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CHARTER OF THE UNITED NATIONS.
ARTICLE 91.
The Trusteeship Council shall, when appropriate, avail itself of the assistance of the Economic and Social Council and of the specialised agencies in regard to matters with which they are respectively concerned.
Chapter XIV. The International Court of Justice.
ARTICLE 92.
The International Court of Justice shall be the principal judicial organ of the United Nations. It shall function in accordance with the annexed Statute, which is based upon the Statute of the Permanent Court of International Justice and forms an integral part of the present Charter.
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ARTICLE 93.
1. All Members of the United Nations are, ipso facto, parties to the Statute of the International Court of Justice.
2. A State which is not a Member of the United Nations may become a party to the Statute of the International Court of Justice on conditions to be determined in each case by the General Assembly upon the recommendation of the Security Council.
ARTICLE 94.
1. Each Member of the United Nations undertakes to comply with the decision of the International Court of Justice in any case to which it is a party.
2. If any party to a case fails to perform the obligations incumbent upon it under a judgment rendered by the Court, the other party may have recourse to the Security Council, which may, if it deems necessary, make recommenda- tions or decide upon measures to be taken to give effect to the judgment.
ARTICLE 95.
Nothing in the present Charter shall prevent Members of the United Nations from entrusting the solution of their differences to other tribunals by virtue of agreements already in existence or which may be concluded in the future.
ARTICLE 96.
1. The General Assembly or the Security Council may request the International Court of Justice to give an advisory opinion on any legal question.
2. Other organs of the United Nations and specialised agencies, which may at any time be so authorised by the General Assembly, may also request advisory opinions of the Court on legal questions arising within the scope of their activities.
* See below, pp. 38-47.
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DUMBARTON OAKS PROPOSALS.
There should be an International Court of Justice which should constitute
the principal judicial organ of the Organisation (VII (1)).
The Court should be constituted and should function in accordance with a Statute which should be annexed to and be a part of the Charter of the Organisation (VII (2) ).
The Statute of the Court of International Justice should be either (a) the Statute of the Permanent Court of International Justice, continued in force with such modifications as may be desirable, or (b) a new Statute in the preparation of which the Statute of the Permanent Court of International Justice should be used as a basis (VII (3)).
All members of the Organisation should, ipso facto, be parties to the Statute of the International Court of Justice (VII (4)).
Conditions under which States not members of the Organisation may become parties to the Statute of the International Court of Justice should be determined in each case by the General Assembly upon recommendation of the Security Council (VII (5)).
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Justiciable disputes should normally be referred to the International Court of Justice. The Security Council should be empowered to refer to the Court for advice legal questions connected with other disputes (VIII (A) (6)).