Meetings of the Security Council shall, with the exception of the periodic meetings referred to in Rule 4, be held at the call of the President at any time he deems necessary, but the interval between meetings shall not exceed fourteen days.

The General Assembly has taken note of the applications for membership submitted to the organization of the United Nations by Afghanistan, the Republic of Iceland and Sweden, And of the recommendations of the Security Council on the admission of Afghanistan, the Republic of Iceland and Sweden to membership in the United Nations, And of the report submitted by the First Committee which unanimously approved the recommendations of the Security Council; Therefore the GENERAL ASSEMBLY decides That Afghanistan, the Republic of Iceland and Sweden be admitted to membership in the United Nations.

The Government of Afghanistan, having received from the Secretary General of the United Nations the information that the General Assembly of the United Nations has approved the application for membership of Afghanistan, hereby presents to the Secretary General of the United Nations this instrument of adherence in accordance with Rule 116 of the provisional rules of procedure for the General Assembly.

In its Resolution on Non-Self-Governing Peoples of 9 February 1946, the General Assembly welcomed the declarations made by certain states administering territories held under mandate of their intention to negotiate Trusteeship agreements in respect of some of those territories, and invited the states administering territories held under mandate to undertake practical steps for the implementation of Article 79 of the Charter, with a view to submitting Trusteeship agreements concerning these territories for the approval of the General Assembly preferably not later than during the Second Part of its First Session.

Whereas the territory of Western Samoa has been administered in accordance with Article 22 of the Covenant of the League of Nations and pursuant to a mandate conferred upon His Britannic Majesty to be exercised on his behalf by the Governmen of New Zealand;

And Whereas the Charter of the United Nations signed at San Francisco on 26 June 1945, provides for the establishment of an international trusteeship system for the administration and supervision of such territories as may be the subject of trusteeship agreements;

Whereas, Article 75 of the Charter of the United Nations provides for the establishment of an international trusteeship system for the administration and supervision of such territories as may be placed thereunder by subsequent agreements; and

Whereas, under Article 77 of the said Charter the trusteeship may be applied to territories now held under mandate; and

Whereas, on Dec. 17,1920 the Council of the League of Nations confirmed a mandate for the former German islands north of the Equator to Japan, to be administered in accordance with Article 22 of the Covenant of the League of Nations; and Whereas, Japan, as a result of the Second World War, has ceased to exercise any authority in these islands;

Now therefore, the Security Council of the United Nations, having satisfied itself that the relevant articles of the Charter have been complied with, hereby resolves to approve the following terms of trusteeship for the Pacific Islands formerly under mandate to Japan.

The peoples of the United Nations, at San Francisco, Potsdam and London condemned the Franco regime in Spain and decided that as long as that regime remains, Spain may not be admitted to the United Nations.

1. In pursuance of Article 11 of the Charter and with a view to strengthening international peace and security in conformity with the Purposes and Principles of the United Nations,

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,

RECOGNIZES the necessity of an early general regulation and reduction of armaments and armed forces.

The States parties to this Constitution declare, in conformity with the Charter of the United Nations, that the following principles are basic to the happiness, harmonious relations and security of all peoples:

Article 57 of the Charter of the United Nations provides that specialized agencies, established by inter-governmental agreement and having wide international responsibilities as defined in their basic instruments in economic, social, cultural, educational, health, and related fields, shall be brought into relationship with the United Nations.

The Assembly of the League of Nations,

Considering that the Charter of the United Nations has created, for purposes of the same nature as those for which the League of Nations was established, an international organisation known as the United Nations to which all States may be admitted as Members on the conditions prescribed by the Charter and to which the great majority of the Members of the League already belong;

Desiring to promote, so far as lies in its power, the continuation, development and success of international co-operation in the new form adopted by the United Nations;

Considering that, since the new organisation has now commenced to exercise its functions, the League of Nations may be dissolved; and

Considering that, under Article 3, paragraph 3, of the Covenant, the Assembly may deal at its meetings with any matter within the sphere of action of the League:

The Governments of the French Republic, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and the United States of America, whose duly authorized representatives have subscribed hereto,

Being desirous of encouraging and strengthening co-operation among themselves and their territories with a view toward improving the economic and social wellbeing of the peoples of those territories, and

Being desirous of promoting scientific, technological, and economic development in the Caribbean area and facilitating the use of resources and concerted treatment of mutual problems, avoiding duplication in the work of existing research agencies, surveying needs, ascertaining what research has been done, facilitating research on a co-operative basis, and recommending further research, and

Having decided to associate themselves in the work heretofore undertaken by the Anglo-American Caribbean Commission, and

Having agreed that the objectives herein set forth are in accord with the principles of the Charter of the United Nations Hereby agree as follows: