UN Security Council resolution 1368

UN Security Council Resolution 1368
Date:	September 12, 2001
Meeting:	4370
Identifier:	S / RES / 1368
Poll:	Pro: 15  Ent. : 0  Cons: 0
Object:	terror attacs at the 11th September 2001
Result:	accepted
Composition of the Security Council 2001:
Permanent members:
CHN FRA GBR RUS USA
Non-permanent members:
BGD COL IRL JAM MLI
MUS NOR SGP TUN UKR
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The UN Resolution 1368 was passed by the UN Security Council on September 12, 2001 as the first reaction to the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 .

Initially, the resolution reaffirms the self-defense clause of Article 51 of the United Nations Charter and thus the individual and collective right to self-defense even after terrorist attacks.

The resolution then condemns the attacks on a first point and describes them, “like all international terrorist acts”, as a threat to world peace and security. On a second point, the Security Council expresses its condolences to the families of the victims and to the people and government of the United States. In the third and fourth points, the Security Council calls on the international community to work together to hold those responsible for the attacks and their supporters accountable, and to “make increased efforts to prevent and combat acts of terrorism, in particular through increased cooperation and the full implementation of relevant international conventions against terrorism and Security Council resolutions ”. Finally, on a fifth point, the Security Council expresses its readiness to “take all necessary steps to react to the attacks and to combat all forms of terrorism”.

According to the United States and allied governments legitimized the classification of the attacks as a "threat to world peace and international security" in connection with the reference to the "inherent right of individual or collective self-defense" the beginning on 7 October 2001 Operation Enduring Freedom as a Act of self-defense by the USA against the attack planned in part from Afghanistan from terror networks. However, numerous lawyers criticize this and accuse the USA of waging a war of aggression . President Bush's decision of February 7, 2002 to deny the Taliban combatant status and thereby restrict the validity of international martial law was largely viewed in 2009 as not legally justified.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.bpb.de/themen/N6DUIF,0,0,Dokumente_online.html Expert Forum: War in Iraq - War on Terror? September 2, 2007
2. ↑ July Zeihe: The UN Security Council between the need for reform and self-blockade: Strategies for intervention in the institutional conflict 1990-2005 . Master thesis. 1st edition. Grin Verlag, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-638-87286-7 , pp. 43 ( excerpt from Google book search).
3. ↑ The War in Afghanistan. A Legal Analysis . In: Michael Schmitt (Ed.): International Law Studies . No. 85 . Naval War College, Newport, RI 2009, p. 247, 278 ff .

Web links

• Resolution 1368 of the UN Security Council . September 12, 2001. Full text (English) at Wikisource .