United Nations Charter Article 27

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United Nations Charter Article 27 is the provision that sets out the voting rules and veto powers of Security Council members, particularly the requirement of concurring votes of the permanent members for substantive decisions.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf article of an international treaty
treaty provision
treaty provision
treaty provision
appliesTo Article 52(3) matters of the United Nations Charter
Chapter VI matters of the United Nations Charter
United Nations Security Council NERFINISHED
non-permanent members of the United Nations Security Council
permanent members of the United Nations Security Council
procedural decisions of the United Nations Security Council
substantive decisions of the United Nations Security Council
bindingOn all member states of the United Nations
cameIntoForceOn 1945-10-24
dateOfAdoption 1945-06-26
defines distinction between procedural and substantive matters in Security Council voting
draftedAt United Nations Conference on International Organization NERFINISHED
draftedIn San Francisco NERFINISHED
establishes veto power of permanent members of the United Nations Security Council
exempts parties to a dispute from voting on decisions under Chapter VI and Article 52(3)
hasConcept great power unanimity principle
hasEffect enables any permanent member to block substantive Security Council resolutions
hasSection Article 27(1)
Article 27(2)
Article 27(3)
interpretedBy International Court of Justice advisory opinions NERFINISHED
United Nations Security Council practice
languageOfWork Arabic
Chinese
English
French
Russian
Spanish
legalSystem international law
partOf Charter of the United Nations NERFINISHED
regulates requirement of concurring votes of permanent members of the United Nations Security Council
veto powers of permanent members of the United Nations Security Council
voting on non-procedural matters in the United Nations Security Council
voting on procedural matters in the United Nations Security Council
voting procedures of the United Nations Security Council
relatedTo United Nations Charter Article 24 NERFINISHED
United Nations Charter Article 25 NERFINISHED
United Nations Charter Article 39 NERFINISHED
United Nations Charter Chapter V NERFINISHED
requires affirmative vote of nine members of the United Nations Security Council for decisions on all other matters
affirmative vote of nine members of the United Nations Security Council for procedural decisions
concurring votes of the permanent members of the United Nations Security Council for substantive decisions
subjectOf proposals for reform of the United Nations Security Council veto system
scholarly debate on the legality and scope of the veto

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Uniting for Peace resolution (A/RES/377 (V)) legalBasis United Nations Charter Article 27