Amendment in United Nation Charter
Chapter 18 of the United Nation Charter provides for the manner in which the Charter can be amended.
Two different procedures have been provided for amending the Charter.
General Procedure – A provision has been made under Article 108 of the Charter, according to which the General Assembly can amend any provision of the Charter by the vote of two-thirds of its members. An amendment so made will come into force if it is ratified by at least two-thirds of the member states, including all five permanent members of the Security Council.
Special process
The special procedure is described under Article 109 of the Charter.
Article 109 provides that a General Assembly of the members of the United Nations for the purpose of reviewing this Charter may be held at the appointed date and place 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 only one vote at the convention.
Article 109(2) provides that any amendment to this Charter, recommended by a two-thirds vote of the Convention, shall be effective if it is adopted by two-thirds of the members of the United Nations, including all permanent members of the Security Council and ratify according to their own constitutional process.
The Charter has been amended thrice so far in 1963, 1965, 1971.
Article 23, 28, 61, 109 were amended in 1963 and again in article 61 in 1971.
Amendment in United Nation Charter
