Why is Article 2(4) of the United Nations Charter considered to be its major innovation and what is its relationship to Article 51?
Art. 2(4) is considered to be a major innovation to Art. 5 that it stipulates that a nation can not attack another nation without provocation. It reads “All members shall refrain in their international relations from the threat of force against the territorial integrity or political interdependence of any state, or in any manner inconsistent with the purposes of the United Nations. It virtually abolishes the right to use force.
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