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Introduction 1

Origin,Purposes and Principles 1

Preamble to the Charter 1

Origin 1

Purposes and Principles 2

Membership 3

Languages 3

Amendments to the Charter 3

General Assembly 4

The Main Organs 4

Security Council 6

Economic and Social Council 8

Trusteeship Council 10

International Court of Justice 11

Secretariat 12

The United Nations at Work 14

Maintining the Peace 14

Middle East 17

Cyprus 22

Congo 26

India-Pakistan Subcontinent 26

Korea 27

Disarmament 29

Outer Space 32

Law of the Sea 33

Apartheid 36

Economic and Social Progress 40

International Development Strategy 40

New International Economic Order 41

United Nations Programmes 44

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development 45

United Nations Development Programme 47

United Nations Volunteers 49

United Nations Industrial Development Organization 50

United Nations Institute for Training and Research 52

United Nations University 53

World Food Problems 54

Human Environment 55

Population 57

International Control of Narcontic Drugs and Psychotriopic Substances 59

United Nations Children s Fund 61

Special Help Activities 61

Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees 62

United Nations Relief and Works Agency 64

Natural Disasters 65

Human Rights Activities 66

Universal Declaration of Human Rights 66

International Covenants on Human Rights 67

Violation of Human Rights 68

Other Human Rights Questions 70

Promotion of Equality of Men and Women 71

Decolonization 73

International Trusteeship System 73

Non-Self-Governing Territories 74

Declaration on the Granting of Independence 74

Southern Rhodesia 76

Namibia 79

Former Portuguese-administered Territories 82

International Law 83

International Court of Justice 84

International Law Commission 86

Members of the International Court of Justice 86

United Nations Commission on International Trade Law 87

Related Agencies 88

IAEA/International Atomic Energy Agency 89

ILO/International Labour Organisation 90

FAO/Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations 91

UNESCO/United Nations Educational,Scientific and Cultural Organization 92

WHO/World Health Organization 93

WORLD BANK/International Bank for Reconstruction and Development 94

IFC/International Finance Corporation 95

IDA/International Development Association 95

FUND/International Monetary Fund 96

ICAO/International Civil Aviation Organization 97

UPU/Universal Postal Union 98

ITU/International Telecommunication Union 99

WMO/World Meteorological Organization 100

IMCO/Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization 102

WIPO/World Intellectual Property Organization 103

GATT/General Ageement on Tariffs and Trade 104

Membership of the United Nations 106

United Nations Information Centres and Services 109

In Brief 113