Article 30
The Security Council shall adopt its own rules
of procedure, including the method of selecting
its President.
national friction or give rise to a dispute, in order
to determine whether the continuance of the dispute or situation is likely to endanger the maintenance of international peace and security.
Article 31
Any Member of the United Nations which is not
a member of the Security Council may participate,
without vote, in the discussion of any question
brought before the Security Council whenever the
latter considers that the interests of that Member
are specially affected.
Article 32
.Any Member of the United Nations which is
not a member of the Security Council or any state
which is not a Member of the United Nations, if
it is a party to a dispute under consideration by
the Security Council, shall be invited to participate, without vote, in the discussion relating to
the dispute. The Security Council shall lay down
such conditions as it deems just for the participation. of a state which is not a Member of the United
Nations.
CHAPTER VI
PACIFIC SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTES
Article 33
1. The parties to any dispute, the continuance
of which is likely to endanger the maintenance of
intE,mational peace and security, shall, first of all,
seek a solution by negotiation, enquiry, mediation,
conciliation, arbitration, judicial settlement, resorlt to regional agencies or arrangements, or other
pea.cefu:l means of their own choice.
. The Security Council shall, when it deems
nec:essary, call upon the parties to settle their
dis]pute by such means.
4rticle 34
The Security Council may investigate any dispute, or any situation which might lead to inter-
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Article 35
1. Any Member of the United Nations may
bring any dispute, or any situation of the nature
referred to in Article 34, to the attention of the
Security Council or of the General Assembly.
2. A state which is not a Member of the United
Nations may bring to the attention of the Security
Council or of the General Assembly any dispute
to which it is a party if it accepts in advance, for
the purposes of the dispute, the obligations of
pacific settlement provided in the present Charter.
3. The proceedings of the General Assembly
in respect of matters brought to its attention under
this Article will be subject to the provisions of
Articles 11 and 12.
Article 36
1. The Security Council may, at any stage of
a dispute of the nature referred to in Article 33
or of a situation of like nature, recommend appropriate procedures or methods of adjustment.
2. The Security Council should take into con·
sideration any procedures for the settlement of
the dispute which have already been adopted by
the parties.
3. In making recommendations under this Ar·
ticle the Security Council should also take into
consideration that legal disputes should as a gen·
era! rule be referred by the parties to the Interna·
tiona! Court of Justice in accordance with the
provisions of the Statute of the Court.
Article 37
1. Should the parties to a dispute of the nature
referred to in Article 33 fail to settle it by the
means indicated in that Article, they shall refr it
to the Security Council.