The nations that drafted the UN Charter in 1945 clearly were more
concerned about peace than about justice. As a result, the Charter
prohibits all use of force by states except in the event of an
armed attack or when authorised by the Security Council. This
arrangement has only very imperfectly withstood the test of time
and changing world conditions. In requiring states not to use force
in self-defence until after they had become the object of an actual
armed attack, the Charter failed to address a growing phenomenon of
clandestine subversion and of instantaneous nuclear threats.
Fortunately although the Charter is very hard to amend, the
drafters did agree that it should be interpreted flexibly by the
United Nations' principal political institutions. In this way the
norms governing use of force in international affairs have been
adapted to meet changing circumstances and new challenges. The book
also relates these changes in law and practice to changing public
values pertaining to the balance between maintaining peace and
promoting justice.
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