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with the present Charter, and shall refrain from

giving assistance to any state against which the

United

Nations

is

taking

preventive

or

enforcement action.

6.

The Organization shall ensure that states which

are not Members of the United Nations act in

accordance with these Principles so far as may be

necessary for the maintenance of international

peace and security.

7.

Nothing contained in the present Charter shall

authorize the United Nations to intervene in

matters which are essentially within the domestic

jurisdiction

of

any state or shall require the

Members to submit such matters to settlement

under the present Charter; but this principle shall

not prejudice the application of enforcement

measures under Chapter Vll.

CHAPTER II: MEMBERSHIP

Article 3

The original Members of the United Nations shall be the

states which, having participated in the United Nations

Conference

on

International

Organization

at

San

Francisco, or having previously signed the Declaration by

United Nations of 1 January 1942, sign the present Charter

and ratify it in accordance with Article 110.

Article 4

1.

Membership in the United Nations is open to all

other

peace-loving

states

which

accept

the

obligations contained in the present Charter and,

in the judgment of the Organization, are able and

willing to carry out these obligations.

2.

The admission of any such state to membership

in

the United Nations will be effected by a

decision

of

the

General

Assembly

upon

the

recommendation of the Security Council.

Article 5

A

Member

of

the

United

Nations

against

which

preventive or enforcement action has been taken by the

Security Council may be suspended from the exercise of

the rights and privileges of membership by the General

Assembly upon the recommendation of the Security

Council. The exercise of these rights and privileges may

be restored by the Security Council.

Article 6

A Member of the United Nations which has persistently

violated the Principles contained in the present Charter

may be expelled from the Organization by the General

Assembly upon the recommendation of the Security

Council.

CHAPTER III: ORGANS

Article 7

1.

There are established as principal organs of the

United Nations: a General Assembly, a Security

Council,

an

Economic

and

Social

Council,

a

Trusteeship Council, an International Court of

Justice and a Secretariat.

2.

Such

subsidiary

organs

as

may

be

found

necessary may be established in accordance with

the present Charter.

Article 8

The United Nations shall place no restrictions on the

eligibility

of men and women to participate in any

capacity and under conditions of equality in its principal

and subsidiary organs.

CHAPTER IV: THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY

COMPOSITION

Article 9

1.

The General Assembly shall consist of all the

Members of the United Nations.

2.

Each Member shall have not more than five

representatives in the General Assembly.

FUNCTIONS and POWERS

Article 10

The General Assembly may discuss any questions or any

matters within the scope of the present Charter or

relating to the powers and functions of any organs

provided for in the present Charter, and, except as

provided in Article 12, may make recommendations to the

Members of the United Nations or to the Security Council

or to both on any such questions or matters.

Article 11

1.

The General Assembly may consider the general

principles of co-operation in the maintenance of

international peace and security, including the

principles

governing

disarmament

and

the

regulation

of

armaments,

and

may

make

recommendations with regard to such principles

to the Members or to the Security Council or to

both.

2.

The General Assembly may discuss any questions

relating

to

the

maintenance

of

international

peace and security brought before it by any

Member of the United Nations, or by the Security

Council, or by a state which is not a Member of

the United Nations in accordance with Article 35,

paragraph 2, and, except as provided in Article 12,

may make recommendations with regard to any

such questions to the state or states concerned or

to the Security Council or to both. Any such

question on which action is necessary shall be

referred to the Security Council by the General

Assembly either before or after discussion.

3.

The General Assembly may call the attention of

the Security Council to situations which are likely

to endanger international peace and security.

4.

The powers of the General Assembly set forth in

this Article shall not limit the general scope of

Article 10.

Article 12

1.

While the Security Council is exercising in respect

of any dispute or situation the functions assigned

to it in the present Charter, the General Assembly

shall not make any recommendation with regard

to that dispute or situation unless the Security

Council so requests.

2.

The Secretary-General, with the consent of the

Security

Council,

shall

notify

the

General

Assembly at each session of any matters relative

to the maintenance of international peace and

security

which

are

being

dealt

with

by the

Security Council and shall similarly notify the

General Assembly, or the Members of the United

Nations if the General Assembly is not in session,

immediately the Security Council ceases to deal

with such matters.

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