Settlements of International Disputes

Scientific Essay from the year 2013 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Topic: Peace and Conflict Studies, 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.