Article 47 of the United Nations Charter

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article of an international treaty

Article 47 of the United Nations Charter establishes the Military Staff Committee, which is responsible for advising and assisting the Security Council on military requirements for maintaining international peace and security.

Aliases (1)

Article 47 of the Charter of the United Nations ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	article of an international treaty →
adoptedAt	San Francisco Conference →
adoptedIn	1945 →
appliesTo	United Nations member states →
assignsFunctionTo	Security Council →
authenticText	six official UN languages →
chapter	Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter →
citesBody	Military Staff Committee → Security Council →
citesConcept	regulation of armaments → strategic direction of armed forces →
containedIn	founding treaty of the United Nations →
definesRoleOf	Military Staff Committee →
draftedBy	United Nations Conference on International Organization →
entryIntoForceDate	24 October 1945 →
establishes	Military Staff Committee →
goal	effective strategic direction of UN-authorized military operations → maintenance of international peace and security →
hasNumber	47 →
interpretedBy	United Nations Security Council practice →
jurisdiction	United Nations →
language	Arabic → Chinese → English → French → Russian → Spanish →
legalNature	binding treaty provision for UN member states →
partOf	Charter of the United Nations →
primaryBodyAdvised	United Nations Security Council →
providesThat	Military Staff Committee may establish regional subcommittees → Military Staff Committee shall advise and assist the Security Council on all questions relating to the Security Council’s military requirements → Military Staff Committee shall advise and assist the Security Council on the employment and command of forces placed at its disposal → Military Staff Committee shall advise and assist the Security Council on the regulation of armaments → Military Staff Committee shall be responsible for the strategic direction of any armed forces placed at the disposal of the Security Council → Military Staff Committee shall be responsible under the Security Council for the strategic direction of any armed forces placed at the disposal of the Security Council → Military Staff Committee shall consist of the Chiefs of Staff of the permanent members of the Security Council or their representatives → any member of the United Nations not permanently represented on the Military Staff Committee shall be invited by the Committee to be associated with it when the efficient discharge of the Committee’s responsibilities requires the participation of that member →
relatedProvision	Article 43 of the United Nations Charter → Article 44 of the United Nations Charter → Article 45 of the United Nations Charter → Article 46 of the United Nations Charter →
relatesTo	United Nations armed forces not yet established → permanent members of the United Nations Security Council →
status	in force →
subject	collective security → international peace and security → military assistance to the United Nations Security Council →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter →	composedOf
Military Staff Committee ("Article 47 of the Charter of the United Nations") →	legalBasis