Article 26 of the United Nations Charter

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Article 26 of the United Nations Charter is a provision that assigns the Security Council primary responsibility for formulating plans to regulate armaments so as to promote international peace and security with the least diversion of the world’s human and economic resources.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf article of an international treaty
provision of the United Nations Charter
adoptedAtConference United Nations Conference on International Organization NERFINISHED
adoptedInCity San Francisco NERFINISHED
adoptedOn 26 June 1945
aimsTo ensure the least diversion of the world’s economic resources for armaments
ensure the least diversion of the world’s human resources for armaments
appliesTo regulation of national armaments policies
assignsPrimaryResponsibilityTo United Nations Security Council NERFINISHED
belongsToField disarmament law
international law
international security law
bindingOn all United Nations member states
chapterTitle The Security Council NERFINISHED
citedBy UN documents on arms regulation and disarmament
scholarly works on UN disarmament responsibilities
connectedTo Article 24 of the United Nations Charter NERFINISHED
Article 47 of the United Nations Charter NERFINISHED
enteredIntoForceOn 24 October 1945
frameworkFor international cooperation on arms regulation
goal maintenance of international peace and security with minimal resource diversion to armaments
hasLegalStatus constitutional provision of the United Nations system
historicalContext post-World War II efforts to prevent arms races
inForce true
interpretedAs mandate for Security Council leadership in arms regulation
language Arabic
Chinese
English
French
Russian
Spanish
legalNature binding obligation on United Nations member states through the Charter
locatedInSection Chapter V of the United Nations Charter NERFINISHED
mentionsOrgan Military Staff Committee NERFINISHED
obligesSecurityCouncilTo formulate plans for the establishment of a system for the regulation of armaments
partOf Charter of the United Nations NERFINISHED
placesResponsibilityOn Security Council as primary organ for armaments regulation planning
purpose to promote international peace and security
relatedConcept least diversion of the world’s economic resources
least diversion of the world’s human resources
relatesTo arms control
collective security
disarmament
international security governance
requiresBodyToAct Security Council NERFINISHED
requiresConsultationWith Military Staff Committee NERFINISHED
subject regulation of armaments
typeOfObligation programmatic obligation

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Chapter V of the United Nations Charter containsArticle Article 26 of the United Nations Charter
United Nations Charter Chapter V containsArticle Article 26 of the United Nations Charter