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June 12, 1968

MULTILATERAL

AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE 109 OF THE CHARTER OF THE UNITED NATIONS: PROTOCOL OF ENTRY INTO FORCE

Amendment adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations in resolution 2101 (XX), 20 December 1965; Protocol of entry into force done at Headquarters of the United Nations, New York, 12 June 1968, With Annex; Entered into force for all members of the United Nations 12 June 1968.

Whereas Article 108 of the Charter of the United Nations1 provides as follows:

"ARTICLE 108

"Amendments to the present Charter shall come into force for all Members of the United Nations when they have been adopted by a vote of two ~ thirds of the members of the General Assembly and ratified in accordance with their respective constitutional processes by two thirds of the Members of the United Nations, including all the permanent members of the Security Council.",

Whereas, pursuant to the said Article 108, the General Assembly of the United Nations, in resolution 2101 (XX) of 20 December 1965, adopted the following amendment to Article 109 of the Charter of the United Nations:

"In Article 109, paragraph 1, the word 'seven' in the first sentence shall be replaced by the word 'nine' ";

Whereas the requirements of the said Article 108 with respect to the ratification of the above-mentioned amendment were fulfilled by 12 June 1968 as shown in the Annex to this Protocol, and the said amendment entered into force on that day for all Members of the United Nations,

And whereas the text of Article 109, paragraph 1, of the Charter of the United Nations, as amended, reads as follows:

"ARTICLE 109

"1. A General Conference of the Members of the United Nations for the purpose of reviewing the present Charter may be held at a date and place to be fixed 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 one vote in the conference. ",

Now, therefore, I, U Thant, Secretary-General of the United Nations, sign this Protocol in two original copies in the Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish languages, of which one shall be deposited in the archives of the Secretariat of the United Nations and the other transmitted to the Government of the United States of America as the depositary of the Charter of the United Nations. Copies of this Protocol shall be communicated to all Members of the United Nations.

Done at the Headquarters of the United Nations, New York, this twelfth day o{ June, one thousand nine hundred and sixty-eight

U Thant
Secretary-General

ANNEX TO THE PROTOCOL OF ENTRY INTO FORCE OF THE AMENDMENT TO AKTICLI. 109 OF THE CHARTER OF THE UNITED NATIONS, ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION 2101 (XX) OF 20 DECEMBER 1965

List of Members having deposited instruments of ratification of the abovementioned amendment with the Secretary-General as at 12 June 1965

Member	Date of Deposit
Jordan	25 March 1966
Malawi	11 April 1966
Trinidad and Tobago	22 April 1966
Malaysia	28 April 1966
Niger	28 April 1966
Norway	29 April 1966
Dominican Republic	4 May 1966
Ecuador	5 May 1966
New Zealand	20 May 1966
.Cyprus	31 May 1966
Bulgaria	2 June 1966
Congo (Democratic Republic of)	9 June 1966
Thailand	9 June 1966
Guatemala	16 June 1966
Kenya	16 June 1966
United Republic of Tanzania	20 June 1966
Iceland	21 June 1966
Belgium	29 June 1966
Dahomey	29 June 1966
Malta	30 June 1966
China	8 July 1966
Canada	11 July 1966
Gambia	11 July 1966
India	11 July 1966
Brazil	12 July 1966
Jamaica	12 July 1966
Sweden	15 July 1966
Upper Volta	18 Judy 1966
Njepai	20 July 1966
Singapore	25 July 1966
Bolivia	28 July 1966
Ethiopia	28 July 1966
Pakistan	10 August 1966
Tunisia	23 August 1966
Geylon	24 August 1966
Israel	29 August 1966
Ghana	8 September 1966
Rwanda	9 September 1966
Ireland	20 September 1966
Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic	21 September 1966
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics	22 September 1966
Australia	21 September 1966
Austria	29 September 1966
Czechoslovakia	7 October 1966
Albania	12 October 1966
United Kingdom of Great Bri- tain and Northern Ireland	19 October 1966
Laos	21 October 1966
Spain	28 October 1966
Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic	1 November 1966
Afghanistan	16 November 1966
Morocco	27 December 1966
Netherlands	5 January 1967
Finland	11 January 1967
Iraq	12 January 1967
Romania	12 January 1967
Iran	13 January 1967
United Arab Republic	23 January 1967
Yugoslavia	13 March 1967
Turkey	16 March 1967
Argentina	12 April 1967
Mexico	18 April 1967
Hungary	4 May 1967
Poland	22 May 1967
Denmark	51 May 1967
United States of America	31 May 1967
Burma	8 June 1967
Nigeria	15 June 1967
Libya	3 August 1967
Paraguay	7 August 1967
Philippines	2 October 1967
France	18 October 1967
Kuwait	26 October 1967
Venezuela	9 November 1967
Italy	4 December 1967
Syria	8 December 1967
Luxembourg	12 December 1967
IVORY Coast	15 January 1968
Madagascar	23 January 1968
Sierra Leone	24 January 1968
Guyana	31 January 1968
Sudan	24 April 1968
Togo	14 May 1968
Botswana	12 June 1968
Total number of instruments deposited	83
Membership in the United Nations as at 12 June 1968	124
Number of ratifications required under Article 108 of the Charter of the United Nation* 10 bring the amendment into force (two thirds of the Members of the United Nations*, including all the permanent members of the Security Council)	83
The last instrument of ratification fulfilling the above-mentioned requirements was deposited on	12 June 1968
Date of entry into force of the amendment for all the Members of the United Nations	12 June 1968