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| | United Nations - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Its first formal use was in the January 1, 1942 Declaration by the United Nations, which committed the Allies to the principles of the Atlantic Charter and pledged them not to seek a separate peace with the Axis powers. | | | Also implicated in the scandal is United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan, whose son Kojo Annan is alleged to have illegally procured UN oil-for-food contracts on behalf of a Swiss company, Coctecna. | | | The UN negotiates treaties such as the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea to avoid potential international disputes. |
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| | CNN Cold War - Historical Document: United Nations Charter |
| | Nothing in the present Charter precludes the existence of regional arrangements or agencies for dealing with such matters relating to the maintenance of international peace and security as are appropriate for regional action provided that such arrangements or agencies and their activities are consistent with the Purposes and Principles of the United Nations. | | | The International Court of Justice shall be the principal judicial organ of the United Nations. | | | A state which is not a Member of the United Nations may become a party to the Statute of the International Court of Justice on conditions to be determined in each case by the General Assembly upon the recommendation of the Security Council. |
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| | United Nations Charter - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Charter of the United Nations at Law-Ref.org - fully indexed and crosslinked with other documents | | | The United Nations Charter is the constitution of the United Nations. | | | Ratification by the Republic of China, France, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and the United States of America, and by a majority of the other signatory states. |
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| | United Nations Agreements on Human Rights |
| | Any state party to the Convention may also call upon the United Nations to act to prevent or punish acts of genocide. | | | The remainder of the Convention specifies procedures for resolving disputes between nations about whether a specific act or acts constitute(s) genocide, and gives procedures for ratification of the convention. | | | People suspected of acts of genocide may be tried by a national tribunal in the territory where the acts were committed or by a properly constituted international tribunal whose jurisdiction is recognized by the state or states involved. |
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| | REGULATIONS TO GIVE EFFECT TO ARTICLE 102 OF THE CHARTER OF THE UNITED NATIONS |
| | Under Article 102 of the Charter of the United Nations every treaty and every international agreement entered into by any Member of the United Nations after the coming into force of the Charter shall, as soon as possible, be registered with the Secretariat and published by it. | | | Every treaty or international agreement, whatever its form and descriptive name, entered into by one or more Members of the United Nations after 24 October 1945, the date of the coming into force of the Charter, shall as soon as possible be registered with the Secretariat in accordance with these regulations. | | | Where the United Nations is the depository of a multilateral treaty or agreement. |
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| | AMERICA'S ROLE IN THE UNITED NATIONS |
| | According to Article 108 of the Charter of the United Nations, amendments may be proposed by a vote of two-thirds of the United Nations General Assembly and may become effective upon ratification by a vote of two-thirds of the members of the United Nations, including all the permanent members of the United Nations Security Council. | | | Therefore, the Charter of the United Nations is neither politically nor legally binding upon the United States of America or upon its people. | | | The American people have not, however, approved of the Charter of the United Nations which, by its nature, cannot be the supreme law of the land for it was never `made under the Authority of the U.S.,' as required by Article VI. |
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| | The Freedom Charter and the United Nations |
| | The Freedom Charter, describing the democratic and humanist aspirations of the oppressed people of South Africa, is a historic document which is in full harmony with the purposes and principles of the United Nations and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and relevant resolutions of United Nations organs. | | | The objectives enunciated by the United Nations in its declarations and resolutions on apartheid are in harmony with the Freedom Charter. | | | The United Nations Special Committee against Apartheid - and, at its request, the Centre against Apartheid - have repeatedly taken action to publicise the Charter. |
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| | H.V. Evatt hero file |
| | Cause: Creation of the United Nations (UN) and its Charter. | | | The United Nations officially comes into existence on 24 October, when the charter is ratified by the majority of its 50 signatories. | | | The Charter is signed on 26 June by the representatives of the 50 countries attending the conference. |
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| | Encyclopedia: United Nations Charter |
| | The United Nations Charter is the constitution of the United Nations. | | | Jump to: navigation, search The International Court of Justice (known colloquially as the World Court or ICJ) is the principal judicial organ of the United Nations. | | | The United Nations Secretariat is one of the principal organs of the United Nations and it is headed by the United Nations Secretary General, assisted by a staff of international civil servants worldwide. |
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| | ipedia.com: United Nations Article |
| | The United States is the only member that is assessed this rate, though it is in arrears hundreds of millions of dollars;(see also United States and the United Nations) all other members' assessment rates are lower. | | | Another is to abolish the United Kingdom and France's seats and give a seat to the European Union: but since the EU is not a state this would require a change to the UN Charter (or it would require that the EU become a state). | | | The United States Senate, by a vote of 89 to 2, gave its consent to the ratification of the UN Charter on July 28, 1945. |
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| | CNN Cold War - Historical Document: United Nations Charter |
| | Nothing in the present Charter precludes the existence of regional arrangements or agencies for dealing with such matters relating to the maintenance of international peace and security as are appropriate for regional action provided that such arrangements or agencies and their activities are consistent with the Purposes and Principles of the United Nations. | | | The International Court of Justice shall be the principal judicial organ of the United Nations. | | | A state which is not a Member of the United Nations may become a party to the Statute of the International Court of Justice on conditions to be determined in each case by the General Assembly upon the recommendation of the Security Council. |
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| | AMERICA'S ROLE IN THE UNITED NATIONS |
| | According to Article 108 of the Charter of the United Nations, amendments may be proposed by a vote of two-thirds of the United Nations General Assembly and may become effective upon ratification by a vote of two-thirds of the members of the United Nations, including all the permanent members of the United Nations Security Council. | | | Therefore, the Charter of the United Nations is neither politically nor legally binding upon the United States of America or upon its people. | | | It is commonly assumed that the Charter of the United Nations is a treaty. |
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| | United Nations Treaty Collection Web Site |
| | of the Charter of the United Nations, "Every treaty and every international agreement entered into by any Member of the United Nations after the present Charter comes into force shall as soon as possible be registered with the Secretariat and published by it". | | | Affairs of the United Nations, this on-line service offers access to over 50,000 | | | Text and status of the United Nations Conventions on Terrorism |
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| | Support United Nations : Statements : Newsroom : AFSC |
| | Nations proclaimed their resolve and declared their intent “to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war…” (Preamble to the Charter of the United Nations). | | | Support United Nations : Statements : Newsroom : AFSC | | | We understand that the United Nations is guided by the strengths and shortcomings of the member states. |
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| | United Nations University |
| | 10th U Thant Lecture on: The Role of the United Nations Secretary-General: The Past as Prelude to the Future" |
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| | The Avalon Project : United Nations Charter; June 26, 1945 |
| | The original Members of the United Nations shall be the states which, having participated in the United Nations Conference on International Organization at San Francisco, or having previously signed the Declaration by United Nations of 1 January 1942, sign the present Charter and ratify it in accordance with Article 110. | | | All Members shall give the United Nations every assistance in any action it takes in accordance with the present Charter, and shall refrain from giving assistance to any state against which the United Nations is taking preventive or enforcement action. | | | Nothing in the present Charter shall prevent Members of the United Nations from entrusting the solution of their differences to other tribunals by virtue of agreements already in existence or which may be concluded in the future. |
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| | United Nations |
| | Under the UN Charter, the chief administrative officer of the UN and the head of the Secretariat is the Secretary-General of the United Nations, appointed to a five-year term by the General Assembly on the recommendation of the Security Council. | | | The principal organs of the United Nations include the Security Council, the General Assembly, the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), the International Court of Justice, and the Secretariat. | | | The United Nations is currently engaged in one of the most important debates in its history: how to reform itself, strengthen itself as an institution, and ensure that it addresses effectively the threats and challenges of the 21st century. |
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| | United Nations. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05 |
| | Drafted at San Francisco, the UN charter was signed on June 26 and ratified by the required number of states on Oct. 24 (officially United Nations Day). | | | Temporary agencies have included the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration, the International Refugee Organization (whose responsibilities were later assumed by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees), and the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, which is still in existence. | | | The name United Nations was coined by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1941 to describe the countries fighting against the Axis. |
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| | CBC News Indepth: United Nations |
| | The United Nations is not a world government and does not make laws. | | | This body carries out the administrative work of the United Nations as directed by the General Assembly, the Security Council and other parts of the UN. | | | The UN came into existence on Oct. 24, 1945 when the Charter was ratified by China, France, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, the United States and a majority of the delegates. |
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| | MSN Encarta - United Nations |
| | United Nations (UN), international organization of countries created to promote world peace and cooperation. | | | They called the new league the United Nations. | | | The declaration included the first formal use of the term United Nations, a name coined by President Roosevelt. |
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| | NYU Law, Library - Foreign & International, United Nations |
| | Provides the The United Nations Charter, information on UN organs (document symbols), and main bodies. | | | As a regional arrangement under Chapter VIII of the Charter of the United Nations, the OSCE has been established as a primary instrument in its region for early warning, conflict prevention, crisis management and post-conflict rehabilitation in Europe. | | | United Nations Crime and Justice Information Network and ODCCP |
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| | United Nations - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Also implicated in the scandal is United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan, whose son Kojo Annan is alleged to have illegally procured UN oil-for-food contracts on behalf of a Swiss company, Coctecna. | | | The UN negotiates treaties such as the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea to avoid potential international disputes. | | | A case in point is support by the United Nations for countries in transition to democracy. |
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| | United Nations Day |
| | The United Nations officially came into existence on October 24, 1945, when the Charter had been ratified by China, France, The Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, United States and by a majority of other signatories. | | | Accordingly, our respective Governments, through representatives assembled in the city of San Francisco, who have exhibited their full powers found to be in good and due form, have agreed to the present Charter of the United Nations, and do hereby establish an international organization to be known as the United Nations. | | | It was apparent, and also quite important, that the general public should be informed about the content and purposes of the United Nations; therefore an entire week-United Nations Week-was set aside in October, with its chief observance on United Nations Day, October 24. |
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| | United Nations - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | The United States is the only member that is assessed this rate, though it is in arrears hundreds of millions of dollars;(see also United States and the United Nations) all other members' assessment rates are lower. | | | The breakup of the Soviet Union has also left the United States in a unique position of global dominance, creating a variety of new challenges for the UN (See the United States and the United Nations). | | | United States president Franklin D. Roosevelt suggested the name "United Nations" and the first official use of the term occurred on January 1, 1942 with the Declaration by the United Nations. |
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| | The United Nations Organization |
| | Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali warned the United States that under existing Security Council resolutions only he had the power to launch air strikes against the Serbian aggressors fighting Bosnians, and the United States would be in violation of the U.N. Charter if the U.S. acted on its own. | | | It was in the middle of the 1970s that the late Daniel Moynihan entered and exited as the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations. | | | The U.N. Charter starts with a bit of plagiarism from the United States Constitution. |
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| | The United Nations: Organization |
| | The Charter is the constituting instrument of the United Nations, setting out the rights and obligations of Member States, and establishing the Organization's organs and procedures. | | | In 1945, representatives of 50 countries met in San Francisco at the United Nations Conference on International Organization to draw up the United Nations Charter. | | | The six principal organs of the United Nations, are the: General Assembly, Security Council, Economic and Social Council, Trusteeship Council, International Court of Justice and Secretariat. |
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| | United Nations for All - The UN is Even More Essential to World Peace Now |
| | Representatives of 51 countries signed the original Charter of the United Nations on June 26, 1945. | | | The United Nations was officially born on October 24, 1945 after the Charter was ratified by the five permanent members of the Security Council and the majority of the other signing nations. | | | The International Court of Justice, also known as the World Court, is part of the United Nations and is located at The Hague, Netherlands. |
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| | The Avalon Project : United Nations Charter; June 26, 1945 |
| | The original Members of the United Nations shall be the states which, having participated in the United Nations Conference on International Organization at San Francisco, or having previously signed the Declaration by United Nations of 1 January 1942, sign the present Charter and ratify it in accordance with Article 110. | | | A state which is not of the United Nations may become a party to the Statute of the International Court of Justice on to be determined in each case by the General Assembly upon the recommendation of the Security Council. | | | Each Member of the United Nations undertakes to comply with the decision of the International Court of Justice in any case to which it is a party. |
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| | Pope John Paul II - Address to the United Nations General Assembly - 5 October 1995 |
| | In a certain sense, the United Nations Organization was born from a conviction that such doctrines were antithetical to peace; and the Charter's commitment to "save future generations from the scourge of war" (Preamble) surely implied a moral commitment to defend every nation and culture from unjust and violent aggression. | | | Is this not the ideal held up by the Charter of the United Nations when it sets as the basis of the Organization "the principle of the sovereign equality of all its Members" (art. | | | Address to the United Nations General Assembly on 5 October 1995 given during a visit to the United States |
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| | United Nations |
| | The conference drafted the United Nations Charter and it was signed on 26th June and ratified at the first session of the General Assembly of the United Nations in London on 24th October 1945. | | | The first would be a general assembly at which all the United Nations would be represented. | | | The main differences between the League of Nations and the United Nations were the stronger executive powers assumed by the Security Council and the requirement that member states should make available armed forces to serve as peace-keepers or to repel an aggressor. |
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