Southern African Development Community ARTICLE 11 CONFLICT PREVENTION, MANAGEMENT AND RESOLUTION 1. 2. Obligation of the Organ under International Law a) In accordance with the Charter of the United Nations, State Parties shall refrain from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state, other than for the legitimate purpose of individual or collective self-defence against an armed attack. b) State Parties shall manage and seek to resolve any dispute between two or more of them by peaceful means. c) The Organ shall seek to manage and resolve inter- and intra-state conflict by peaceful means. d) The Organ shall seek to ensure that the State Parties adhere to and enforce all sanctions and arms embargoes imposed on any party by the United Nations Security Council. Jurisdiction of the Organ a) The Organ may seek to resolve any significant inter-state conflict between State Parties or between a State Party and non- State Party and a 'significant inter-state conflict' shall include: (i) a conflict over territorial boundaries or natural resources; (ii) a conflict in which an act of aggression or other form of military force has occurred or been threatened; and Protocol on Politics, Defence and Security Co-operation II