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Scholars applying this doctrine on the resolution assert that the use of the word "decide" makes it a "decision" of the Council, thus invoking the binding nature of article 25. The legal force added to Resolution 242 by this resolution is the reason for the otherwise puzzling fact that SC 242 and the
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says that UN members "agree to accept and carry out the decisions of the Security Council". It is generally accepted that Security Council resolutions adopted according to Chapter VII of the UN Charter in the exercise of its primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace in
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The resolution was brought before the Security Council on 22 October. It was passed the same day with the US, UK, France, Soviet Union, Australia, Austria, Guinea, India, Indonesia, Peru, Kenya, Yugoslavia, Sudan and Panama all voting to approve the resolution, and China abstaining.
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Calls upon all parties to the present fighting to cease all firing and terminate all military activity immediately, no later than 12 hours after the moment of the adoption of this decision, in the positions they now
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Decides that, immediately and concurrently with the cease-fire, negotiations shall start between the parties concerned under appropriate auspices aimed at establishing a just and durable peace in the Middle
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binding. However, the decision in the third clause does not relate to Resolution 242, but rather to the need to begin negotiations on a just and durable peace in the Middle East that led to the
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The more obvious need for the use of Resolution 338 is that it requires all parties to cease fire and states when that should occur, without which Resolution 242 can't be accomplished.
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Calls upon the parties concerned, to start immediately after the cease-fire the implementation of Security Council resolution 242 (1967) in all of its parts;
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The "appropriate auspices" was interpreted to mean American or Soviet rather than UN auspices. This third clause helped to establish the framework for the
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otherwise seemingly superfluous and superannuated Resolution 338 are always referred to together in legal documents relating to the conflict.
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The ceasefire was breached soon after the resolution was adopted by the Security Council, with both sides blaming the other.
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The resolution stipulated that the ceasefire should take effect within 12 hours of the adoption of the resolution; that
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Einhorn, Talia, "The Status of Palestine/Land of Israel and Its Settlement Under Public International Law" in
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that he would not object to an Israeli offensive during the night before the ceasefire came into effect.
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The Advisory Opinion on Namibia: Which UN Resolutions Are Binding Under Article 25 of the Charter?
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states. Fighting continued despite the passing of Resolution 338, and the Security Council passed
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Israel and Iraq: United Nations Double Standards – UN Charter Article 25 and Chapters VI and VII
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Some scholars have advanced the position that the resolution was passed as a non-binding
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Rostow, Eugene V. "The Illegality of the Arab Attack on Israel of October 6, 1973."
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supposedly stems from the word "decides" in the third clause, which is held to make
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1973 UN Security Council resolution calling for a ceasefire in the Yom Kippur War
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Israel, Hezbollah, and the use and abuse of self-defence in international law
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were fired at Israeli forces, and Israeli forces continued pushing south.
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be implemented "in all its parts"; and for negotiations to start between
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accordance with the UN Charter are binding upon the member states.
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List of United Nations Security Council Resolutions 301 to 400
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Projects working for peace among Israelis and Arabs
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