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title: Charter of the United Nations, first side (1945)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/charter-of-the-united-nations-first-side-1945/
description: Large sheet headed 'Charter of the United Nations' in red script and black capitals, with the Charter's Preamble and Chapter I in columns.
section: Collection
---

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# Charter of the United Nations, first side (1945)

Large sheet headed 'Charter of the United Nations' in red script and black capitals, with the Charter's Preamble and Chapter I in columns, a central column of signatories by country with facsimile signatures, and grey panels reproducing the opening in Russian, Chinese, French and Spanish. The technique is faint: the facsimile signatures and the full founding text lend the authority of the signed document to the organisation, a transfer; the sheet presents it as a reproduction.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
Charter
OF THE UNITED NATIONS

We the peoples of the United Nations

[Preamble: continuous English text, not reproduced here; begins 'Determined to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war']

CHAPTER I
Purposes and Principles
Article 1
Article 2
[Articles 1 and 2 and the first paragraphs of Article 2: continuous English text, not reproduced here]

TEXT OF CHARTER CONTINUED
ON REVERSE OF PAGE

Signatories column, in red capitals: THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; CHINA; THE UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS; THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND; FRANCE; ARGENTINA; AUSTRALIA; THE KINGDOM OF BELGIUM; BOLIVIA; BRAZIL; THE BYELORUSSIAN SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLIC; CANADA; CHILE; COLOMBIA; COSTA RICA; CUBA; CZECHOSLOVAKIA; DENMARK; THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; ECUADOR; EGYPT; EL SALVADOR; ETHIOPIA; GREECE; GUATEMALA; HAITI; HONDURAS; INDIA; IRAN; IRAQ; LEBANON; LIBERIA; THE GRAND DUCHY OF LUXEMBOURG; MEXICO; THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS; NEW ZEALAND; NICARAGUA; THE KINGDOM OF NORWAY; PANAMA; PARAGUAY; PERU; THE PHILIPPINE COMMONWEALTH; POLAND; SAUDI ARABIA; SYRIA; TURKEY; THE UKRAINIAN SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLIC; THE UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA; URUGUAY; VENEZUELA; YUGOSLAVIA
Above are the facsimile signatures of the American Delegation and the facsimile signatures of the Chairmen, Co-Chairmen, Acting Chairmen or leading members of other Delegations to the United Nations Conference.

[Grey panels at lower left, centre and right reproduce the opening in Russian, Chinese, French and Spanish ('Устав организации объединенных наций', '聯合國憲章', 'Nations Unies', 'de las Naciones Unidas'); partly covered, not transcribed]

[imprint:] 44-PA-569
```

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