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15 Fla. J. Int'l L. 541 (2002-2003)
The U.N. Security Council's Obligations of Good Faith

handle is hein.journals/fjil15 and id is 551 raw text is: THE U.N. SECURITY COUNCIL'S OBLIGATIONS OF GOOD FAITH Elias Davidsson* 1. INTRODUCTION .................................... 542 II. THE RELEVANCE OF GOOD FAITH WITH REGARD TO THE ABILITY OF THE SECURITY COUNCIL TO FULFIL ITS M ANDATE ..................................... 543 III. How CAN THE GOOD FAITH OF THE U.N. SECURITY COUNCIL BE ASSESSED? ..................................... 544 A. What Could Constitute a Threat to the Peace ? ....... 545 1. The Concept of State of Necessity in Justification of Countermeasures ................. 546 2. Application of the Concept of Necessity to the U.N. Security Council .................... 547 B. Good Faith and the Choice of Responses to a Threat to the Peace . ........................... 553 C. Ending Previously Imposed Coercive Measures and G ood Faith ..................................... 554 IV. EVIDENCE OF U.N. SECURITY COUNCIL BREACHES OF GOOD FAITH IN DETERMINING (OR FAILING TO DETERMINE) THREATS TO THE PEACE ............................. 554 V. CAN THE U.N. SECURITY COUNCIL BE GENERALLY PRESUMED TO ACT IN GOOD FAITH? .................... 559 A. Arguments for the Presumption of Good Faith ......... 560 1. A General Presumption of Innocence .............. 560 2. States' General Acquiescence to U.N. Security Council Decisions ............................. 560 B. Arguments Against the Presumption of G ood Faith ..................................... 561 C. A Pattern of Mendacity, Hypocrisy, and Recklessness ... 563 1. Politically Motivated Action and Inaction .......... 563 * To contact the author: Elias Davidsson, -Post Box 1760, 121 Reykjavik, Iceland. Telephone: (00354)-552-6444. Fax: (00354)-552-6579. E-mail: edavid@simnet.is. URL: http://www.juscogens.org.

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