Revision of the United Nations Charter - Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Foreign Relations

Revision of the United Nations Charter by the United States Senate is a document about Foreign Relations enacting a revision of the charter drafted by the United Nations. Excerpt: "When we turn to the United Nations and its Charter we are conscious of the dominant role which support for the United Nations has played in our foreign policy … the purposes and principles written into the Charter of the United Nations are, in essence, a summary of the foreign policy of the American people. We should not underestimate the importance of the fact that these principles, so congenial to us, have been subscribed to by 58 other governments.… This world-wide acceptance of principles which are central to our own foreign policy is a tremendous asset which the United States must carefully nourish.… It should also be noted that the Charter is our basic overall agreement with the Soviet Union. It was negotiated in detail with great care…"