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PREAMBLE     [go to this PREAMBLE]
... to establish conditions under which justice and respect for the obligations arising from treaties and other sources of international law can be maintained, and ...


ARTICLE-1     [go to this ARTICLE]
... 1. To maintain international peace and security, and to that end: to take effective collective measures for the prevention and removal of threats to the peace, and for the suppression of acts of aggression or other breaches of the peace, and to bring about by peaceful means, and in conformity with the principles of justice and international law, adjustment or settlement of international disputes or situations which might lead to a breach of the peace; ...


ARTICLE-13     [go to this ARTICLE]
... a. promoting international cooperation in the political field and encouraging the progressive development of international law and its codification; ...