Article 46 of the United Nations Charter

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article of an international treaty provision of the United Nations Charter

Article 46 of the United Nations Charter is the provision that assigns the Security Council, with the assistance of the Military Staff Committee, responsibility for formulating plans for the application of armed force in maintaining or restoring international peace and security.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Article 46 of the United Nations Charter canonical	4
U.N. Charter art. 46	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T467303 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Article 46 of the United Nations Charter
Context triple: [Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter, composedOf, Article 46 of the United Nations Charter]

A. Article 45 of the United Nations Charter
Article 45 of the United Nations Charter is a provision that empowers the Security Council to have air force contingents permanently available for immediate combined international enforcement action.
B. Article 42 of the United Nations Charter
Article 42 of the United Nations Charter authorizes the UN Security Council to take military action, including the use of armed force, to maintain or restore international peace and security when non-military measures are inadequate.
C. Article 43 of the United Nations Charter
Article 43 of the United Nations Charter is the provision under which UN member states agree to make armed forces and related assistance available to the Security Council for the maintenance of international peace and security.
D. Article 44 of the United Nations Charter
Article 44 of the United Nations Charter is a provision that guarantees non–Security Council member states the right to participate in decisions concerning the use of their armed forces in United Nations enforcement actions.
E. Article 41 of the United Nations Charter
Article 41 of the United Nations Charter is a provision that empowers the UN Security Council to impose non-military measures, such as economic sanctions and diplomatic restrictions, to maintain or restore international peace and security.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Article 46 of the United Nations Charter
Target entity description: Article 46 of the United Nations Charter is the provision that assigns the Security Council, with the assistance of the Military Staff Committee, responsibility for formulating plans for the application of armed force in maintaining or restoring international peace and security.

A. Article 45 of the United Nations Charter
Article 45 of the United Nations Charter is a provision that empowers the Security Council to have air force contingents permanently available for immediate combined international enforcement action.
B. Article 42 of the United Nations Charter
Article 42 of the United Nations Charter authorizes the UN Security Council to take military action, including the use of armed force, to maintain or restore international peace and security when non-military measures are inadequate.
C. Article 43 of the United Nations Charter
Article 43 of the United Nations Charter is the provision under which UN member states agree to make armed forces and related assistance available to the Security Council for the maintenance of international peace and security.
D. Article 44 of the United Nations Charter
Article 44 of the United Nations Charter is a provision that guarantees non–Security Council member states the right to participate in decisions concerning the use of their armed forces in United Nations enforcement actions.
E. Article 41 of the United Nations Charter
Article 41 of the United Nations Charter is a provision that empowers the UN Security Council to impose non-military measures, such as economic sanctions and diplomatic restrictions, to maintain or restore international peace and security.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	article of an international treaty ⓘ provision of the United Nations Charter ⓘ
addresses	operational planning for UN enforcement actions ⓘ
adoptedOn	26 June 1945 ⓘ
aimsTo	ensure organized planning of UN military operations ⓘ
applicableWhen	Security Council decides to use armed force to maintain or restore international peace and security ⓘ
appliesTo	enforcement measures under Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter ⓘ
assignsAssistingRoleTo	Military Staff Committee ⓘ
assignsResponsibilityTo	United Nations Security Council ⓘ
authorityScope	planning of military enforcement actions decided by the Security Council ⓘ
bindingOn	member states of the United Nations ⓘ
category	United Nations Charter Chapter VII article ⓘ linked to: Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter
concerns	application of armed force by or on behalf of the United Nations ⓘ
definesFunction	formulation of plans for the application of armed force ⓘ
draftedAt	United Nations Conference on International Organization ⓘ linked to: San Francisco Conference
draftedInCity	San Francisco ⓘ
empowers	Security Council ⓘ linked to: United Nations Security Council
enteredIntoForceOn	24 October 1945 ⓘ
governs	relationship between Security Council and Military Staff Committee in military planning ⓘ
hasCitationForm	U.N. Charter art. 46 ⓘ linked to: Article 46 of the United Nations Charter
historicalContext	post-World War II international security architecture ⓘ
implementedThrough	Security Council practice and subsidiary organs ⓘ
interpretedWithinFrameworkOf	collective security system of the United Nations ⓘ
languageOfOriginalText	Chinese ⓘ English ⓘ French ⓘ Russian ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
legalBasisFor	Security Council planning of military enforcement measures ⓘ
legalNature	treaty obligation ⓘ
locatedInDocument	Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter ⓘ
partOf	Charter of the United Nations ⓘ
purpose	to provide a legal framework for planning the use of armed force by the United Nations ⓘ
relatedBody	United Nations Military Staff Committee ⓘ linked to: Military Staff Committee
relatedTo	Article 43 of the United Nations Charter ⓘ Article 44 of the United Nations Charter ⓘ Article 45 of the United Nations Charter ⓘ
requiresAssistanceFrom	Military Staff Committee ⓘ
subject	collective security ⓘ maintenance of international peace and security ⓘ restoration of international peace and security ⓘ use of armed force ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter → composedOf → Article 46 of the United Nations Charter ⓘ

Article 43 of the United Nations Charter → relatedProvision → Article 46 of the United Nations Charter ⓘ

Article 45 of the United Nations Charter → relatedToArticle → Article 46 of the United Nations Charter ⓘ

Article 46 of the United Nations Charter → hasCitationForm → U.N. Charter art. 46 ⓘ

linked to: Article 46 of the United Nations Charter

Article 47 of the United Nations Charter → relatedProvision → Article 46 of the United Nations Charter ⓘ

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