...Nations." 19 In its entirety, Article 51 UN Charter reads: "Nothing in the present Charter shall impair the inherent right of individual or collective selfdefense if an armed attack occurs against a Member of the United Nations, until the Security Council has taken measures necessary to maintain international...

...exercise this individually or collectively in response to an armed attack and to continue its exercise "until the Security Council has taken the measures necessary to maintain international peace and security." Indeed, in resolutions issued the day after the attack and again on September 28, the...

...limit, that "inherent" right under international law: "Nothing in the present Charter shall impair the inherent right of individual or collective self-defense...measures necessary to maintain international peace and security." Despite the longstanding recognition of a nation's right to self-defense, some argue...

...Nations, June 26. 1945, art. Il, 59 Stat. 1031, 1038, TS No. 993, 3 Bevans 1153, 1155. 193. Id. at art. 51 ("Nothing in the present Charter shall impair the...collective selfdefense if an armed attack occurs against a Member of the United Nations, until the Security Council has taken measures necessary to maintain international...

...a proviso in Article 51 which assured nations that "nothing in the present Charter shall impair the inherent right of individual or collective self-defense if an armed attack occurs against a Member of the United Nations." Although Article 39 had affirmed that only "the Security Council shall...

...188. The language of this article is restrictive: "Nothing in the present Charter shall impair the inherent right of individual or collective self-defense if an armed attack occurs against a member of the United Nations, until the Security Council has taken measures to maintain international...

...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 the measures necessary to maintain international peace and security". The wording leaves no doubt that an option is being posited here which is linked with...

...force is provided in Article 51 according to which — 'Nothing in the present Charter shall impair the inherent right of individual or collective self-defense if an armed attack occurs against a Member of the United Nations, until the Security Council has taken measures necessary to maintain international...

...dealing with this matter is Article #51, which states: "Nothing in the present Charter shall impair the inherent right of individual or collective self-defense if an armed attack occurs against a Member of the United Nations." Concisely, a nation (or a group of nations) can use its military force...

...right of self-defense is no longer permissible. Article 51 stipulates that "nothing shall impair the inherent right of individual or collective selfdefense if an armed attack occurs against a member of the United Nations." But here tension arises with article 2 (4), which prohibits the use...