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Should the Security Council consider that measures provided for in Article 41 would be inadequate or have proved to be inadequate, it may take such action by air, sea, or land forces as may be necessary to maintain or restore international peace and security. Such action may include demonstrations, blockade, and other operations by air, sea, or land forces of Members of the United Nations. The John Birch Society publication '' A Dozen Good Reasons To Get US Out! Of The United Nations '' critiques Article 42, stating, "the UN definition of "peace" is never given. Tyrannical regimes throughout history have defined "peace" as the absence of all opposition" {Link without Title} . Chapter VII also gives the Military Staff Committee responsibility for strategic coordination of forces placed at the disposal of the UN Security Council. It is made up of the chiefs of staff of the five permanent members of the Council. The UN Charter's prohibition of member states of the UN attacking other UN member states is central to the purpose for which the UN was founded in the wake of the destruction of WWII: to prevent war. This overriding concern is also reflected in the Nuremberg Trials ' concept of a Crime Against Peace "starting or waging a war against the territorial integrity, political independence or sovereignty of a state, or in violation of international treaties or agreements..." ( Crime Against Peace ), which was held to be the crime that makes all war crimes possible. |
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