What goals are stated in the Charter of the United Nations?

The Charter of the United Nations outlines several primary goals for the organization, established to foster global cooperation and stability. These objectives include:1

• Maintaining Peace and Security: The UN’s foremost function is to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war and to preserve international peace and security.21
• Promoting Human Rights: The organization seeks to reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights, the dignity and worth of the human person, and the equal rights of men, women, and nations of all sizes.31
• Fostering Friendly Relations: A key goal is to develop friendly relations among nations based on respect for the principles of equal rights and the self-determination of peoples.31
• Achieving International Cooperation: The UN aims to solve international economic, social, cultural, and humanitarian problems and to promote social progress and better standards of life in larger freedom.1
• Upholding International Law: It strives to establish conditions under which justice and respect for the obligations arising from treaties and other sources of international law can be maintained.1
• Serving as a Coordination Center: The UN acts as a central hub where countries can harmonize their actions to achieve these common ends.1