Multiple choice

Which of the following statements relating to the principle of ‘Non-Intervention’ proclaimed under Article 2(7) of the UN Charter is true?

  1. Non-Intervention in domestic matters of a state is an absolute principle.

  2. Even the UN Charter does not authorise the UN to intervene in matters which are essentially within the domestic jurisdiction of a state.

  3. The UN cannot interfere in the domestic matters of a state with its express consent.

  4. The UN is competent to intervene, in domestic matters of a state, where the provisions of Charter and rules of International Law permit it.
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Explanation

Article 2(7) of the UN Charter provides that nothing contained in the present Charter shall authorise the United Nations to intervene in matters which are essentially within the domestic jurisdiction of any state or shall require the members to submit such matters to settlement under the present Charter; but this principle shall not prejudice the application of enforcement measures under Chapter Vll. 

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