All Members shall refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state, or in any other manner inconsistent with the Purposes of the United Nations. All Members shall settle their international disputes by peaceful means in such a manner that international peace and security, and justice, are not endangered. All Members, in order to ensure to all of them the rights and benefits resulting from membership, shall fulfill in good faith the obligations assumed by them in accordance with the present Charter. The Organization is based on the principle of the sovereign equality of all its Members. The Organization and its Members, in pursuit of the Purposes stated in Article 1, shall act in accordance with the following Principles. To be a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations in the attainment of these common ends. To achieve international co-operation in solving international problems of an economic, social, cultural, or humanitarian character, and in promoting and encouraging respect for human rights and for fundamental freedoms for all without distinction as to race, sex, language, or religion and. To develop friendly relations among nations based on respect for the principle of equal rights and self-determination of peoples, and to take other appropriate measures to strengthen universal peace. To maintain international peace and security, and to that end: to take effective collective measures for the prevention and removal of threats to the peace, and for the suppression of acts of aggression or other breaches of the peace, and to bring about by peaceful means, and in conformity with the principles of justice and international law, adjustment or settlement of international disputes or situations which might lead to a breach of the peace. 
Chapter I: Purposes and Principles Article 1
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To employ international machinery for the promotion of the economic and social advancement of all peoples, HAVE RESOLVED TO COMBINE OUR EFFORTS TO ACCOMPLISH THESE AIMS.Īccordingly, our respective Governments, through representatives assembled in the city of San Francisco, who have exhibited their full powers found to be in good and due form, have agreed to the present Charter of the United Nations and do hereby establish an international organization to be known as the United Nations. To ensure, by the acceptance of principles and the institution of methods, that armed force shall not be used, save in the common interest, and To unite our strength to maintain international peace and security, and To practice tolerance and live together in peace with one another as good neighbours, and To promote social progress and better standards of life in larger freedom, AND FOR THESE ENDS To establish conditions under which justice and respect for the obligations arising from treaties and other sources of international law can be maintained, and To reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person, in the equal rights of men and women and of nations large and small, and To save succeeding generations from the scourge of war, which twice in our lifetime has brought untold sorrow to mankind, and Preamble WE THE PEOPLES OF THE UNITED NATIONS DETERMINED
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