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  2. United Nations Security Council resolution - Wikipedia

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    Some voices, [6] [7] however, defend that a difference should be made between United Nations Security Council resolutions adopted under "Chapter VII" of the UN Charter, which are legally binding, and those adopted under "Chapter VI" of the UN Charter, which are non binding; in practice, however, United Nations Security Council resolutions ...

  3. United Nations Security Council - Wikipedia

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    [56] [57] Decisions taken under Chapter VII, such as economic sanctions, are binding on UN members; the Security Council is the only UN body with authority to issue binding resolutions. [ 58 ] [ 59 ] The Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court recognizes that the Security Council has authority to refer cases to the Court in which the ...

  4. United Nations resolution - Wikipedia

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    A United Nations resolution (UN resolution) is a formal text adopted by a United Nations (UN) body. Although any UN body can issue resolutions, in practice most resolutions are issued by the Security Council or the General Assembly, in the form of United Nations Security Council resolutions and United Nations General Assembly resolutions ...

  5. Explainer-The UN Security Council demanded a Gaza ... - AOL

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    Sherine Tadros, U.N. Representative for Amnesty International, said the U.N. Charter was clear on the binding nature of Security Council resolutions, adding: "I don't recall hearing the U.S ...

  6. UN Security Council demands immediate Gaza ceasefire ... - AOL

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    China's U.N. Ambassador Zhang Jun said Security Council resolutions are binding. "For the millions of people in Gaza, who remain mired in an unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe, this resolution ...

  7. Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter - Wikipedia

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    A Security Council Resolution is considered to be 'a Chapter VII resolution' if it makes an explicit determination that the situation under consideration constitutes a threat to the peace, a breach of the peace, or an act of aggression, and/or explicitly or implicitly states that the Council is acting under Chapter VII in the adoption of some ...

  8. The US allowed a Gaza ceasefire resolution to pass at the UN ...

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    Similarly, White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby and US ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield separately insisted that the resolution is non-binding.

  9. Chapter VI of the United Nations Charter - Wikipedia

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    A further indication of the non-binding nature of measures taken in terms of Chapter VI is the obligation on members of the Security Council who are parties to a dispute, to refrain from voting when resolutions under Chapter VI are adopted. No similar obligation exists with respect to binding resolutions adopted under Chapter VII...