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  The Avalon Project : United Nations Charter; June 26, 1945
Nothing in the present Charter the existence of regional arrangements or agencies for dealing with such matters relating to the maintenance of international peace and security as are appropriate fur regional action, provided that such arrangements or agencies and their activities are consistent with the Purposes and Principles of the United Nations.
The present Charter shall be ratified by the signatory states in accordance with their respective constitutional processes.
The present Charter, of which the Chinese, French, Russian, English, and Spanish texts are equally authentic, shall remain deposited in the archives of the Government of -the United States of America.
www.yale.edu /lawweb/avalon/un/unchart.htm   (6732 words)

  
 United Nations Charter - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The United Nations Charter is the constitution of the United Nations.
As a Charter it is a constituent treaty, and all signatories are bound by its articles.
The Charter consists of a preamble, broadly patterned after the preamble of the Constitution of the United States,written by Conner Elms, and a series of articles divided into chapters.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/UN_Charter   (439 words)

  
 The First Breach of the UN Charter - The United Nations and Israel
Arab leaders were enraged when UN resolution 181 (the Partition Plan) was adopted on November 29, 1947 (the vote was 33 to 13, with 10 abstentions).
The UN Palestine Commission reported to the Security Council on 16 February 1948: "Organized efforts are being made by strong Arab elements inside and outside Palestine to prevent the implementation of the Assembly's plan of partition and to thwart its objectives by threats and acts of violence, including armed incursions into Palestinian territory...
UN Secretary-General Trygve Lie termed this act "the first armed aggression which the world had seen since the end of the [Second World] War." The Arab League actually included rejection of resolution 181 as a formal justification for its invasion, the first blatant breach of the UN Charter.
christianactionforisrael.org /un/breach.html   (635 words)

  
 Baseless Comparisons: UN Security Council Resolutions on Iraq and Israel - Dore Gold
UN Security Council Resolution 242 from November 1967 is a Chapter VI resolution which, when taken together with Resolution 338, leads to an Israeli withdrawal from territories (not all the territories) that Israel entered in the 1967 Six-Day War, by means of a negotiated settlement between Israel and its Arab neighbors.
It is noteworthy that in 1967, no UN body adopted a resolution branding Israel as the aggressor in the Six-Day War, despite Soviet efforts, for it was commonly accepted that Israeli actions were the result of a war of self-defense.
UN Security Council Resolution 661 provided that no state was to trade in Iraqi oil; subsequently, the UN created, for humanitarian reasons, the oil-for-food program, which permitted Iraqi oil sales as long as the UN could strictly control the expenditure of any resulting oil revenues for food and medicine.
www.jcpa.org /brief/brief2-7.htm   (816 words)

  
 Richard Falk, Future for UN Charter System of War Prevention   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Legal apologists for the initiative insisted that such authorization could be derived from prior UN Security Council resolutions, as well as from the willingness of the UN to manage the post-conflict civil reconstruction of Kosovo that amounted to a tacit assent, providing the undertaking with a retroactive certification of legality.
The third step would be to amend the Charter to incorporate these changes as they pertain to the role and responsibility of the UN Security Council, and other multilateral frameworks and coalitions that undertake humanitarian interventions.
The Charter System is not a legal prison that presents states with the dilemma of adherence (and defeat) and violation or disregard (and victory).
www.transnational.org /forum/meet/2003/Falk_UNCharter.html   (4772 words)

  
 The UN Charter: Then and Now
In addition, the Charter’s drafters did not envision that one of the major powers—one of the victors of World War II and a UN founder—would begin acting outside of international law.
The drafters may be surprised to see the UN intervening in areas related to the internal affairs of sovereign states.
One of the modern developments the Charter did not imagine was the rise of powerful regional entities, like the European Union, which have been given some decision-making authority by their members.
www.state.gov /p/io/rls/rm/2003/26960.htm   (3401 words)

  
 LCNP.org - Global Action to Prevent War - Iraq Statement
The United Nations Charter is a treaty of the United States, and as such forms part of the "supreme law of the land" under the Constitution, Article VI, Clause 2.
Under the UN Charter, there are only two circumstances in which the use of force is permissible: in collective or individual self-defense against an actual or imminent armed attack; and when the Security Council has directed or authorized use of force to maintain or restore international peace and security.
It is fundamental that the UN Charter, Article 2(3) and (4), gives priority to the peaceful settlement of disputes and the non-use of force.
www.lcnp.org /global/iraqstatement3.htm   (1322 words)

  
 Memo on the Margin; The UN’s ‘Mommy Earth’ Charter; 09-05-00
Hey, the whole idea of the UN is that it is the one place on the planet where even the fl sheep could come to state their case.
The Earth Charter's advocates speak of it as though it were the "Magna Carta" of a new regime, but it's not a regime of freedom from arbitrary kings like King John at Runnymede in 1215.
The Charter affirms that "all beings are interdependent" (i.e., personal freedom is irrelevant) and "every form of life has value regardless of its worth to human beings" (i.e., animals, plants and insects, but not unborn babies).
www.polyconomics.com /searchbase/09-05-00.html   (1126 words)

  
 Libya: The Lockerbie Legality
The UN Charter gives the UN Security Council the task to settle disputes between member states and to take appropriate measures in case international world peace or security is threatened.
The UN Security Council is by the UN Charter obliged to act in accordance with the principles of justice and international law.
A possible modification of the UN Charter might be the establishment or creation of a legal body to survey and control the legal outcome of the resolutions passed by the UN Security Council.
ourworld.compuserve.com /homepages/dr_ibrahim_ighneiwa/lockerbi.htm   (12556 words)

  
 NATO Topics - The North Atlantic Treaty and the UN Charter
The Charter, signed in San Francisco on 26 June 1945 by fifty nations, provides the legal basis for the creation of NATO and establishes the overall responsibility of the UN Security Council for international peace and security.
The preamble to the Washington Treaty makes it clear that the UN Charter is the framework within which the Alliance operates.
Article 5 of the Treaty makes explicit reference to Article 51 of the UN Charter in asserting the right of the Allies to take, individually or collectively, such action as they deem necessary for their self-defence.
www.nato.int /issues/nato_treaty_un_charter   (313 words)

  
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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.
Article 95 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.
Article 111 The present Charter, of which the Chinese, French, Russian, English, and Spanish texts are equally authentic, shall remain deposited in the archives of the Government of the United States of America.
fletcher.tufts.edu /multi/texts/BH180.txt   (6763 words)

  
 Guardian | Iraq war was illegal and breached UN charter, says Annan
Mr Annan said that the invasion was not sanctioned by the UN security council or in accordance with the UN's founding charter.
The UN chief had warned the US and its allies a week before the invasion in March 2003 that military action would violate the UN charter.
No immediate comment was available from the White House late last night, but American officials have defended the war as an act of self-defence, allowed under the UN charter, in view of Saddam Hussein's supposed plans to build weapons of mass destruction.
www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,5017264-103681,00.html   (508 words)

  
 Defend the UN Charter
Koffi Annan wants to impose on the UN the concept of a “qualified sovereignty”, rather than the right to national sovereignty that is inscribed in the UN Charter.
The present Charter is based on the “sovereign equality of all nations” and says that “nothing authorises the UN to intervene in matters which are essentially within the domestic jurisdiction of any state”.
Although some alterations to the UN are called for as a result of the many changes in the world since the UN was formed in 1945, the basic principles of the UN Charter, particularly the sovereign rights of all countries, must be preserved.
www.agitprop.org.au /stopnato/20000225editoguard.htm   (807 words)

  
 THE UN's CHARTER FOR GLOBAL DEMOCRACY......(Must Read!) [Free Republic]
The Charter for Global Democracy is written to establish the new procedures that will govern how nations will interact with each other, as well as how they operate within their own borders.
It’s been five years since the UN released its blueprint for global governance in a 1995 report called "Our Global Neighborhood." That report detailed UN plans that will now be placed into action through the Charter for Global Democracy which will be voted on and approved by the world leaders at the Millennium Assembly.
The UN army is one of the main points to be voted on in the Charter for Global Democracy.
www.freerepublic.com /forum/a39877cba11c1.htm   (3495 words)

  
 Annan Calls U.S.-Led Invasion Of Iraq Violation Of UN Charter
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has said the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq was illegal because it violated the UN Charter.
In an interview broadcast by the BBC, Annan declared explicitly that the U.S.-led invasion violated the UN charter and hence international law.
Annan said in the interview that he believes the U.S.-led coalition preempted UN procedures by going to war without obtaining a second resolution specifically authorizing the forceful disarmament of Iraq.
www.payvand.com /news/04/sep/1148.html   (895 words)

  
 The Earth Charter
The United Nations’ Earth Charter is coming to a community and school near you.
Presented to the world as a mystical revelation, the UN Earth Charter is actually a diabolical blueprint for global government.
UN environmental proposals, like the World Heritage Convention and Agenda 21, are socialist instruments that reflect the world body’s ongoing drive to destroy property rights.
www.getusout.org /artman/publish/cat_index_20.shtml   (207 words)

  
 Charter of the United Nations
A General Conference of the Members of the United Nations for the purpose of reviewing the present Charter may be held at a date and place to be fixed by a two­thirds vote of the members of the General Assembly and by a vote of any nine members of the Security Council.
Any alteration of the present Charter recommended by a two­thirds vote of the conference shall take effect when ratified in accordance with their respective constitutional processes by two thirds of the Members of the United Nations including the permanent members of the Security Council.
The present Charter, of which the Chinese, French, Russian, English, and Spanish texts are equally authentic, shall remain deposited in the archives of the Government of ­the United States of America.
www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/UN/CHARTER.html   (6681 words)

  
 ASIL Electronic Resource Guide
The predecessor organization to the UN is The League of Nations established in 1919 by the Covenant of the League of Nations (http://fletcher.tufts.edu/multi/www/league-covenant.html).
UN research requests may involve obtaining a copy of a recent UN resolution, acquiring background information on the UN’s position on a particular issue, or obtaining information on voting practices of a particular Member State.
The UN Charter, Universal Declarations of Human Rights, Statute of the International Court of Justice, and various treaties and conventions are among the founding documents of the United Nations.
www.asil.org /resource/un1.htm   (7036 words)

  
 CHARTER OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Article 51 Nothing in the present Charter shall impair the inherent right of individual or collective self-defence if an armed attack occurs against a Member of the United Nations, until the Security Council has taken measures necessary to maintain international peace and security.
Nothing in the present Charter shall in- validate or preclude action, in relation to any state which during the Second World War has been an enemy of any signatory to the present Charter, taken or authorized as a result of that war by the Governments having responsibility for such action.
The present Charter shall come into force upon the deposit of by the Republic of China, France, the Union of Soviet Socialist, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and the United States of America, and by a majority of the other signatory states.
www.icj-cij.org /icjwww/ibasicdocuments/ibasictext/ibasicunchart.htm   (6870 words)

  
 UN - ECOSOC: Charter   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The Economic and Social Council was established as a principal organ of the United Nations by the article 7 of the Charter.
The term of references for the ECOSOC are constituted by Chapter IX and Chapter X of the Charter.
The Chapter IX of the Chart deals the International Economic and Social Co-operation issues which are the principles that lead the Council actions.
www.un.org /esa/coordination/ecosoc/charter.htm   (1193 words)

  
 INDOlink - International News - Iraq War A Lesson On Need Of UN Charter: Annan
New York, Sept. 18 (NNN): The Iraq war demonstrated the need for addressing the issue of preventive action in the context of principles of United Nations Charter and showed the importance of joint efforts on use of force, according to UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan.
Responding to media questions about the Secretary-General's comments in a BBC interview, UN spokesman Fred Eckhard told reporters that in his remarks the Secretary-General had reiterated his well-known position that the military action against Iraq was not in conformity with the UN Charter.
Powell added that he was sure he would have the opportunity to talk to Annan about the comments the UN chief made to the BBC on Wednesday.
www.indolink.com /displayArticleS.php?id=091704104132   (692 words)

  
 Iraq War was Illegal and Breached UN Charter, Says Annan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Mr Annan has until now kept a tactful silence and his intervention at this point undermines the argument pushed by Tony Blair that the war was legitimized by security council resolutions.
No immediate comment was available from the White House late last night, but American officials have defended the war as an act of self-defense, allowed under the UN charter, in view of Saddam Hussein's supposed plans to build weapons of mass destruction.
Mr Blair and Mr Straw tried to secure this second resolution early in 2003 in the run-up to the war but were unable to convince a skeptical security council.
www.veteransforpeace.org /Iraq_war_was_illegal_091604.htm   (534 words)

  
 The truth about the United Nations!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
After all, what jurisdiction do U.N. bureaucrats have for sticking their nose into the U.S. gun control debate since the United States Constitution gives no authority of any kind to the U.N? Clearly, gun control (or more plainly called civilian disarmament, which is what concerned the founders) is prohibited by the Second Amendment.
The fact of the matter is, the U.N. is increasingly assuming the jurisdictional authority of a federal world government with the U.S. as just one of scores of member states.
In 1993, the UN Economic and Social Council granted consultant status to the International Gay and Lesbian Association which includes the North American Man/Boy Love Association (advocates of child molestation) and the Dutch group Vereniging Martijn (which also promotes use of children as sex objects).
www.apfn.org /apfn/un.htm   (5507 words)

  
 United Nations Charter (1945)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
CHAPTER IX [CIRP Note: This file contains an extract of the human rights provisions of the Charter of the United Nation which was signed in San Francisco on 26 June 1945.
All members of the United Nations are bound by these provisions.
Article 56 charges each member nation to help the UN to achieve goals set forth in Article 55.
www.cirp.org /library/ethics/UN-charter   (309 words)

  
 Permanent Mission of Israel to the UN
Permanent Mission of Israel to the UN, and welcome to the website of the Permanent Mission of Israel to the United Nations.
This site introduces Israel's positions on important U.N. related issues, and offers a full range of information about Israel's activities in the United Nations, its different bodies and agencies.
UN Press Corps: “This is a process that must take place now, or never”
www.israel-un.org   (307 words)

  
 The UN’s Charter For Global Democracy -- The "Final Solution" For American Independence [Free Republic]
Today, however, unless Congress stands united – determined to block not only the UN Charter, but also every effort to implement it – it will take only the stroke of Bill Clinton´s lame-duck pen to change our nation, and history forever.
Bad times, resulting from this UN effort, are coming.
The UN is based in the occult and is evil to the core.
www.freerepublic.com /forum/a396c9acb2b02.htm   (2232 words)

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