Article 4·
1. Membership in the United Nations is open
to all other peace-loving states which accept the
obligations contained in the present Charter and,
-in the judgment of the Organization, are able and
willing to carry out these obligations.
2. The admission of any such state to membership in the United Nations will he effected by a
decision of the General Assembly upon the recommendation of the Security Council.
Article 5 /
A Member of the United Nations against which
preventive or enforcement action has been taken
by the Security Council may be suspended from
the exercise of the rights and privileges of membership by the General Assembly upon the recommendation of the Security Council. The exercise
of these rights and privileges may be restored by
the Security Council.
Article 6
A Member of the United Nations which has
persistently violated the Principles contained in
the present Charter may he expelled from the
Organization by the General Assembly upon the
recommendation of the Security Council.
CHAPTER III
ORGANS
Article 7
1. There are established as the principal organs of the United Nations: a General Assembly, a Security Council, an Economic and Social
Council, a Trusteeship Council, an International
Court of Justice, and a Secretariat.·
2. Such subsidiary organs as may he found
necessary may he established in accordance with
the present Charter.
Article 8
The United Nations shall place no restrictions
on the eligibility of men and women to participate
in any capacity and under conditions of equality
ifl.its principal and subsidiary organs.
CHAPTER IV
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Composition
Article 9
1. The General Assembly shall consist of all
the Members of the United Nations.
2. Each Member shall have not more than five
representatives in the General Assembly.
Functions and Powers
Article 10
The General Assembly may discuss any ,ques·
tions or any matters within thescope 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 M ers of the United
Nations or to the Security Council or to both on
any such questions or matters.
Article 11
1. The General Assembly may consider the
general principles of cooperation in the mainte·
nance of international peace and security, including the principles governing disarmament and the
regulation of armaments, and may make recom·
mendations with regard to such principles to the
Members or to the Security Council or to both.
2. The General Assembly may discuss any
questions relating to the maintenance of inter·
national peace and. security brought before it by
any Member of the United Nations, or by the
Security Council, or by a state which is not a