CHAPTER I. CHARTER OF THE UNITED NATIONS AND STATUTE OF THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE
1. CHARTER OF THE UNITED NATIONS
Signed at San Francisco on 26 June 1945
ENTRY INTO FORCE: 24 October 1945, in accordance with Article 110.
Participant
Argentina
Australia
Belgium
Bolivia
Brazil
Byelorussian SSR
Canada Chile
China 2
Colombia
Costa Rica
Denmark.
Original Members of the United Nations which, having signed the Charter, 1 deposited their instruments of ratification with the Government of the United States of America on the dates indicated
Ratification
24 Sep 1945 1 Nov 1945
27 Dec 1945 14 Nov 1945
21 Sep 1945
24 Oct 1945
9 Nov 1945
11 Oct 1945 28 Sep 1945 5 Nov 1945 2 Nov 1945 15 Oct 1945 19 Oct 1945
9 Oct 1945 4 Sep 1945
Cuba
Czechoslovakia
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
21 Dec 1945
Egypt (United Arab Republic)3
22 Oct 1945
El Salvador
26 Sep 1945
Ethiopia
13 Nov 1945
31 Aug 1945 25 Oct 1945 21 Nov 1945
27 Sep 1945
17 Dec 1945
India .
30 Oct 1945
Iran (Islamic Republic of) Iraq
16 Oct 1945
21 Dec 1945
France
Greece
Guatemala
Haiti
Honduras
Participant
Lebanon Liberia Luxembourg Mexico Netherlands' New Zealand Nicaragua Norway Panama Paraguay Peru
Philippines Poland
Saudi Arabia South Africa
(Union of South Africa)5
Syrian Arab Republic (Syria)3 Turkey
Ukrainian SSR
Union of Soviet
Socialist Republics
United Kingdom of Great Britain·
and Northern Ireland
United States of America
Uruguay
Venezuela
Yugoslavia
Ratification
15 Oct 1945
2 Nov 1945 15 Oct 1945 7 Nov 1945
10 Dec 1945
19 Sep 1945 6 Sep 1945 27 Nov 1945 13 Nov 1945
12 Oct 1945
31 Oct 1945
11 Oct 1945
24 Oct 1945
18 Oct 1945
7 Nov 1945
19 Oct 1945
28 Sep 1945
24 Oct 1945
24 Oct 1945
20 Oct 1945 8 Aug 1945 18 Dec 1945 15 Nov 1945 19 Oct 1945
NOTES:
1/ All States listed herein signed the Charter on 26 June 1945, with the exception of Poland
on behalf of which it was signed on 15 October 1945.
2/ Signatures, ratifications,
etc. on behalf of China
accessions,
China is an original Member of the United Nations, the Charter having been signed and rati- fied on its behalf, on 26 June and 28 September 1945 respectively, by the Government of the Re- public of China, which continued to represent China in the United Nations until 25 October 1971. On 25 October 1971, the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted its resolution (XXVI), reading as follows:
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"The General Assembly,
"Recalling the principles of the United Nations,
the Charter of
of
the
"Considering that the restoration lawful rights of the People's Republic of China is essential both for the protection of the Charter of the United Nations and for the cause that the United Nations must serve under the Charter,
Government
of
"Recognizing that the representatives of the The People's Republic of China are the only lawful representatives of China to the United Nations and that the People's Repub- lic of China is one of the five permanent mem- bers of the Security Council,
"Decides to restore all its rights to the People's Republic of China and to recognize the representatives of its Government as the only
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