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Article: Who was right?
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- National Review
- Article date:
- July 27, 1984
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IT IS worth while, before the controversy crystallizes in the memory as one in which we (the United States) were wrong, and they (the World Court) were right, to shake up the set-pieces a little and see where they reassemble under the prodding of a little thought.
The United Nations was set up to bring about world peace, as I guess most of us remember. Complicated instruments were baptized with that imperative in mind. The crucial provision in the United Nations Charter is Article 24, and what it says is: "In order to ensure prompt and effective action by the United Nations, its members confer on the Security Council primary responsibility for the maintenance of ...