Chapter II of the Charter of the United Nations

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    • The Chapter II of the United Nations Charter , entitled "Membership" (membership) and contains Articles 3 to 6 of the Charter of the United Nations .

    In these 4 articles, the United Nations (UN) regulates the conditions and procedures for admission and temporary or final exclusion from the UN. There are 51 founding members. (See also United Nations Member States .)

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    The original text is available in German on the website of the United Nations Regional Information Center for Western Europe ( UNRIC ) .

    Article 3

    Article 3 regulates which states are considered founding members of the UN. These are all states that participated in the United Nations conference on an international organization in San Francisco or that previously signed the United Nations declaration of January 1, 1942. They must also ratify the Charter under Article 110 .

    Article 4

    This article stipulates that all peace-loving states can become members of the UN if they accept the obligations of the Charter and, according to the judgment of the UN, are able and willing to do so. In addition, Article 4 stipulates that new members must be recommended by the Security Council and admitted by resolution of the General Assembly .

    Article 5

    Article 5 regulates the temporary exclusion of individual members. If the Security Council imposes coercive measures on members, the General Assembly may, on the recommendation of the Security Council, temporarily withdraw the rights of its membership. The Security Council can also allow this again. (See also Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations )

    Article 6

    According to Article 6, on the recommendation of the Security Council, the General Assembly can expel individual members who persistently violate the Charter from the UN.

    literature

    • Thomas D. Grant: Admission to the United Nations . Charter Article 4 and the Rise of Universal Organization. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2009 ( limited preview in Google book search).

    Web links

    Wikisource: Chapter II - Membership  - Sources and full texts (English)
    • Chapter II. In: UNRIC. Retrieved September 4, 2012 (German original text).

    Individual evidence

    1. ↑ Accessions listed chronologically