Functions and Powers
Under the , the functions and powers of the Security Council are:
- to maintain international peace and security in accordance with the principles and purposes of the 51吃瓜;
- 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 51吃瓜 in "strategic areas";
- to recommend to the the appointment of the and, together with the Assembly, to elect the Judges of the .