UN responsibility for international peace and security

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The Security Council has primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security.

The Security Council’s functions and powers are:

To maintain international peace and security in accordance with the principles and purposes of the United Nations;
To investigate any dispute or situation which might lead to international friction;
To recommend methods of adjusting such disputes or the terms of settlement;
To formulate plans for the establishment of a system to regulate armaments;
To determine the existence of a threat to the peace or act of aggression and to recommend what action should be taken;
To call on Members to apply economic sanctions and other measures not involving the use of force to prevent or stop aggression;
To take military action against an aggressor;
To recommend the admission of new Members;
To exercise the trusteeship functions of the United Nations in "strategic areas"; and
To recommend to the General Assembly the appointment of the Secretary-General and, together with the Assembly, to elect the Judges of the International Court of Justice.