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Ii. Is the United Nations Charter Binding Upon Non-Members?
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II. IS THE UNITED NATIONS CHARTER BINDING UPON NON-MEMBERS? The second assumption, that the constitution cannot impose duties upon non-members, is certainly correct insofar as most Organizations are concerned. However, it is controversial whether it applies to the Charter of the United Nations. This contains two provisions which concern non-member States and which have been interpreted as im posing obligations upon such States, namely articles 2 (6)7) and 103.8) This has led many writers to consider the Charter as something 7) In this sense Kelsen: The Law of the United Nations, pp. 106-10, c£. pp. 116 and 724-37, especially p.