Practice question
States have already adopted a lawful conciliation procedure for a qualifying dispute. The Council considers recommending additional methods under Article36. An adviser says it must ignore the existing process because only its own proposal may be considered. Which answer follows?
- It should take the already adopted procedure into consideration
- Article36 expressly requires ignoring party procedures
- Conciliation automatically removes every possible Council role
- A Council recommendation is necessarily an arbitral award
- Existing procedures automatically authorize force
Legal references
- UN Charter Articles34 and36: https://legal.un.org/repertory/art34.shtml ; https://legal.un.org/repertory/art36.shtml
- 1907 Hague Convention, Article35, official treaty reproduction: https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/lltreaties/lltreaties-ustbv001/lltreaties-ustbv001.pdf
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