Burmese Law: Burmese Judges, Burmese Lawyers, Crime in Burma, Law Enforcement in Burma, Treaties of Burma, Fourth Geneva Convention

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 24. Chapters: Burmese judges, Burmese lawyers, Crime in Burma, Law enforcement in Burma, Treaties of Burma, Fourth Geneva Convention, United Nations Charter, Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, Treaty of Yandabo, First Geneva Convention, Third Geneva Convention, Myanmar Police Force, Second Geneva Convention, Censorship in Burma, Constitution of Burma, Prostitution in Burma, Ye Htoon, Panglong Agreement, Maung Maung, Southeast Asian Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty, Trials in Burma, Ba U, International Agreement on the Neutrality of Laos, Maung Khin, Cebu Declaration on East Asian Energy Security, Press Scrutiny and Registration Division, Burmese nationality law, Chan Htoon, Special Intelligence Department. Excerpt: The Charter of the United Nations is the foundational treaty of the international organization called the United Nations. It was signed at the San Francisco War Memorial and Performing Arts Center in San Francisco, United States, on 26 June 1945, by 50 of the 51 original member countries (Poland, the other original member, which was not represented at the conference, signed it later). It entered into force on 24 October 1945, after being ratified by the five permanent members of the Security Council-the Republic of China (later replaced by the People's Republic of China), France, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (later replaced by the Russian Federation), the United Kingdom, and the United States-and a majority of the other signatories. Today, 192 countries are the members of the United Nations. As a charter, it is a constituent treaty, and all members are bound by its articles. Furthermore, the Charter states that obligations to the United Nations prevail over all other treaty obligations. Most countries in the world have now ratified the Charter. One notable exception is the H...