Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter

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chapter of an international treaty part 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.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
United Nations Charter Chapter VII	3
Chapter VII: Action with Respect to Threats to the Peace, Breaches of the Peace, and Acts of Aggression	2
Chapter VII, United Nations Charter	1
United Nations Charter Chapter VII article	1

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)

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

Article 46 of the United Nations Charter → category → Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter ⓘ

this entity surface form: United Nations Charter Chapter VII article

Article 47 of the United Nations Charter → chapter → Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter ⓘ

Article 49 of the United Nations Charter → chapter → Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter ⓘ

Article 50 of the United Nations Charter → chapter → Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter ⓘ

UN Security Council Resolution 1244 → chapterOfUNCharterInvoked → Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter ⓘ

Counter-Terrorism Committee → legalBasis → Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter ⓘ

this entity surface form: United Nations Charter Chapter VII

East Timor intervention → legalBasis → Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter ⓘ

International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda → legalBasis → Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter ⓘ

International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia → legalBasis → Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter ⓘ

UN Security Council Resolution 1244 → legalBasis → Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter ⓘ

UN Security Council Resolution 679 → legalBasis → Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter ⓘ

UN Security Council Resolution 686 → legalBasis → Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter ⓘ

this entity surface form: United Nations Charter Chapter VII

UNSC → legalBasis → Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter ⓘ

United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon → legalBasis → Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter ⓘ

this entity surface form: United Nations Charter Chapter VII

United Nations Security Council Resolution 715 → legalBasis → Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter ⓘ

United Nations Security Council Resolution 82 → legalBasis → Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter ⓘ

Article 43 of the United Nations Charter → locatedInChapter → Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter ⓘ

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

this entity surface form: 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 → locatedInDocument → Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter ⓘ

this entity surface form: 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 → locatedInDocument → Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter ⓘ

Article 49 of the United Nations Charter → locatedInDocument → Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chapter VII, United Nations Charter

Article 51 of the United Nations Charter → locatedInDocument → Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter ⓘ

Article 39 of the United Nations Charter → locatedInDocumentSection → Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter ⓘ

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

Article 44 of the United Nations Charter → partOf → Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter ⓘ

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

An Agenda for Peace → relatedTo → Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter ⓘ