This resulting treaty, the UN Charter, is the founding document of the United ... the UN Charter is an instrument of international law, and UN Member States are bound by it. The UN Charter ...

The continent's oldest independent country is Ethiopia, which apart from a five-year occupation by Mussolini's Italy, has ...

With the ratification of this founding document by the majority of its signatories, including the five permanent members of the Security Council, the United Nations officially came into being.

Five permanent members of the UN Security Council should ... awareness of our shared responsibility and real actions." "The UN founding states must set an example. The five nuclear powers bear ...