The Charter of the United Nations
The United Nations Charter was signed in San Francisco by the representatives of the Governments of the United Nations on June 26, 1945. Its Preamble expresses the determination of the Peoples of the United Nations to “to employ international machinery for the promotion of the economic and social advancement of all peoples.” Article One of the Charter declares that one of its purposes is to “develop friendly relations among nations based on respect for the principle of equal rights and self-determination of peoples.” Article Two declares that the United Nations “is based on the principle of the sovereign equality” of its member nations. Article Two further declares that all member states “shall refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state.”
The full text of the Charter of the United Nations can be found here.
The United Nations Charter was signed in San Francisco by the representatives of the Governments of the United Nations on June 26, 1945. Its Preamble expresses the determination of the Peoples of the United Nations to “to employ international machinery for the promotion of the economic and social advancement of all peoples.” Article One of the Charter declares that one of its purposes is to “develop friendly relations among nations based on respect for the principle of equal rights and self-determination of peoples.” Article Two declares that the United Nations “is based on the principle of the sovereign equality” of its member nations. Article Two further declares that all member states “shall refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state.”
The full text of the Charter of the United Nations can be found here.