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In the context of international security and role of the United
Nations Security Council:
"Perhaps the weakest area of the rule of law now concerns the
issue of enforcement. It is a truism that international law lacks the police
functions that are found in domestic legal systems -- it is instead a
system that still relies largely upon self-help
when it comes to enforcement. The ability of the UN Security Council to perform
its enforcement responsibilities under the Charter is limited by its need
to
operate in consensus and by its practical inability to order
enforcement actions, especially involving the use of military force, against
one of its permanent members." -- Dhanapala, International Law, Security,
and Weapons of Mass Destruction, Under-Secretary-General for Disarmament
Affairs, United Nations, 2002 Spring Meeting of the Section of International
Law and Practice American Bar Association.
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