Article 39 of the United Nations Charter

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Article 39 of the United Nations Charter is the provision that empowers the UN Security Council to determine the existence of threats to or breaches of the peace and acts of aggression, and to decide on measures to maintain or restore international peace and security.

Aliases (2)
  • Article 39 of the UN Charter ×1
  • United Nations Charter Article 39 ×1

Statements (47)
Predicate Object
instanceOf article of an international treaty
provision of the United Nations Charter
adoptedAt United Nations Conference on International Organization
adoptedIn San Francisco
appliesToJurisdiction United Nations member states
authorityType discretionary power of the Security Council
bindingNature enables adoption of decisions binding under Article 25 of the United Nations Charter
chapterTitle Action with respect to threats to the peace, breaches of the peace, and acts of aggression
countryOfOrigin United Nations
dateOfDocument 1945-06-26
definesRoleOf United Nations Security Council in maintaining international peace and security
effectiveDate 1945-10-24
empowersBodyToDecideOn measures to maintain international peace and security
measures to restore international peace and security
empowersBodyToDetermine existence of any act of aggression
existence of any breach of the peace
existence of any threat to the peace
grantsPowerTo United Nations Security Council
hasKeyword act of aggression
breach of the peace
measures to maintain or restore international peace and security
threat to the peace
hasLegalEffect binding on all United Nations member states when invoked by the Security Council
hasSubject United Nations Security Council powers
collective security
international peace and security
interpretedBy International Court of Justice (indirectly, through advisory opinions and case law on the Charter)
isFoundationFor subsequent Security Council resolutions under Chapter VII
languageOfWorkOrName Arabic
Chinese
English
French
Russian
Spanish
legalBasisFor authorization of use of force by the United Nations Security Council
binding decisions of the United Nations Security Council under Chapter VII
imposition of sanctions by the United Nations Security Council
legalSystem international law
locatedInDocumentSection Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter
normType primary rule on determination of threats to peace
partOf Charter of the United Nations
relatedTo Article 40 of the United Nations Charter
Article 41 of the United Nations Charter
Article 42 of the United Nations Charter
requires prior determination of a threat to the peace, breach of the peace, or act of aggression before enforcement measures under Articles 41 and 42
scope situations constituting threats to or breaches of international peace and security
usedBy United Nations Security Council resolutions on conflicts and crises

Referenced by (6)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
UN Security Council Resolution 1373 ("Article 39 of the UN Charter")
United Nations Security Council resolutions
legalBasis
Article 41 of the United Nations Charter
Article 48 of the United Nations Charter
relatedTo
Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter
composedOf
United Nations Security Council Resolution 83 ("United Nations Charter Article 39")
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