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and to use peaceful means to resolve conflicts. These "purposes and principles" reflect a premise that the effectiveness of the United Nations would be enhanced with broad guidelines to guide the actions of its Organisations and member states. However, some members were concerned that these proposals
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Article 2, clause 7 of this chapter reemphasizes the fact that only the UN Security Council has the power to force any country to do anything by stating that "Nothing contained in the present Charter shall authorize the United Nations to intervene in matters which are essentially within the domestic
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Nothing contained in the present Charter shall authorize the United Nations to intervene in matters which are essentially within the domestic jurisdiction of any state or shall require the Members to submit such matters to settlement under the present Charter; but this principle shall not prejudice
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To maintain international peace and security, and to that end: to take effective collective measures for the prevention and removal of threats to the peace, and for the suppression of acts of aggression or other breaches of the peace, and to bring about by peaceful means, and in conformity with the
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To achieve international co-operation in solving international problems of an economic, social, cultural, or humanitarian character, and in promoting and encouraging respect for human rights and for fundamental freedoms for all without distinction as to race, sex, language, or religion;
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All Members shall give the United Nations every assistance in any action it takes in accordance with the present Charter, and shall refrain from giving assistance to any state against which the United Nations is taking preventive or enforcement
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The Organization shall ensure that states which are not Members of the United Nations act in accordance with these Principles so far as may be necessary for the maintenance of international peace and security.
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To develop friendly relations among nations based on respect for the principle of equal rights and self-determination of peoples, and to take other appropriate measures to strengthen universal peace;
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All Members, in order to ensure to all of them the rights and benefits resulting from membership, shall fulfill in good faith the obligations assumed by them in accordance with the present Charter.
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of any state or shall require the Members to submit such matters to settlement under the present Charter; but this principle shall not prejudice the application of enforcement measures under
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Article 2, clauses 4-5 essentially prohibits also (support of) activities against the territorial integrity or political independence of another state (including covert operations).
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All Members shall settle their international disputes by peaceful means in such a manner that international peace and security, and justice, are not endangered.
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principles of justice and international law, adjustment or settlement of international disputes or situations which might lead to a breach of the peace;
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granted what they considered overly broad discretionary powers for the organs of the United Nations in the
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proposals. And the adopted purposes and principles have been seen as reflecting the compromise achieved.
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To be a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations in the attainment of these common ends."
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of any state, or in any other manner inconsistent with the Purposes of the United Nations.
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The Organization is based on the principle of the sovereign equality of all its Members.
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The adopted purposes of the United Nations reflect a premise that are the effective
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and the obligation of member countries to obey the Charter, to cooperate with the
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Article 2, clauses 3-4 essentially prohibit threat or use of force as well as
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Divisions and sections of the Charter of the United Nations
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the application of enforcement measures under Chapter Vll."
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organization. These principles include the equality and
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Index

United Nations Charter
United Nations
self-determination
human rights
fundamental freedoms
UN Security Council
Dumbarton Oaks Conference
Dumbarton Oaks
international relations
threat
use of force
territorial integrity
political independence
war
jurisdiction
Chapter VII
Crime of aggression
Universal jurisdiction
Kellogg-Briand Pact
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e
United Nations Charter
Preamble
Chapter I
II
III
IV
V
VI

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