8.6 Non-appearance 9 Settlement within the UN CHARTER OF THE UNITED NATIONS : There have been a number of cases in recent years where the court has had to have recourse to Article 53. Its effect is to require the court to advance the legal arguments of the absent party. By Article 24 of the UN Charter the UN Security Council is given primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security and member states are under an obligation to carry out the decisions of the Security Council. Chapter VI of the Charter deals with the pacific settlement of disputes. Under Article 34 the Security Council has the power to investigate any dispute

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8.6 Non-appearance 9 Settlement within the UN CHARTER OF THE UNITED NATIONS

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There have been a number of cases in recent years where the court has had to have recourse to Article 53. Its effect is to require the court to advance the legal arguments of the absent party. By Article 24 of the UN Charter the UN Security Council is given primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security and member states are under an obligation to carry out the decisions of the Security Council. Chapter VI of the Charter deals with the pacific settlement of disputes. Under Article 34 the Security Council has the power to investigate any dispute

ABSTRACT

CHARTER OF THE UNITED NATIONS [AMENDMENTS ARE IN ITALICS] WE THE PEOPLES OF THE UNITED NATIONS DETERMINED to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war, which twice in our lifetime has brought untold sorrow to mankind, and to reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person, in the equal rights of men and women and of nations large and

form treaties and other sources of international law can be maintained, and to promote social progress and better standards of life in larger freedom, AND FOR THESE ENDS to practise tolerance and live together in peace with one another as good neighbours, and to unite our strength to maintain international peace and security, and to ensure, by the acceptance of principles and the institution of methods, that armed force shall not be used, save in the common interest, and to employ international machinery for the promotion of the economic and social advancement of all peoples, HAVE RESOLVED TO COMBINE OUR EFFORTS TO ACCOMPLISH THESE AIMS Accordingly, our respective Governments, through representatives assembled in the City of San Francisco, who have exhibited their full powers found to be in good and due form, have agreed to the present Charter of the United Nations and do hereby establish an international organisation to be known as the United Nations.