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CHARTER OF THE UNITED NATIONS.

ARTICLE 2.

The Organisation and its Members, in pursuit of the Purposes stated in Article 1, shall act in accordance with the following Principles :-

1. The Organisation is based on the principle of the sovereign equality of all its Members.

2. All Members, in order to ensure to all of them the rights and benefits resulting from membership, shall fulfil in good faith the obligations assumed by them in accordance with the present Charter.

3. All Members shall settle their international disputes by peaceful means in such a manner that international peace and security, and justice, are not endangered.

4. All Members shall refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any State, or in any other manner inconsistent with the Purposes of the United Nations.

5. 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.

6. The Organisation shall ensure that States which are not Members of the United Nations act in accordance with these Principles so far as may be necessary for the maintenance of international peace and security.

7. Nothing contained in the present Charter shall authorise the United Nations to intervene in matters which are essentially within the domestic jurisdiction of any State or shall require the Members to submit such matters to settlement under the present Charter; but this principle shall not prejudice the application of enforcement measures under Chapter VII.

Chapter II. Membership.

ARTICLE 3.

The original Members of the United Nations shall be the States which, having participated in the United Nations Conference on International Organisation at San Francisco, or having previously signed the Declaration by United Nations of the 1st January, 1942, sign the present Charter and ratify it in accordance with Article 110.

ARTICLE 4.

1. Membership in the United Nations is open to all other peace-loving States which accept the obligations contained in the present Charter and, in the judgment of the Organisation, are able and willing to carry out these obligations.

2. The admission of any such State to membership in the United Nations will be effected by a decision of the General Assembly upon the recommenda- tion of the Security Council.

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DUMBARTON OAKS PROPOSALS.

Chapter II.-Principles.

In pursuit of the purposes mentioned in Chapter I the Organisation and its members should act in accordance with the following principles :-

(1) The Organisation is based on the principle of the sovereign equality of all peace-loving States.

of them the rights and benefits resulting from membership in the Organisa- (2) All members of the Organisation undertake, in order to ensure to all

tion, to fulfil the obligations assumed by them in accordance with the Charter. (3) All members of the Organisation shall settle their disputes by peaceful means in such a manner that international peace and security are not endangered.

(4) All members of the Organisation shall refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force in any manner inconsistent with the purposes of the Organisation.

(5) All members of the Organisation shall give every assistance to the Organisation in any action undertaken by it in accordance with the provisions of the Charter.

(6) All members of the Organisation shall refrain from giving assistance to any State against which preventive or enforcement action is being under- taken by the Organisation.

The Organisation should ensure that States not members of the Organisa- tion act in accordance with these principles so far as may be necessary for the maintenance of international peace and security.

(7) The provisions of paragraphs 1-6 of Section (A) should not apply to situations or disputes arising out of matters which by international law are solely within the domestic jurisdiction of the State concerned (VIII (A) (7)).

Chapter III.-Membership.

Membership of the Organisation should be open to all peace-loving States.

The General Assembly should be empowered to admit new members to the Organisation upon recommendation of the Security Council (V (B) (2)).