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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 ...
The Soviet Union was not present in the Security Council to veto UN Security Council Resolutions 83 (27 June 1950) and 84 (7 July 1950), authorizing assistance to South Korea in the Korean War. [43] The Soviet Union returned to the Security Council in August 1950 and resumed its usage of the veto.
United Nations Security Council resolutions are United Nations resolutions adopted by the fifteen members of the Security Council (UNSC); the United Nations (UN) body charged with "primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security". [1]
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.
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...
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 ...
A notable exception was the 1950 Security Council resolution authorizing a US-led coalition to repel the North Korean invasion of South Korea, passed in the absence of the USSR.) [20] [28] In 1956, the first UN peacekeeping force was established to end the Suez Crisis; [20] however, the UN was unable to intervene against the USSR's simultaneous ...
Sometimes dozens of resolutions are passed in subsequent years to modify and extend the mandate of the first Chapter VII resolution as the situation evolves. [10] The list of Chapter VII interventions includes: United Nations Security Council Resolution 82 (Korea) United Nations Security Council Resolution 1267 (Afghanistan)