ICSE Class 10 Answered

Following are five important powers and functions of the UN Security Council:

1. To maintain international peace and security in accordance with the principles and purposes of the United Nations.
2. To investigate any dispute or situation which may result in international friction and to take military action against an aggressor.
3. To recommend methods of adjusting such disputes or the terms of settlement.
4. To formulate plans for the establishment of a system to regulate armaments.
5. To determine the existence of a threat to the peace or act of aggression and to recommend what action ought to be taken.