Settlements of International Disputes

Scientific Essay from the year 2013 in the subject Politics - Topic: Peace and Conflict, Security, language: English, abstract: Article 2, paragraph 3 of the UN Charter requires that: "All Members shall settle their international disputes by peaceful means in such a manner that international peace and security and justice are not endangered. The UN General Assembly, in adopting its 1982 Manila Declaration on the Peaceful Settlement of Disputes, emphasized the need to exert utmost efforts in order to settlement any conflicts and disputes between States exclusively by peaceful means and that the question of the peaceful settlement of disputes should represent one of the concerns for States and for the United Nations". In age of nuclear weapons, the importance of the principle of peaceful settlement of international disputes is apparent.