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The United Nations shall establish under its authority an
international social security taxation system for the administration and
supervision of such territories as may be placed there-under by subsequent
individual agreements. These territories are hereinafter referred to as Member
States.
The basic objectives of the taxation system, in accordance
with the Purposes of the United Nations laid down in Article 1 of the present
Charter, shall be:
a. to further international peace and security;
b. to
promote the political, economic, social, and educational advancement of the
inhabitants of the Member States, and their progressive development towards
self-government or independence as may be appropriate to the particular
circumstances of each territory and its peoples and the freely expressed wishes
of the peoples concerned, and as may be provided by the terms of each social
security agreement;
c. to
encourage respect for human rights and for fundamental freedoms for all without
distinction as to race, sex, language, or religion, and to encourage recognition
of the interdependence of the peoples of the world; and
d. to
ensure equal treatment in social, economic, and commercial matters for all
Members of the United Nations and their nationals, and also equal treatment for
the latter in the administration of social security.
1. The taxation system shall apply to such territories in
the following categories as may be placed there-under by means of social
security agreements:
a. least developed
countries who are entitled to the largest per capita benefit payment;
b. middle
income developing nations who are exempt from either taxation or benefit but
fertile for investment;
c. donor
nations responsible for making annual contributions to the international social
security system.
2. It will be a matter for subsequent agreement as to which
Member States in the foregoing categories will fulfill their obligations to
give money to the poor.
The taxation system shall apply to all territories and
people who have become Members of the United Nations, relationship among whom
shall be based on respect for the principle of sovereign equality. The UN taxation system will be a social
security tax on the pay-stub of workers and social security administration in
the books of the treasuries of least developed countries.
The terms of taxation for each territory to be placed under
the social security system, including any alteration or amendment, shall be
agreed upon by the states directly concerned, taking into consideration the
donor classification in Art. 77(1)(c) and the mandate to wealthy Member Nations
for contributions totaling 0.7% of GDP or 1% of GNI.
1. Except as may be agreed upon in individual taxation
agreements, made under Articles 77(1)(c), 79, and 81, placing each wealthy
territory under the taxation system, without altering in any manner the rights
whatsoever of any states or any peoples or the terms of existing international
instruments to which Members of the United Nations may respectively be parties.
2. Paragraph 1 of this Article shall not be interpreted as
giving grounds for delay or postponement of the negotiation and conclusion of
agreements for placing least developed nations and other needy territories under
the social security system as provided for in Article 77(1)(a).
The taxation agreement shall in each case include the terms
under which the wealthy territory will be collected and designate the authority
which will exercise the collection of taxation of the developed nation. Such
authority, hereinafter called the tax authority, may be one or more states or
the Organization itself.
There may be designated, in any administrative agreement, a
regional area which may include part or all or a collection of impoverished
territories to which the social security agreement for the payment of benefits to poor individuals applies on the
basis of the national poverty line.
1. All functions of the United Nations relating to
administrative areas, including the approval of the terms of social security
agreements and of their alteration or amendment shall be exercised by the
General Assembly.
2. The basic objective in Article 76 shall be applicable to
the people of each region.
3. The General Assembly shall, subject to the provisions of
the trusteeship agreements and without prejudice to security considerations,
avail itself of the assistance of the Security Council to perform those
functions of the United Nations under the taxation system relating to
political, economic, social, and educational matters in strategic areas.
It shall be the duty of the administering authority to
ensure that the Member State shall play its part in the maintenance of
international social security. To this end the administering authority may make
use of volunteer forces, facilities, and assistance from the territory in
carrying out the obligations to poor individuals in this social security tax
undertaken in this regard by the administering authority.
1. The functions of the United Nations with regard to
taxation agreements for all areas not designated as regional, including the
approval of the terms of the taxation agreements, the apportionment of benefits
in the commonwealth, and of their alteration or amendment, shall be exercised
by the General Assembly.
2. The Committee on Contributions, operating under the
authority of the General Assembly shall assist the General Assembly in carrying
out these functions.
1. The Human Rights Council shall comprise between 30 and 50 members, each serving for a period of three years, to be elected directly by the General Assembly, by a two thirds majority. In establishing the membership of the Council, due regard shall be given to the principle of equitable geographical distribution and the contribution of Member States to the promotion and protection of human rights;
2. Those elected to the Council should undertake to abide by human rights standards in their respect for and protection and promotion of human rights, and will be evaluated during their term of membership under the review mechanism, unless they have been evaluated shortly before the start of their term in the Council.
The Council will be the organ primarily responsible for promoting universal respect for and observance and protection of all human rights and fundamental freedoms for all, without distinction of any kind and in a fair and equal manner, recognizing their indivisible, inalienable and interrelated culture. The treaty bodies the Council reviews are:
a. High Commissioner of Human Rights
b. Council on Human Rights
c. Committee on Migrant Workers
d. Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
e. Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
f. Committee on the Rights of the Child
g. Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
h. Committee against Torture
The Council will be:
1. The forum for dialogue on thematic issues relating to all human rights and fundamental freedoms and make recommendations to the General Assembly for the further development of international law in the field of human rights;
2. To promote international cooperation to enhance the abilities of Member States to implement human rights commitments, including international norms and standards, and the provision of assistance by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to Member States, at their request, through programmes of advisory services, technical cooperation and capacity-building;
3. Promote effective coordination and the mainstreaming of human rights within the United Nations system, including by making policy recommendations to the General Assembly, the Security Council, the Economic and Social Council and other United Nations bodies. The Council should also work in close cooperation with regional organizations in the field of human rights;
4. Evaluate the fulfillment by all States of all their human rights obligations, in particular under the Charter and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. This procedure will not duplicate the reporting procedures being carried out under the human rights treaties;
5.
Address any matters or situations related to the promotion and protection of
human rights, including urgent human rights situations, and make
recommendations thereon to the Member States and provide policy recommendations
to the United Nations system and petitioners.
1. Each
member of the Council shall have one vote.
2. Decisions
of the Council shall be made by a majority of the members present and voting.
1. The
Council shall adopt its own rules of procedure, including the method of
selecting its High Commissioner.
2. The
Council shall meet as required in accordance with its rules, which shall
include provision for the convening of meetings on the request of a majority of
its members.
1. The Council shall submit an annual report to the General Assembly.
2. The Council shall, when
appropriate, avail itself of the assistance of the Economic and Social Council
and of the specialized agencies in regard to matters with which they are
respectively concerned.
3. The arrangements made by the Economic and Social Council for consultations with non-governmental organizations under Article 71 of the Charter shall apply to the Council.