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A view of the United Nations Charter. Book open on the signatory page.
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Photographic reproduction of the original manuscript of the Preamble to the Charter of the United Nations, prepared for printing. The Charter was drawn up and signed at the United Nations Conference on International Organization (San Francisco Conference), which met at San Francisco from 25 April to 26 June 1945. It came into force on 24 October 1945, when China, France, the USSR, the United Kingdom and the United States and a majority of other signatories had ratified it. [Exact date unknown]

The Preamble to the United Nations Charter (Portuguese version) expresses the ideals and the common aims of all the peoples whose governments joined together to form the United Nations.

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Headline Original United Nations Charter Comes to Headquarters

Caption Description Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (middle) views the original copy of the Charter of the United Nations, as Jana Dambrogio, United States National Archives Senior Conservator shows the document. From left to right: B. Lynn Pascoe, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs; Bridget Sisk, Chief of Archives and Records Management Section; Vijay Nambiar, Chef de Cabinet; Kim Won-soo, Deputy Chef de Cabinet and Special Adviser to the Secretary-General; and Desmond Parker, Chief of Protocol. The original founding document was brought from the United States National Archives in Washington D.C. to UN Headquarters for the second-term swearing-in ceremony of Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.

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Production Date 06/20/2011 9:39:01 PM

City/Location New York

Country United States of America

Credit UN Photo/Mark Garten

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