40 No. United Nations - Treaty Series 1955 3047. CEYLON : DECLARATION 1 OF ACCEPTANCE OF THE OBLIGATIONS CONTAINED IN THE CHARTER OF THE UNITED NATIONS. COLOMBO, 16 JUNE 1948 Colombo (Ceylon) 16th June 1948 DECLARATION OF ACCEPTANCE OF THE OBLIGATIONS CONTAINED IN THE CHARTER OF THE UNITED NATIONS ORGANISATION In the name of Ceylon, I, Don Stephen Senanayake, Prime Minister and Minister of Defence and External Affairs declare that Ceylon hereby accepts without any reservation the obligations of the Charter of the United Nations and promises to keep them inviolably from the day when she becomes a member of the United Nations. (Signed) D. S. SENANAYAKE Prime Minister and Minister of Defence and External Affairs I Presented to the Secretary-General of the United Nations on 22 June 1948. By resolution 995 (X) adopted by the General Assembly at its 555th plenary meeting, on 14 December 1955, Ceylon was admitted to membership in the United Nations.