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ARTICLE-1
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... 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
; ...
... 2. To develop
friendly
relations
among
nations
based on
respect
for the
principle
of
equal rights
and
self-determination
of peoples, and to take other appropriate
measures
to strengthen
universal
peace
; ...
ARTICLE-2
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... 7. Nothing contained in the present
Charter
shall
authorize
the
United Nations
to intervene in matters which are essentially within the
domestic jurisdiction
of any
state
or shall require the
Members
to submit such matters to
settlement
under the present
Charter
; but this
principle
shall not
prejudice
the
application
of
enforcement measures
under
Chapter
VII. ...
ARTICLE-14
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...
Subject
to the
provisions
of Article
12
, the
General Assembly
may recommend
measures
for the
peaceful
adjustment
of any
situation
, regardless of
origin
, which it deems likely to
impair
the
general welfare
or
friendly
relations
among
nations
,
including
situations
resulting from a
violation
of the
provisions
of the present
Charter
setting forth the
Purposes
and
Principles
of the
United Nations
. ...
ARTICLE-15
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... 1. The
General Assembly
shall
receive
and consider
annual
and
special
reports
from the
Security Council
; these
reports
shall
include
an
account
of the
measures
that the
Security Council
has
decided
upon or taken to maintain
international peace
and
security
. ...
ARTICLE-39
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... The
Security Council
shall determine the existence of any
threat
to the
peace
,
breach of the peace
, or
act
of
aggression
and shall make
recommendations
, or
decide
what
measures
shall be taken in
accordance
with Articles
41
and
42
, to maintain or
restore
international peace
and
security
. ...
ARTICLE-40
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... In
order
to
prevent
an aggravation of the
situation
, the
Security Council
may, before making the
recommendations
or deciding upon the
measures
provided for in Article
39
, call upon the
parties
concerned
to comply with such
provisional measures
as it deems necessary or
desirable
. Such
provisional measures
shall be without
prejudice
to the
rights
,
claims
, or
position
of the
parties
concerned
. The
Security Council
shall duly take
account
of failure to comply with such
provisional measures
. ...
... In
order
to
prevent
an aggravation of the
situation
, the
Security Council
may, before making the
recommendations
or deciding upon the
measures
provided for in Article
39
, call upon the
parties
concerned
to comply with such
provisional measures
as it deems necessary or
desirable
. Such
provisional measures
shall be without
prejudice
to the
rights
,
claims
, or
position
of the
parties
concerned
. The
Security Council
shall duly take
account
of failure to comply with such
provisional measures
. ...
... In
order
to
prevent
an aggravation of the
situation
, the
Security Council
may, before making the
recommendations
or deciding upon the
measures
provided for in Article
39
, call upon the
parties
concerned
to comply with such
provisional measures
as it deems necessary or
desirable
. Such
provisional measures
shall be without
prejudice
to the
rights
,
claims
, or
position
of the
parties
concerned
. The
Security Council
shall duly take
account
of failure to comply with such
provisional measures
. ...
... In
order
to
prevent
an aggravation of the
situation
, the
Security Council
may, before making the
recommendations
or deciding upon the
measures
provided for in Article
39
, call upon the
parties
concerned
to comply with such
provisional measures
as it deems necessary or
desirable
. Such
provisional measures
shall be without
prejudice
to the
rights
,
claims
, or
position
of the
parties
concerned
. The
Security Council
shall duly take
account
of failure to comply with such
provisional measures
. ...
ARTICLE-41
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... The
Security Council
may
decide
what
measures
not involving the use of
armed
force
are to be employed to give
effect
to its
decisions
, and it may call upon the
Members
of the
United Nations
to apply such
measures
. These may
include
complete or partial interruption of
economic
relations
and of
rail
,
sea
,
air
,
postal
,
telegraphic
,
radio
, and other means of
communication
, and the severance of
diplomatic relations
. ...
... The
Security Council
may
decide
what
measures
not involving the use of
armed
force
are to be employed to give
effect
to its
decisions
, and it may call upon the
Members
of the
United Nations
to apply such
measures
. These may
include
complete or partial interruption of
economic
relations
and of
rail
,
sea
,
air
,
postal
,
telegraphic
,
radio
, and other means of
communication
, and the severance of
diplomatic relations
. ...
ARTICLE-42
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... Should the
Security Council
consider that
measures
provided for in Article
41
would be inadequate or have proved to be inadequate, it may take such
action
by
air
,
sea
, or
land
forces as may be necessary to maintain or
restore
international peace
and
security
. Such
action
may
include
demonstrations
,
blockade
, and other
operations
by
air
,
sea
, or
land
forces of
Members
of the
United Nations
. ...
ARTICLE-45
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... In
order
to enable the
United Nations
to take
urgent
military measures
Members
shall hold immediately available
national
air-force
contingents for combined
international
enforcement
action
. The strength and
degree
of readiness of these contingents and
plans
for their combined
action
shall be
determined
, within the
limits
laid down in the
special agreement
or
agreements
referred to in Article
43
, by the
Security Council
with the
assistance
of the
Military Staff Committee
. ...
ARTICLE-49
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... The
Members
of the
United Nations
shall join in affording
mutual assistance
in carrying out the
measures
decided
upon by the
Security Council
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ARTICLE-50
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... If
preventive
or
enforcement measures
against any
state
are taken by the
Security Council
, any other
state
, whether a
Member
of the
United Nations
or not, which
finds
itself confronted with
special
economic
problems
arising from the carrying out of those
measures
shall have the
right
to consult the
Security Council
with
regard
to a
solution
of those
problems
. ...
... If
preventive
or
enforcement measures
against any
state
are taken by the
Security Council
, any other
state
, whether a
Member
of the
United Nations
or not, which
finds
itself confronted with
special
economic
problems
arising from the carrying out of those
measures
shall have the
right
to consult the
Security Council
with
regard
to a
solution
of those
problems
. ...
ARTICLE-51
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... Nothing in the present
Charter
shall
impair
the
inherent
right
of
individual
or
collective
self-defense
if an
armed attack
occurs against a
Member
of the
United Nations
, until the
Security Council
has taken
measures
necessary to maintain
international peace
and
security
.
Measures
taken by
Members
in the
exercise
of this
right
of
self-defense
shall be immediately
reported
to the
Security Council
and shall not in any way
affect
the
authority
and
responsibility
of the
Security Council
under the present
Charter
to take at any
time
such
action
as it deems necessary in
order
to maintain or
restore
international peace
and
security
. ...
... Nothing in the present
Charter
shall
impair
the
inherent
right
of
individual
or
collective
self-defense
if an
armed attack
occurs against a
Member
of the
United Nations
, until the
Security Council
has taken
measures
necessary to maintain
international peace
and
security
.
Measures
taken by
Members
in the
exercise
of this
right
of
self-defense
shall be immediately
reported
to the
Security Council
and shall not in any way
affect
the
authority
and
responsibility
of the
Security Council
under the present
Charter
to take at any
time
such
action
as it deems necessary in
order
to maintain or
restore
international peace
and
security
. ...
ARTICLE-53
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... 1. The
Security Council
shall, where appropriate, utilize such
regional arrangements
or
agencies
for
enforcement
action
under its
authority
. But no
enforcement
action
shall be taken under
regional arrangements
or by
regional
agencies
without the
authorization
of the
Security Council
, with the
exception
of
measures
against any
enemy state
, as defined in paragraph 2 of this Article, provided for pursuant to Article
107
or in
regional arrangements
directed against renewal of aggressive
policy
on the part of any such
state
, until such
time
as the
Organization
may, on
request
of the
Governments
concerned
, be charged with the
responsibility
for preventing further
aggression
by such a
state
. ...
ARTICLE-73
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...
Members
of the
United Nations
which have or assume
responsibilities
for the
administration
of
territories
whose peoples have not yet attained a
full
measure
of
self-government
recognize the
principle
that the
interests
of the
inhabitants
of these
territories
are paramount, and
accept
as a sacred
trust
the
obligation
to
promote
to the utmost, within the
system
of
international peace
and
security
established
by the present
Charter
, the
well-being
of the
inhabitants
of these
territories
, and, to this end: ...
... d. to
promote
constructive
measures
of
development
, to
encourage
research
, and to
cooperate
with one another and, when and where appropriate, with specialized
international bodies
with a
view
to the
practical
achievement
of the
social
,
economic
, and
scientific purposes
set forth in this Article; and ...
ARTICLE-94
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... 2. If any
party
to a
case
fails to perform the
obligations
incumbent upon it under a
judgment
rendered by the
Court
, the other
party
may have
recourse
to the
Security Council
, which may, if it deems necessary, make
recommendations
or
decide
upon
measures
to be taken to give
effect
to the
judgment
. ...
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