Practice question
A substantive Council decision is validly adopted with the necessary affirmative votes and no permanent-member negative vote, although one permanent member voluntarily abstains. A non-permanent member that voted against it refuses to comply solely because it opposed the decision. Discuss both the abstention objection and the negative-vote defense under Namibia.
Legal references
- UN Charter, Articles 25, 41 and 103, https://legal.un.org/repertory/art25.shtml ; https://legal.un.org/repertory/art41.shtml ; https://legal.un.org/repertory/art103.shtml
- ICJ, Namibia Advisory Opinion, 21 June 1971, official UN account, https://legal.un.org/unjuridicalyearbook/pdfs/english/by_volume/1971/chpVII.pdf
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