Article 45 of the United Nations Charter

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article of an international treaty

Article 45 of the United Nations Charter is a provision that empowers the Security Council to have air force contingents permanently available for immediate combined international enforcement action.

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
U.N. Charter art. 45	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	article of an international treaty ⓘ
adoptedBy	San Francisco Conference ⓘ surface form: United Nations Conference on International Organization
adoptionDate	1945-06-26 ⓘ
appliesInContextOf	acts of aggression ⓘ breaches of the peace ⓘ threats to the peace ⓘ
belongsToOrganization	United Nations ⓘ
bindingOn	all Member States of the United Nations ⓘ
cameIntoForceOn	1945-10-24 ⓘ
category	provision on military enforcement measures ⓘ
draftedIn	San Francisco Conference ⓘ surface form: San Francisco Conference, 1945
enforcementMechanism	combined international air-force contingents under Security Council authority ⓘ
governsTypeOfForce	air forces ⓘ
grantsPowerTo	United Nations Security Council ⓘ
hasCitationForm	Article 45 of the United Nations Charter self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: U.N. Charter art. 45
intendedPurpose	to enable rapid deployment of air forces for UN Security Council enforcement action ⓘ
interpretedAs	a provision for standing-by arrangements rather than a standing UN air force ⓘ
languageOfText	Arabic ⓘ Chinese ⓘ English ⓘ French ⓘ Russian ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
legalEffect	empowers the Security Council to have air-force contingents permanently available for immediate combined international enforcement action ⓘ
legalNature	binding obligation on UN Member States ⓘ
legalSystem	international law ⓘ
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
partOf	Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter ⓘ Charter of the United Nations ⓘ
providesThat	Member States shall hold immediately available national air-force contingents for combined international enforcement action ⓘ air-force contingents shall be made available to the Security Council on its call ⓘ the strength and degree of readiness of air-force contingents shall be determined by the Security Council with the assistance of the Military Staff Committee ⓘ
relatedBody	Military Staff Committee ⓘ surface form: United Nations Military Staff Committee
relatedToArticle	Article 43 of the United Nations Charter ⓘ Article 44 of the United Nations Charter ⓘ Article 46 of the United Nations Charter ⓘ
relatedToConcept	UN enforcement measures under Chapter VII ⓘ
relatesToOrgan	Member States of the United Nations ⓘ United Nations Security Council ⓘ
requires	maintenance of national air-force contingents at a specified degree of readiness ⓘ
requiresCooperationWith	Military Staff Committee ⓘ
scopeOfApplication	collective enforcement actions authorized by the Security Council ⓘ
status	in force ⓘ
subjectMatter	Security Council powers ⓘ air force contingents ⓘ collective security ⓘ enforcement action ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter → composedOf → Article 45 of the United Nations Charter ⓘ

Article 45 of the United Nations Charter → hasCitationForm → Article 45 of the United Nations Charter self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.N. Charter art. 45

Article 43 of the United Nations Charter → relatedProvision → Article 45 of the United Nations Charter ⓘ

Article 44 of the United Nations Charter → relatedTo → Article 45 of the United Nations Charter ⓘ

Article 46 of the United Nations Charter → relatedTo → Article 45 of the United Nations Charter ⓘ