3 24 Oct. 1945 1,000,000 26,059 20 Sep. 1960 United Kingdom 24 Oct. 1945 244,022 52,925 1 July 1961 United States 24 Oct. 1945 9,363,389 184,967 1 Dec. 1961 Upper Volta 20 Sep. 1960 282,000 4,400 1960-61 Uruguay 18 Dec. 1945 186,926 2,846 31 Dec. 1960 Venezuela 15 Nov. 1945 912,050 7,524 26 Feb. 1961 Yemen 30 Sep. 1947 195,000 5,000 1 July 1960 Yugoslavia 24 Oct. 1945 255,804 18,607 1 July 1961 1 Area figures based on information in Demographic Yearbook 1961. 2 Population figures based on Statistical Papers, Series A, 1 April, 1962. 3 Egypt and Syria, both of which became Members of the United Nations on 24 October 1945, joined together—following a plebiscite held in Egypt and Syria on 21 February 1958—to form the United Arab Re- public. On 13 October 1961, Syria, having resumed its status as an independent State, also resumed its separate membership, and the United Arab Republic continued as a Member of the United Nations. APPENDIX II THE CHARTER OF THE UNITED NATIONS AND THE STATUTE OF THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE CHARTER OF THE UNITED NATIONS WE THE PEOPLES for the prevention and removal of threats to the peace, OF THE UNITED NATIONS and for the suppression of acts of aggression or other DETERMINED breaches of the peace, and to bring about by peaceful to save succeeding generations from the scourge of means, and in conformity with the principles of justice war, which twice in our lifetime has brought untold and international law, adjustment or settlement of sorrow to mankind, and international disputes or situations which might lead to reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights, in to a breach of the peace; the dignity and worth of the human person, in 2. To develop friendly relations among nations the equal rights of men and women and of nations based on respect for the principle of equal rights large and small, and and self-determination of peoples, and to take other to establish conditions under which justice and respect appropriate measures to strengthen universal peace; for the obligations arising from treaties and other 3. To achieve international co-operation in solving sources of international law can be maintained, and international problems of an economic, social, cul- to promote social progress and better standards of tural, or humanitarian character, and in promoting life in larger freedom, and encouraging respect for human rights and for fundamental freedoms for all without distinction as AND FOR THESE ENDS to race, sex, language, or religion; and to practice tolerance and live together in peace with 4. To be a centre for harmonizing the actions of one another as good neighbours, and nations in the attainment of these common ends.