Mechanisms for the Settlement of International Disputes in the Security Council and the UN General Assembly

Abstract

 The united nation organization has played and is still playing an important and pioneering role, since its establishment, in settling the international conflicts by peaceful or military means, according to its charter and other rules of public international law. It is worth-bearing in mind that the Security Council and the General Assembly are considered as main organs executing the fundamental rule in solving international conflicts. It is to be noted that we shall be focused on explaining and analyzing in this piece of research the mechanisms available to these organs to execute their role in protecting international peace and security, by solving, preventing or settling international conflicts. It is also worth-mentioning unquestionably that the acts of these two organs are encountered with many practical and legal problems and dilemmas. Because of the dominance of the policy of the superpowers in the field of international relations. We shall indicate in this study how these two organs, particularly the Security Council, settle international conflicts Because the Security Council is being granted by the UN charter many jurisdictions enabling it to make decisions obliging all the states. Contrary to the UN General Assembly which has few limited choices in settling international conflicts. Because of the non-obligatory characteristic of its decisions, as opposite to those made by Security Council