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Relevant Major Principles of International Law - 10. Member-nations of the United Nations are required to respect the resolutions of the Security Council, which are legally binding, and enforceable by economic or military means, as the Council decides:

RELEVANT PRINCIPLE OF INTERNATIONAL LAW

The United Nations first came into being on October 24, 1945, in San Francisco, CA, USA, where 50 nations met and signed the Charter. Currently there are 191 member-nations, and numerous other semi-members, such as Palestine, which has status as an official Observer.

When nations join the United Nations, they sign an agreement and a pledge to obey the decisions of the United Nations, of which only the decisions (resolutions) of the Security Council are actually legally binding.

The State of Israel was accepted into the United Nations with full member-status with Resolution 69 (4 March 1949), but since that time has violated more UN resolutions than any other member-nation.

RELEVANT LAWS & RESPONSES

As per International Law -
- Charter of the United Nations (1945) (full text) (relevant articles - see below)
Israeli Violations -
- 11. VIOLATIONS OF UN RESOLUTIONS: Israel has violated 28 resolutions of the United Nations Security Council (which are legally binding on member-nations), and almost 100 resolutions of the United Nations General Assembly (which are not binding, but represent the will and understanding of the international community). And Israel is now in violation of the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice of 2004, condemning the separation wall Israel is building throughout the occupied West Bank (more details).
International Response -
- United Nations -
- International Miscellaneous response -
- Academic Analysis -

RELEVANT QUOTES FROM TEXT

Charter of the United Nations (1945), article 25:

Article 25. The Members of the United Nations agree to accept and carry out the decisions of the Security Council in accordance with the present Charter.

REFERENCES

United Nations website (1945-present)- www.un.org.

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