Certain Expenses of the United Nations
International Court of Justice
1962 I.C.J. 151, 167-68
Relevant factsFree
The United Nations funded two peacekeeping programs, ONUC and UNEF, both administered through the General Assembly rather than the Security Council. Opponents argued the expenditures were improper because the programs were coercive in nature and therefore should have been handled by the Security Council instead, or because they did not further any purpose the U.N. Charter actually authorizes funding for.
IssueFree
Whether an expenditure may be considered a proper "expense of the Organization" if it is made for a purpose that is not one of the purposes of the United Nations.
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