Which document requires disputes to be settled by peaceful means and authorizes action by the Security Council only for threats to peace or acts of aggression?

• A. The 1945 UN Charter
• B. UDHR
• C. ICERD
• D. CROC

Answer: (A)

Disputes must be settled by peaceful means, and force may be used only when authorised by the Security Council in response to threats to peace, breaches of the peace, or acts of aggression. This framework comes from the 1945 UN Charter, which obliges members to settle disputes peacefully and reserves enforcement action to the Security Council under Chapter VII. The UDHR, ICERD, and the Convention on the Rights of the Child focus on human rights and non-discrimination rather than the procedures for resolving disputes or authorising collective enforcement.