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.