CHARTER OF THE UNITED NATIONS (1945)
CHAPTER IX
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COOPERATION
[ACTM 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.
This includes the United States of America.
The human rights provisions were a response
to the widespread human rights violations of World War
II.
Article 55 charges the United Nations to
promote respect for and observance of universal human rights
for all. Article 56 charges each member nation to help the UN
to achieve goals set forth in Article 55. Article 60 vests
this power in the United Nations General Assembly.
The post World War II human rights era began
with these articles.]
Article 55
With a view to the creation of conditions of stability and
well-being which are necessary for peaceful and friendly
relations among nations based for respect for the principle
of equal rights and self-determination of peoples, the United
Nations shall promote:
(a) higher standards of living, full employment, and
conditions of economic and social progress and
development;
(b) solutions of international economic, social, health,
and related problems; and international cultural and
educational cooperation and
(c) universal respect for, and
observance of, human rights and fundamental freedoms for
all without distinction as to race, sex, language, or
religion.
Article 56
All members pledge themselves to take
joint and separate action in cooperation with the
Organization for the achievement of the purposes set forth in
Article 55.
Article 60
Responsibility for the discharge of the functions of the
Organization set forth in this Chapter shall be vested in the
General Assembly and, under the authority of the General
Assembly in the Economic and Social Council, which shall have
for this purpose all the powers set forth in Chapter X.
Citation:
- Charter of the United Nations (1945). In: The United
Nations and Human Rights 1945-1995. Department of Public
Information, United Nations, New York 10017, 1995. (ISBN
92-1-100560-4)
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