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Charter of the United Nations

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Instrument Type

Declarations, Resolutions and Advisory Opinions

Monitoring Body

UN General Assembly

Scope

International

Countries

Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Myanmar , Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Timor-Leste, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Falkland Islands (Malvinas), Faroe Islands [Denmark], Fiji, Finland, France, French Guiana [France], Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Gibraltar [United Kingdom], Greece, Greenland [Denmark], Guadeloupe [France], Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region of China, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Islamic Republic of, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Cote d'Ivoire, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Korea, Democratic People´s Republic of, Korea, Republic of, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macao Special Administrative Region of China, Macedonia, the former Yugoslav Republic of, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Martinique [France], Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte [France], Mexico, Micronesia, Federated States of, Moldova, Republic of, Monaco, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norfolk Islands [Australia], Northern Ireland [United Kingdom], Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Palestinian Territory, Occupied, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Pitcairn, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Réunion [France], Romania, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Saint Helena, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Pierre and Miquelon [France], Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syrian Arab Republic, Taiwan, Province of China, Tajikistan, Tanzania, United Republic of, Thailand, Tibet, Autonomous Region of China, Togo, Tokelau, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Turks and Caicos Islands, Tuvalu, Uganda, United Kingdom, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Uruguay, United States, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Holy See, Venezuela, Viet Nam, Wallis and Futuna Islands [France], Morocco (Western Sahara), Yemen, Serbia , Congo, Democratic Republic of the, Zambia, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Bouvet Island [Norway], French Southern Territories [France], Heard Island and McDonald Islands [Australia], Grenada, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, British Indian Ocean Territory [United Kingdom], Christmas Island [Australia], Channel Islands [United Kingdom], Isle of Man [United Kingdom], Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands [Norway], Kosovo, United States Minor Outlying Islands, Montenegro

Summary

26 June 1945, 59 Stat. 1031, T.S. 993, 3 Bevans 1153, entered into force Oct. 24, 1945.

Read the Charter here