(Article 51) Nothing...shall impair the inherent right of...SELF-DEFENCE if an armed attack occurs...Measures taken by Members in the exercise of...SELF-DEFENCE shall be immediately reported to the Security Council [who shall take appropriate action] to maintain or restore INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY.
(Article 92)-The INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE shall be the...judicial organ of the U.N.
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Article 51 and the UN Charter do NOT justify any Member's DECLARATION OF WAR -- they affirm the right to SELF-DEFENCE, until the Security Council and THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE can act in the best interests of INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY.
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