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1.11.2.1 U.N. Member State Obligations With Respect to U.N. Security CouncilDecisions. Members of the United Nations have agreed to give the United Nations everyassistance in any action it takes in accordance with the Charter and to refrain from givingassistance to any State against which the United Nations is taking preventive or enforcementaction. 203 Members of the United Nations have agreed to accept and carry out the decisions of theU.N. Security Council in accordance with the Charter. 204 They have also agreed to join inaffording mutual assistance in carrying out the measures decided upon by the U.N. SecurityCouncil. 205Moreover, in the event of a conflict between the obligations of the Members of theUnited Nations under the Charter and their obligations under any other international agreement,their obligations under the Charter prevail. 2061.11.3 Prohibition on Certain Uses of Force. Under Article 2(4) of the Charter of theUnited Nations, “[a]ll Members shall refrain in their international relations from the threat or useof force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any State, or in any othermanner inconsistent with the Purposes of the United Nations. 207 Numerous other treaties alsoreflect these prohibitions on the threat or use of force. 208Washington, D.C. and Pennsylvania and regards such acts, like any act of international terrorism, as a threat tointernational peace and security;”).202 Refer to § 1.11.4.2 (Use of Force Authorized by the U.N. Security Council Acting Under Chapter VII of theCharter of the United Nations).203 U.N. CHARTER art. 2(5) (“All Members shall give the United Nations every assistance in any action it takes inaccordance with the present Charter, and shall refrain from giving assistance to any state against which the UnitedNations is taking preventive or enforcement action.”).204 U.N. CHARTER art. 25 (“The Members of the United Nations agree to accept and carry out the decisions of theSecurity Council in accordance with the present Charter.”).205 U.N. CHARTER art. 49 (“The Members of the United Nations shall join in affording mutual assistance in carryingout the measures decided upon by the Security Council.”).206 U.N. CHARTER art. 103 (“In the event of a conflict between the obligations of the Members of the United Nationsunder the present Charter and their obligations under any other international agreement, their obligations under thepresent Charter shall prevail.”).207 U.N. CHARTER art. 2(4).208 See, e.g., Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance, art. 1, Sept. 2, 1947, 62 STAT. 1681, 1700 (“The HighContracting Parties formally condemn war and undertake in their international relations not to resort to the threat orthe use of force in any manner inconsistent with the provisions of the Charter of the United Nations or of thisTreaty.”); Treaty Providing for the Renunciation of War as an Instrument of National Policy, art. 1, Aug. 27, 1928,46 STAT. 2343, 2345-46 (“The High Contracting Parties solemnly declare in the names of their respective peoplesthat they condemn recourse to war for the solution of international controversies, and renounce it as an instrument ofnational policy in their relations with one another.”).43