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PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW COMPENDIUM VOLUME I

3.

Each member of the Security Council shall have

one representative.

FUNCTIONS and POWERS

Article 24

1.

In order to ensure prompt and effective action by

the United Nations, its Members confer on the

Security Council primary responsibility for the

maintenance of international peace and security,

and agree that in carrying out its duties under

this responsibility the Security Council acts on

their behalf.

2.

In discharging these duties the Security Council

shall act in accordance with the Purposes and

Principles of the United Nations. The specific

powers granted to the Security Council for the

discharge

of

these

duties

are

laid

down

in

Chapters VI, VII, VIII, and XII.

3.

The Security Council shall submit annual and,

when necessary, special reports to the General

Assembly for its consideration.

Article 25

The Members of the United Nations agree to accept and

carry

out

the

decisions

of

the

Security

Council

in

accordance with the present Charter.

Article 26

In order to promote the establishment and maintenance

of

international

peace

and

security

with

the

least

diversion

for armaments of the world's human and

economic

resources,

the

Security

Council

shall

be

responsible for formulating, with the assistance of the

Military Staff Committee referred to in Article 47, plans to

be submitted to the Members of the United Nations for

the establishment of a system for the regulation of

armaments.

VOTING

Article 27

1.

Each member of the Security Council shall have

one vote.

2.

Decisions of the Security Council on procedural

matters shall be made by an affirmative vote of

nine members.

3.

Decisions of the Security Council on all other

matters shall be made by an affirmative vote of

nine members including the concurring votes of

the

permanent

members;

provided

that,

in

decisions under Chapter VI, and under paragraph

3 of Article 52, a party to a dispute shall abstain

from voting.

PROCEDURE

Article 28

1.

The Security Council shall be so organized as to

be able to function continuously. Each member

of the Security Council shall for this purpose be

represented

at

all

times

at

the seat of the

Organization.

2.

The Security Council shall hold periodic meetings

at which each of its members may, if it so desires,

be represented by a member of the government

or

by

some

other

specially

designated

representative.

3.

The Security Council may hold meetings at such

places other than the seat of the Organization as

in its judgment will best facilitate its work.

Article 29

The

Security

Council

may

establish

such

subsidiary

organs as it deems necessary for the performance of its

functions.

Article 30

The

Security

Council

shall

adopt

its

own

rules

of

procedure,

including

the

method

of

selecting

its

President.

Article 31

Any Member of the United Nations which is not a

member of the Security Council may participate, without

vote, in the discussion of any question brought before the

Security Council whenever the latter considers that the

interests of that Member are specially affected.

Article 32

Any Member of the United Nations which is not a

member of the Security Council or any state which is not

a Member of the United Nations, if it is a party to a

dispute under consideration by the Security Council, shall

be invited to participate, without vote, in the discussion

relating to the dispute. The Security Council shall lay

down

such

conditions

as

it

deems

just

for

the

participation of a state which is not a Member of the

United Nations.

CHAPTER VI: PACIFIC SETTLEMENT OF

DISPUTES

Article 33

1.

The parties to any dispute, the continuance of

which is likely to endanger the maintenance of

international peace and security, shall, first of all,

seek

a

solution

by

negotiation,

enquiry,

mediation,

conciliation,

arbitration,

judicial

settlement,

resort

to

regional

agencies

or

arrangements, or other peaceful means of their

own choice.

2.

The

Security

Council

shall,

when

it

deems

necessary, call upon the parties to settle their

dispute by such means.

Article 34

The Security Council may investigate any dispute, or any

situation which might lead to international friction or give

rise to a dispute, in order to determine whether the

continuance

of

the

dispute

or

situation is likely to

endanger the maintenance of international peace and

security.

Article 35

1.

Any Member of the United Nations may bring any

dispute, or any situation of the nature referred to

in Article 34, to the attention of the Security

Council or of the General Assembly.

2.

A state which is not a Member of the United

Nations may bring to the attention of the Security

Council or of the General Assembly any dispute to

which it is a party if it accepts in advance, for the

purposes of the dispute, the obligations of pacific

settlement provided in the present Charter.

3.

The proceedings of the General Assembly in

respect of matters brought to its attention under

this Article will be subject to the provisions of

Articles 11 and 12.

Article 36

1.

The Security Council may, at any stage of a

dispute of the nature referred to in Article 33 or of

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