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
- Date
- 1945
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- United Nations, Department of Public Information
- Region
- North America
- Country
- Transnational
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Mixed
- Regime
- No single regime or leader
- Leader
- No single regime or leader
- Audience
- Foreign public
- Purpose
- Commemorate
- Theme
- War and the military
- Event
- World War II
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 44, World War II Posters, retrieved October 4, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work)
United Nations Department of Public Information. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-569B (NAID 514049).
Text on the object
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
