4.1.4.2 Rights of States

The United Nations Charter is founding document of the United Nations.

• True

• False

The United Nations Charter sets out the rights and _________ of Member States and establishes the principal organs and __________ of the United Nations.

• obligations

• freedoms

• procedures

• members

Since the UN's founding in 1945, the mission and work of the Organization have been _________ by the purposes and principles contained in its founding Charter

•As a signatory of the United Nations Charter, and one of the founding nations to establish the United Nations, Australia is committed to its Purposes, Principles and Processes provided in

• Chapter 1

• Chapter 2

• Chapter 3

• Chapter 4

________of Chapter 1 – Purposes and Principles of the United Nations Charter, sets out the rights of UN member states.

• Article 1

• Article 2

• Article12

• Article 26

Article 2.1 provides for__________ __________.

____________ is the ability of a state to have full control over its domestic affairs (e.g., passing and enforcing laws), without external influence (e.g., without pressure or influence from the UN or another nation)

A nation must does not need to have sovereignty to be a member state of the UN.

• True

• False

State sovereignty also includes the idea that all states are equal as states. All states, regardless of their population, size, financial and military capabilities, have equal right to function as a state and make decisions about what occurs within their own borders.

• True

• False

Pursuant to sovereign equality:

• States are subject to compulsory international processes, jurisdiction and settlement, given either generally or in a specific case

• States must abide by the United Nations decisions or face direct, immediate consequences

• Stronger states can impose "the greater good" of international law on weaker states

• States are not subject to compulsory international processes, jurisdiction or settlement without the consent, given either generally or in a specific case