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PREAMBLE     [go to this PREAMBLE]
... Accordingly, our respective Governments, through representatives assembled in the city of San Francisco, who have exhibited their full powers found to be in good and due form, have agreed to the present Charter of the United Nations and do hereby establish an international organization to be known as the United Nations. ...


ARTICLE-9: Functions and Powers     [go to this ARTICLE]
... Functions and Powers ...


ARTICLE-10     [go to this ARTICLE]
... The General Assembly may discuss any questions or any matters within the scope of the present Charter or relating to the powers and functions of any organs provided for in the present Charter, and, except as provided in Article 12, may make recommendations to the Members of the United Nations or to the Security Council or to both on any such questions or matters. ...


ARTICLE-11     [go to this ARTICLE]
... 4. The powers of the General Assembly set forth in this Article shall not limit the general scope of Article 10. ...


ARTICLE-13     [go to this ARTICLE]
... 2. The further responsibilities, functions and powers of the General Assembly with respect to matters mentioned in paragraph 1(b) above are set forth in Chapters IX and X. ...


ARTICLE-23: Functions and Powers     [go to this ARTICLE]
... Functions and Powers ...


ARTICLE-24     [go to this ARTICLE]
... 2. In discharging these duties the Security Council shall act in accordance with the Purposes and Principles of the United Nations. The specific powers granted to the Security Council for the discharge of these duties are laid down in Chapters VI, VII, VIII, and XII. ...


ARTICLE-60     [go to this ARTICLE]
... Responsibility for the discharge of the functions of the Organization set forth in this Chapter shall be vested in the General Assembly and, under the authority of the General Assembly, in the Economic and Social Council, which shall have for this purpose the powers set forth in Chapter X. ...


ARTICLE-61: Functions and Powers     [go to this ARTICLE]
... Functions and Powers ...


ARTICLE-79     [go to this ARTICLE]
... The terms of trusteeship for each territory to be placed under the trusteeship system, including any alteration or amendment, shall be agreed upon by the states directly concerned, including the mandatory power in the case of territories held under mandate by a Member of the United Nations, and shall be approved as provided for in Articles 83 and 85. ...


ARTICLE-86: Functions and Powers     [go to this ARTICLE]
... Functions and Powers ...