Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter

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Charter of the United Nations#Chapter VII – Action with Respect to Threats to the Peace, Breaches of the Peace and Acts of Aggression

Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter sets out the UN Security Council's powers to maintain peace. It allows the Council to "determine the existence of any threat to the peace, breach of the peace, or act of aggression" and to take military and nonmilitary action to "restore international peace and security".