Chapter XVIII of the United Nations Charter deals with amendments. The process is essentially modeled after the amendment process for the United States Constitution in that: * A two-thirds supermajority is required for adoption; * Ratification by a supermajority of the respective states is required; * There are two methods of proposing amendments; * The more common of those methods is for the "first branch" (in the case of the UN, the General Assembly) to submit an amendment to the states; * Another method, not actually used in practice, is to call a convention to propose amendments. * The amendment procedure itself contains a provision that does not allow states (in the case of the UN, the permanent five members of the UN Security Council) to be deprived of their suffrage (in this c