CHAPTER XVIII
AMENDMENTS
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.
Article 109
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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.
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Any alteration of the present Charter recommended by a two-thirds vote of
the conference shall take effect when 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.
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If such a conference has not been held before the tenth annual session of
the General Assembly following the coming into force of the present Charter,
the proposal to call such a conference shall be placed on the agenda of that
session of the General Assembly, and the conference shall be held if so decided
by a majority vote of the members of the General Assembly and by a vote of
any seven members of the Security Council.
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