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