Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter

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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.


Statements (50)
Predicate Object
instanceOf chapter of an international treaty
part of the United Nations Charter
adoptedOn 26 June 1945
appliesTo United Nations Security Council
authorizes UN Security Council enforcement measures
military action
non-military sanctions
use of force by the UN Security Council
basisFor arms embargoes imposed by the UN Security Council
authorization of multinational military operations
economic sanctions imposed by the UN Security Council
bindingOn all Member States of the United Nations
composedOf Article 39 of the United Nations Charter
Article 40 of the United Nations Charter
Article 41 of the United Nations Charter
Article 42 of the United Nations Charter
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
Article 47 of the United Nations Charter
Article 48 of the United Nations Charter
Article 49 of the United Nations Charter
Article 50 of the United Nations Charter
Article 51 of the United Nations Charter
concerns acts of aggression
breaches of the peace
threats to the peace
definesPowersOf United Nations Security Council
distinguishedFrom Chapter VI of the United Nations Charter on pacific settlement of disputes
enteredIntoForceOn 24 October 1945
grantsPowerTo decide measures to maintain or restore international peace and security
determine the existence of any act of aggression
determine the existence of any breach of the peace
determine the existence of any threat to the peace
includesPrinciple collective security
languageOfOriginal Chinese
English
French
Russian
Spanish
legalBasisFor UN Security Council resolutions on peace and security
legalNature binding international law
partOf Charter of the United Nations
placeOfAdoption San Francisco
primaryPurpose maintenance of international peace and security
recognizes inherent right of individual or collective self-defence
relatedTo Chapter VI of the United Nations Charter
selfDefenceProvision Article 51 of the United Nations Charter
subjectToInterpretationBy United Nations Security Council

Referenced by (27)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Counter-Terrorism Committee ("United Nations Charter Chapter VII")
East Timor intervention
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
UN Security Council Resolution 1244
UN Security Council Resolution 679
UN Security Council Resolution 686 ("United Nations Charter Chapter VII")
UNSC
United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon ("United Nations Charter Chapter VII")
United Nations Security Council Resolution 715
United Nations Security Council Resolution 82
legalBasis
Article 42 of the United Nations Charter ("Chapter VII: Action with Respect to Threats to the Peace, Breaches of the Peace, and Acts of Aggression")
Article 45 of the United Nations Charter ("Chapter VII: Action with Respect to Threats to the Peace, Breaches of the Peace, and Acts of Aggression")
Article 46 of the United Nations Charter
Article 49 of the United Nations Charter ("Chapter VII, United Nations Charter")
Article 51 of the United Nations Charter
locatedInDocument
Article 47 of the United Nations Charter
Article 49 of the United Nations Charter
Article 50 of the United Nations Charter
chapter
Article 42 of the United Nations Charter
Article 44 of the United Nations Charter
Article 45 of the United Nations Charter
partOf
Article 46 of the United Nations Charter ("United Nations Charter Chapter VII article")
category
UN Security Council Resolution 1244
chapterOfUNCharterInvoked
Article 43 of the United Nations Charter
locatedInChapter
Article 39 of the United Nations Charter
locatedInDocumentSection
An Agenda for Peace
relatedTo

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