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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-2     [go to this ARTICLE]
... 3. All Members shall settle their international disputes by peaceful means in such a manner that international peace and security, and justice, are not endangered. ...


ARTICLE-7     [go to this ARTICLE]
... 1. There are established as the principal organs of the United Nations: a General Assembly, a Security Council, an Economic and Social Council, a Trusteeship Council, an International Court of Justice, and a Secretariat. ...


ARTICLE-36     [go to this ARTICLE]
... 3. In making recommendations under this Article the Security Council should also take into consideration that legal disputes should as a general rule be referred by the parties to the International Court of Justice in accordance with the provisions of the Statute of the Court. ...


ARTICLE-76     [go to this ARTICLE]
... 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 justice without prejudice to the attainment of the foregoing objectives and subject to the provisions of Article 80. ...


ARTICLE-92     [go to this ARTICLE]
... The International Court of Justice shall be the principal judicial organ of the United Nations. It shall function in accordance with the annexed Statute which is based upon the Statute of the Permanent Court of International Justice and forms an integral part of the present Charter. ...
... The International Court of Justice shall be the principal judicial organ of the United Nations. It shall function in accordance with the annexed Statute which is based upon the Statute of the Permanent Court of International Justice and forms an integral part of the present Charter. ...


ARTICLE-93     [go to this ARTICLE]
... 1. All Members of the United Nations are ipso facto parties to the Statute of the International Court of Justice. ...
... 2. A state which is not a Member of the United Nations may become a party to the Statute of the International Court of Justice on conditions to be determined in each case by the General Assembly upon the recommendation of the Security Council. ...


ARTICLE-94     [go to this ARTICLE]
... 1. Each Member of the United Nations undertakes to comply with the decision of the International Court of Justice in any case to which it is a party. ...


ARTICLE-96     [go to this ARTICLE]
... 1. The General Assembly or the Security Council may request the International Court of Justice to give an advisory opinion on any legal question. ...