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PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW COMPENDIUM VOLUME I

4.

The

Military

Staff

Committee,

with

the

authorization of the Security Council and after

consultation with appropriate regional agencies,

may establish regional sub-committees.

Article 48

1.

The action required to carry out the decisions of

the

Security

Council for the maintenance of

international peace and security shall be taken by

all the Members of the United Nations or by some

of them, as the Security Council may determine.

2.

Such

decisions

shall

be

carried

out

by

the

Members of the United Nations directly and

through

their

action

in

the

appropriate

international

agencies

of

which

they

are

members.

Article 49

The Members of the United Nations shall join in affording

mutual assistance in carrying out the measures decided

upon by the Security Council.

Article 50

If preventive or enforcement measures against any state

are

taken

by

the Security Council, any other state,

whether a Member of the United Nations or not, which

finds itself confronted with special economic problems

arising from the carrying out of those measures shall

have the right to consult the Security Council with regard

to a solution of those problems.

Article 51

Nothing in the present Charter shall impair the inherent

right of individual or collective self-defence if an armed

attack occurs against a Member of the United Nations,

until the Security Council has taken measures necessary

to maintain international peace and security. Measures

taken

by

Members

in

the

exercise of this right of

self-defence

shall

be

immediately

reported

to

the

Security Council and shall not in any way affect the

authority and responsibility of the Security Council under

the present Charter to take at any time such action as it

deems

necessary

in

order

to

maintain

or

restore

international peace and security.

CHAPTER VIII: REGIONAL ARRANGEMENTS

Article 52

1.

Nothing in the present Charter precludes the

existence of regional arrangements or agencies

for dealing with such matters relating to the

maintenance of international peace and security

as are appropriate for regional action provided

that such arrangements or agencies and their

activities are consistent with the Purposes and

Principles of the United Nations.

2.

The Members of the United Nations entering into

such arrangements or constituting such agencies

shall

make

every

effort

to

achieve

pacific

settlement

of

local

disputes

through

such

regional

arrangements

or

by

such

regional

agencies before referring them to the Security

Council.

3.

The

Security

Council

shall

encourage

the

development

of

pacific

settlement

of

local

disputes through such regional arrangements or

by such regional agencies either on the initiative

of the states concerned or by reference from the

Security Council.

4.

This Article in no way impairs the application of

Articles 34 and 35.

Article 53

1.

The Security Council shall, where appropriate,

utilize such regional arrangements or agencies

for enforcement action under its authority. But no

enforcement action shall be taken under regional

arrangements or by regional agencies without

the authorization of the Security Council, with the

exception of measures against any enemy state,

as defined in paragraph 2 of this Article, provided

for

pursuant

to

Article

107

or

in

regional

arrangements

directed

against

renewal

of

aggressive policy on the part of any such state,

until such time as the Organization may, on

request

of

the

Governments

concerned,

be

charged with the responsibility for preventing

further aggression by such a state.

2.

The term enemy state as used in paragraph 1 of

this Article applies to any state which during the

Second World War has been an enemy of any

signatory of the present Charter.

Article 54

The Security Council shall at all times be kept fully

informed of activities undertaken or in contemplation

under regional arrangements or by regional agencies for

the maintenance of international peace and security.

CHAPTER IX: INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC AND

SOCIAL CO-OPERATION

Article 55

With a view to the creation of conditions of stability and

well-being which are necessary for peaceful and friendly

relations

among

nations

based

on

respect

for

the

principle

of

equal

rights

and

self-determination

of

peoples, the United Nations shall promote:

a.

higher

standards

of

living, full employment, and

conditions

of

economic

and

social

progress

and

development;

b. solutions of international economic, social, health, and

related

problems;

and

international

cultural

and

educational cooperation; and

c. universal respect for, and observance of, human rights

and fundamental freedoms for all without distinction as

to race, sex, language, or religion.

Article 56

All

Members

pledge

themselves

to

take

joint

and

separate action in co-operation with the Organization for

the achievement of the purposes set forth in Article 55.

Article 57

1.

The various specialized agencies, established by

intergovernmental agreement and having wide

international responsibilities, as defined in their

basic instruments, in economic, social, cultural,

educational, health, and related fields, shall be

brought into relationship with the United Nations

in accordance with the provisions of Article 63.

2.

Such agencies thus brought into relationship

with the United Nations are hereinafter referred

to as specialized agencies.

Article 58

The Organization shall make recommendations for the

co-ordination

of

the

policies

and

activities

of

the

specialized agencies.

Article 59

The

Organization

shall,

where

appropriate,

initiate

negotiations among the states concerned for the creation

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