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UN Charter Article 42
Art. 42
Charter of the United Nations, Chapter VII, Article 42. Security Council force if Article 41 is not enough.
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If peaceful measures fail, the Security Council may act by air, sea, or land. San Francisco, 26 June 1945. Sequential article numbering of a famous treaty. Not a wink.
Charters
Two famous 42nds
Sequential numbering of long instruments. Runnymede is not San Francisco. Neither is a wink. Both are real designations on texts the world already kept.
- XLIIMagna Carta
1215. Leave and return. Later reissues drop the clause.
Art. 42UN Charterhere
1945. Chapter VII force. If 41 is not enough.
What it supports
United Nations Charter, Chapter VII, Article 42. Official UN text. Repertory of Practice. Do not confuse with Article 41 (no armed force) or Article 51 (self-defence).
What it does not
Treaties with fifty-plus articles necessarily include a 42nd. Not mystical. Not the EU Charter’s Article 42. A different instrument.
ExactnessDesignation
Form42
Unitarticle
Strengthhard
When1945-06-26
Hung18 September 2026