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CHARTER OF THE UNITED NATIONS.

ARTICLE 11.

1. The General Assembly may consider the general principles of co-opera- tion in the maintenance of international peace and security, including the principles governing disarmament and the regulation of armaments, and may make recommendations with regard to such principles to the Members or to the Security Council or to both.

2. The General Assembly may discuss any questions relating to the maintenance of international peace and security brought before it by any Member of the United Nations, or by the Security Council, or by a State which is not a Member of the United Nations in accordance with Article 35, paragraph 2, and, except as provided in Article 12, may make recomenda- tions with regard to any such questions to the State or States concerned or to the Security Council or to both. Any such question on which action is necessary shall be referred to the Security Council by the General Assembly either before or after discussion.

3. The General Assembly may call the attention of the Security Council to situations which are likely to endanger international peace and security.

4. The powers of the General Assembly set forth in this Article shall not limit the general scope of Article 10.

ARTICLE 12.

1. While the Security Council is exercising in respect of any dispute or situation the functions assigned to it in the present Charter, the General Assembly shall not make any recommendation with regard to that dispute or situation unless the Security Council so requests.

2. The Secretary-General, with the consent of the Security Council, shall notify the General Assembly at each session of any matters relative to the maintenance of international peace and security which are being dealt with by the Security Council, and shall similarly notify the General Assembly, or the Members of the United Nations if the General Assembly is not in session, immediately the Security Council ceases to deal with such matters.

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ARTICLE 13.

The General Assembly shall initiate studies and make recommenda- tions for the purpose of-

(a) promoting international co-operation in the political field and encouraging the progressive development of international law and its codification;

(b) promoting international co-operation in the economic, social, cultural, educational and health fields, and assisting in the realisation of human rights and fundamental freedoms for all without distinction as to race, sex, language or religion.

DUMBARTON OAKS PROPOSALS.

The General Assembly should have the right to consider the general principles of co-operation in the maintenance of international peace and security including the principles governing disarmament and the regulation of armaments; to discuss any questions relating to the maintenance of inter- national peace and security brought before it by any member or members of the Organisation or by the Security Council; and to make recommenda- tions with regard to any such principles or questions (V (B) (1)).

Any such questions on which action is necessary should be referred to the Security Council by the General Assembly either before or after discussion (V (B) (1)).

The General Assembly should not on its own initiative make recommenda- tions on any matter relating to the maintenance of international peace and security which is being dealt with by the Security Council (V (B) (1)).

The General Assembly should initiate studies and make recommendations for the purpose of promoting international co-operation in political, economic and social fields (V (B) (6)).