Treaty (12 June 1968)

June 12, 1968

AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE 109 OF THE CHARTER OF THE UNITED NATIONS, ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE UNITED NATION IN RESOLUTION 2101 (XX) MULTILATERAL AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE 109 OF THE CHARTER OF THE UNITED NATIONS: PROTOCOL OF ENTRY INTO FORCE

Amendment adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations in resolution 2101 (XX), 20 December 1965; Protocol of entry into force done at Headquarters of the United Nations, New York, 12 June 1968, With Annex; Entered into force for all members of the United Nations 12 June 1968.

Whereas Article 108 of the Charter of the United Nations1 provides as follows: "ARTICLE 108 "Amendments to the present Charter shall come into force for all Members of the United Nations when they have been adopted by a vote of two ~ thirds of the members of the General Assembly and ratified in accordance with their respective constitutional processes by two thirds of the Members of the United Nations, including all the permanent members of the Security Council.",

Whereas, pursuant to the said Article 108, the General Assembly of the United Nations, in resolution 2101 (XX) of 20 December 1965, adopted the following amendment to Article 109 of the Charter of the United Nations: "In Article 109, paragraph 1, the word 'seven' in the first sentence shall be replaced by the word 'nine' ";

Whereas the requirements of the said Article 108 with respect to the ratification of the above-mentioned amendment were fulfilled by 12 June 1968 as shown in the Annex to this Protocol, and the said amendment entered into force on that day for all Members of the United Nations, And whereas the text of Article 109, paragraph 1, of the Charter of the United Nations, as amended, reads as follows: "ARTICLE 109 "1. A General Conference of the Members of the United Nations for the purpose of reviewing the present Charter may be held at a date and place to be fixed by a two-thirds vote of the members of the General Assembly and by a vote of any nine members of the Security Council. Each Member of the United Nations shall have one vote in the conference. ",Now, therefore, I, U Thant, Secretary-General of the United Nations, sign this Protocol in two original copies in the Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish languages, of which one shall be deposited in the archives of the Secretariat of the United Nations and the other transmitted to the Government of the United States of America as the depositary of the Charter of the United Nations. Copies of this Protocol shall be communicated to all Members of the United Nations. Done at the Headquarters of the United Nations, New York, this twelfth day o{ June, one thousand nine hundred and sixty-eight U Thant Secretary-General ANNEX TO THE PROTOCOL OF ENTRY INTO FORCE OF THE AMENDMENT TO AKTICLI. 109 OF THE CHARTER OF THE UNITED NATIONS, ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION 2101 (XX) OF 20 DECEMBER 1965 List of Members having deposited instruments of ratification of the abovementioned amendment with the Secretary-General as at 12 June 1965 Member Date of Deposit Jordan 25 March 1966 Malawi 11 April 1966 Trinidad and Tobago 22 April 1966 Malaysia 28 April 1966 Niger 28 April 1966 Norway 29 April 1966 Dominican Republic 4 May 1966 Ecuador 5 May 1966 New Zealand 20 May 1966 .Cyprus 31 May 1966 Bulgaria 2 June 1966 Congo (Democratic Republic of) 9 June 1966 Thailand 9 June 1966 Guatemala 16 June 1966 Kenya 16 June 1966 United Republic of Tanzania 20 June 1966 Iceland 21 June 1966 Belgium 29 June 1966 Dahomey 29 June 1966 Malta 30 June 1966 China 8 July 1966 Canada 11 July 1966 Gambia 11 July 1966 India 11 July 1966 Brazil 12 July 1966 Jamaica 12 July 1966 Sweden 15 July 1966 Upper Volta 18 Judy 1966 Njepai 20 July 1966 Singapore 25 July 1966 Bolivia 28 July 1966 Ethiopia 28 July 1966Pakistan 10 August 1966 Tunisia 23 August 1966 Geylon 24 August 1966 Israel 29 August 1966 Ghana 8 September 1966 Rwanda 9 September 1966 Ireland 20 September 1966 Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic 21 September 1966 Union of Soviet Socialist Republics 22 September 1966 Australia 21 September 1966 Austria 29 September 1966 Czechoslovakia 7 October 1966 Albania 12 October 1966 United Kingdom of Great Bri- tain and 19 October 1966 Northern Ireland Laos 21 October 1966 Spain 28 October 1966 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic 1 November 1966 Afghanistan 16 November 1966 Morocco 27 December 1966 Netherlands 5 January 1967 Finland 11 January 1967 Iraq 12 January 1967 Romania 12 January 1967 Iran 13 January 1967 United Arab Republic 23 January 1967 Yugoslavia 13 March 1967 Turkey 16 March 1967 Argentina 12 April 1967 Mexico 18 April 1967 Hungary 4 May 1967 Poland 22 May 1967 Denmark 51 May 1967 United States of America 31 May 1967 Burma 8 June 1967 Nigeria 15 June 1967 Libya 3 August 1967 Paraguay 7 August 1967 Philippines 2 October 1967 France 18 October 1967 Kuwait 26 October 1967 Venezuela 9 November 1967 Italy 4 December 1967 Syria 8 December 1967 Luxembourg 12 December 1967 IVORY Coast 15 January 1968 Madagascar 23 January 1968 Sierra Leone 24 January 1968 Guyana 31 January 1968 Sudan 24 April 1968 Togo 14 May 1968 Botswana 12 June 1968 Total number of instruments deposited 83 Membership in the United Nations as at 124 12 June 1968Number of ratifications required under 83 Article 108 of the Charter of the United Nation* 10 bring the amendment into force (two thirds of the Members of the United Nations*, including all the permanent members of the Security Council) The last instrument of ratification 12 June 1968 fulfilling the above-mentioned requirements was deposited on Date of entry into force of the 12 June 1968 amendment for all the Members of the United Nations