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Items 15.7

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15.10

(1) Charter of the United Nations, San Francisco, 1945

(2) Statute of the International Court of Justice,

San Francisco,

1945

(3) General Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations, London 1946

4) Convention with annexes on the Privileges and

Immunities of the Specialised Agencies of the United Nations, New York, 1947

1.

1.

A)

The Charter of the United Nations (text at Annex

which established the organization of the United Nations

and sets out its constitutional structure and procedures

signed on 26 June 1945, in San Francisco, and came into

force on 24 October 1945. Article 1 of the Charter sets

was

out the main purposes of the United Nations which are to

international peace and security; to develop

relations among nations based on respect for the

principle of equal rights and self-determination of

maintain

friendly

peoples; to achieve

international

humanitarian

international cooperation in solving

problems of an economic, social, cultural or

character,

and promoting and

encouraging

respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms for all

without distinction as to race, sex, language or religion;

and to be a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations

in the attainment of these common ends. The Statute of the

International Court of Justice (text at Annex B) is an

integral part of the Charter and governs the composition

and procedures

of the International Court of Justice which

is the principal judicial organ of the United Nations.

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