United Nations Charter

United Nations Charter

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• UN Charter signing ceremony

Signed June 26, 1945

Location San Francisco, California, United States

Effective October 24, 1945

Condition Ratification by China, France, theSoviet Union, the United Kingdom,United States and
by a majority of the other signatory states.

Parties 192

Charter of the United Nations atWikisource

The Charter of the United Nations is the foundational treaty of the international organization called the United
Nations.[1] It was signed at the San Francisco War Memorial and Performing Arts Center in San
Francisco, United States, on June 26, 1945, by 50 of the 51 original member countries (Poland, the other
original member, which was not represented at the conference, signed it later). It entered into force on October
24, 1945, after being ratified by the five permanent members of the Security Council—the Republic of
China (later replaced by the People's Republic of China), France, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (later
replaced by the Russian Federation), the United Kingdom, and the United States—and a majority of the other
signatories.Today 192 countries are the members of the United Nations.

As a charter, it is a constituent treaty, and all members are bound by its articles. Furthermore, the Charter
states that obligations to the United Nations prevail over all other treaty obligations.[1] Most countries in the
world have now ratified the Charter. One notable exceptionis the Holy See, which has chosen to remain a
permanent observer state and therefore is not a full signatory to the Charter.[2]