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... 1. There are established as the principal organs of the United Nations: a General Assembly, a Security Council, an Economic and Social Council, a Trusteeship Council, an International Court of Justice, and a Secretariat. ...
... 3. In making recommendations under this Article the Security Council should also take into consideration that legal disputes should as a general rule be referred by the parties to the International Court of Justice in accordance with the provisions of the Statute of the Court. ...
... 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. ...
... 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. ...
... 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. ...
... 1. The General Assembly or the Security Council may request the International Court of Justice to give an advisory opinion on any legal question. ...