59 STAT.] MULTILATERAL-CHARTER OF UNITED NATIONS-JUNE 26, 1945 her of the United Nations, until the Security Coun- cil has taken the measures necessary to maintain international peace and security. Measures taken by Members in the exercise of this right of self- defense shall be immediately reported to the Se- curity Council and shall not in any way affect the authority and responsibility of the Security Coun- cil under the present Charter to take at any time such action as it deems necessary in order to main- tain or restore international peace and security. CHAPTER VIII REGIONAL ARRANGEMENTS Article 52 1. Nothing in the present Charter precludes the existence of regional arrangements or agen- cies for dealing with such matters relating to the maintenance of international peace and security as are appropriate for regional action, provided that such arrangements or agencies and their ac- tivities are consistent with the Purposes and Prin- ciples of the United Nations. 2. The Members of the United Nations enter- ing into such arrangements or constituting such agencies shall make every effort to achieve pacific settlement of local disputes through such re- gional arrangements or by such regional agencies before referring them to the Security Council. 3. The Security Council shall encourage the development of pacific settlement of local dis- putes through such regional arrangements or by such regional agencies either on the initiative of the states concerned or by reference from the Security Council. 4. This Article in no way impairs the applica- tion of Articles 34 and 35. Article 59 1. The Security Council shall, where appro- priate, utilize such regional arrangements or agencies for enforcement action under its author- ity. But no enforcement action shall be taken under regional arrangements or by regional agen- cies without the authorization of the Security Council, with the exception of measures against any enemy state, as defined in paragraph 2 of this Article, provided for pursuant to Article 107 or in regional arrangements directed against renewal of aggressive policy on the part of any such state, until such time as the Organization may, on request of the Governments concerned, be charged with the responsibility for preventing further aggression by such a state. 2. The term enemy state as used in paragraph 1 of this Article applies to any state which during the Second World War has been an enemy of any signatory of the present Charter. Article 54 The Security Council shall at all times be kept fully informed of activities undertaken or in con- templation under regional arrangements or by regional agencies for the maintenance of inter- national peace and security. CHAPTER IX INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COOPERATION Article 55 With a view to the creation of conditions of stability and well-being which are necessary for peaceful and friendly relations among nations based on respect for the principle of equal rights and self-determination of peoples, the United Nations shall promote: a. higher standards of living, full employ- ment, and conditions of economic and social progress and development; b. solutions of international economic, so- cial, health, and related problems; and inter- 1045
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