Article 42 of the United Nations Charter

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article of an international treaty

Article 42 of the United Nations Charter authorizes the UN Security Council to take military action, including the use of armed force, to maintain or restore international peace and security when non-military measures are inadequate.

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Label	Occurrences
Article 42 of the United Nations Charter canonical	5

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T467299 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Article 42 of the United Nations Charter
Context triple: [Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter, composedOf, Article 42 of the United Nations Charter]

A. Article 41 of the United Nations Charter
Article 41 of the United Nations Charter is a provision that empowers the UN Security Council to impose non-military measures, such as economic sanctions and diplomatic restrictions, to maintain or restore international peace and security.
B. Article 39 of the United Nations Charter
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.
C. Article 51 of the United Nations Charter
Article 51 of the United Nations Charter is the provision that recognizes the inherent right of individual or collective self-defense by states if an armed attack occurs, until the Security Council takes measures to maintain international peace and security.
D. Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter
Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter is the section that empowers the UN Security Council to address threats to peace, breaches of the peace, and acts of aggression, including through the use of force and enforcement measures.
E. Charter of the United Nations
The Charter of the United Nations is the foundational treaty that established the UN, defining its purposes, principles, structure, and the framework for international peace and security.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Article 42 of the United Nations Charter
Target entity description: Article 42 of the United Nations Charter authorizes the UN Security Council to take military action, including the use of armed force, to maintain or restore international peace and security when non-military measures are inadequate.

A. Article 41 of the United Nations Charter
Article 41 of the United Nations Charter is a provision that empowers the UN Security Council to impose non-military measures, such as economic sanctions and diplomatic restrictions, to maintain or restore international peace and security.
B. Article 39 of the United Nations Charter
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.
C. Article 51 of the United Nations Charter
Article 51 of the United Nations Charter is the provision that recognizes the inherent right of individual or collective self-defense by states if an armed attack occurs, until the Security Council takes measures to maintain international peace and security.
D. Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter
Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter is the section that empowers the UN Security Council to address threats to peace, breaches of the peace, and acts of aggression, including through the use of force and enforcement measures.
E. Charter of the United Nations
The Charter of the United Nations is the foundational treaty that established the UN, defining its purposes, principles, structure, and the framework for international peace and security.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	article of an international treaty ⓘ
adoptedBy	San Francisco Conference ⓘ surface form: United Nations Conference on International Organization
adoptionDate	1945-06-26 ⓘ
appliesTo	Member States of the United Nations ⓘ
authorizes	blockade of airfields ⓘ blockade of coasts ⓘ blockade of ports ⓘ military action ⓘ operations by air forces ⓘ operations by land forces ⓘ operations by sea forces ⓘ use of armed force ⓘ
basisFor	Security Council resolutions authorizing use of force ⓘ UN peace enforcement operations ⓘ UN-authorized military interventions ⓘ
category	provision on collective security operations ⓘ provision on enforcement measures ⓘ
conditionForApplication	existence of a threat to the peace, breach of the peace, or act of aggression ⓘ inadequacy of measures not involving the use of armed force ⓘ
distinguishedFrom	Article 2(4) of the United Nations Charter ⓘ Article 51 of the United Nations Charter ⓘ
enforcementMechanism	decisions of the United Nations Security Council under Chapter VII ⓘ
entryIntoForceDate	1945-10-24 ⓘ
grantsPowerTo	United Nations Security Council ⓘ
interpretedBy	International Court of Justice ⓘ United Nations Security Council ⓘ
languageOfOriginalText	Chinese ⓘ English ⓘ French ⓘ Russian ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
legalEffect	creates legal basis for UN Security Council enforcement action ⓘ permits use of force under international law when authorized by the Security Council ⓘ
locatedInDocument	Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter ⓘ surface form: Chapter VII: Action with Respect to Threats to the Peace, Breaches of the Peace, and Acts of Aggression
normType	binding obligation on UN Member States ⓘ
partOf	Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter ⓘ Charter of the United Nations ⓘ
purpose	maintenance of international peace and security ⓘ restoration of international peace and security ⓘ
refersTo	Article 41 of the United Nations Charter ⓘ
relatedConcept	Chapter VII measures ⓘ collective self-defense under the UN Charter ⓘ enforcement action ⓘ
relationshipToArticle41	provides military measures when Article 41 measures are inadequate ⓘ
subjectMatter	collective security ⓘ military enforcement measures ⓘ powers of the United Nations Security Council ⓘ use of force ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter → composedOf → Article 42 of the United Nations Charter ⓘ

Article 39 of the United Nations Charter → relatedTo → Article 42 of the United Nations Charter ⓘ

Article 48 of the United Nations Charter → relatedTo → Article 42 of the United Nations Charter ⓘ

Article 41 of the United Nations Charter → distinguishedFrom → Article 42 of the United Nations Charter ⓘ

Article 40 of the United Nations Charter → distinguishedFrom → Article 42 of the United Nations Charter ⓘ

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