Article 31 of the United Nations Charter

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article of an international treaty

Article 31 of the United Nations Charter is a provision that grants any UN member not on the Security Council the right to participate, without a vote, in Council discussions when its interests are specially affected.

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Label	Occurrences
Article 31 of the United Nations Charter canonical	3
UN Charter Article 31	1

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NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Article 31 of the United Nations Charter
Context triple: [Chapter V of the United Nations Charter, containsArticle, Article 31 of the United Nations Charter]

A. Article 30 of the United Nations Charter
Article 30 of the United Nations Charter is a provision in Chapter V that sets out how the Security Council shall establish its own rules of procedure, including the method of selecting its President.
B. Article 41 of the United Nations Charter
Article 41 of the United Nations Charter is a provision that empowers the UN Security Council to impose non-military measures, such as economic sanctions and diplomatic restrictions, to maintain or restore international peace and security.
C. Article 39 of the United Nations Charter
Article 39 of the United Nations Charter is the provision that empowers the UN Security Council to determine the existence of threats to or breaches of the peace and acts of aggression, and to decide on measures to maintain or restore international peace and security.
D. Article 42 of the United Nations Charter
Article 42 of the United Nations Charter authorizes the UN Security Council to take military action, including the use of armed force, to maintain or restore international peace and security when non-military measures are inadequate.
E. Article 43 of the United Nations Charter
Article 43 of the United Nations Charter is the provision under which UN member states agree to make armed forces and related assistance available to the Security Council for the maintenance of international peace and security.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Article 31 of the United Nations Charter
Target entity description: Article 31 of the United Nations Charter is a provision that grants any UN member not on the Security Council the right to participate, without a vote, in Council discussions when its interests are specially affected.

A. Article 30 of the United Nations Charter
Article 30 of the United Nations Charter is a provision in Chapter V that sets out how the Security Council shall establish its own rules of procedure, including the method of selecting its President.
B. Article 41 of the United Nations Charter
Article 41 of the United Nations Charter is a provision that empowers the UN Security Council to impose non-military measures, such as economic sanctions and diplomatic restrictions, to maintain or restore international peace and security.
C. Article 39 of the United Nations Charter
Article 39 of the United Nations Charter is the provision that empowers the UN Security Council to determine the existence of threats to or breaches of the peace and acts of aggression, and to decide on measures to maintain or restore international peace and security.
D. Article 42 of the United Nations Charter
Article 42 of the United Nations Charter authorizes the UN Security Council to take military action, including the use of armed force, to maintain or restore international peace and security when non-military measures are inadequate.
E. Article 43 of the United Nations Charter
Article 43 of the United Nations Charter is the provision under which UN member states agree to make armed forces and related assistance available to the Security Council for the maintenance of international peace and security.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	article of an international treaty ⓘ
adoptedWith	Charter of the United Nations in 1945 ⓘ linked to: Charter of the United Nations
adoptionDate	26 June 1945 ⓘ
appliesInContext	Security Council discussions of matters specially affecting a UN Member not on the Council ⓘ
appliesTo	Member States of the United Nations that are not members of the Security Council ⓘ linked to: Member States of the United Nations
belongsToChapter	Chapter V: The Security Council ⓘ linked to: Chapter V of the United Nations Charter
bindingOn	all Member States of the United Nations ⓘ
category	provision on participation without vote ⓘ
citedAs	UN Charter Article 31 ⓘ linked to: Article 31 of the United Nations Charter
codifiedIn	United Nations Treaty Series, volume 1 ⓘ linked to: United Nations Treaty Series
concernsOrgan	Member States of the United Nations ⓘ United Nations Security Council ⓘ
doesNotProvide	voting rights in the Security Council for non‑Council Members ⓘ
draftedAt	United Nations Conference on International Organization in San Francisco ⓘ linked to: San Francisco Conference
ensures	opportunity for affected UN Members to present arguments and information to the Security Council ⓘ
enteredIntoForceDate	24 October 1945 ⓘ
excludes	right to vote in the Security Council ⓘ
field	United Nations law ⓘ linked to: Law of the United Nations international law ⓘ
governs	participation of concerned UN Members in Security Council meetings ⓘ
grantsRight	right of a UN Member whose interests are specially affected to be invited to participate in Security Council discussions ⓘ right to participate in Security Council discussions without vote ⓘ
hasNumber	31 ⓘ
influences	Security Council provisional rules of procedure on invitations to non‑members of the Council ⓘ
interpretedBy	International Court of Justice advisory opinions and judgments referencing Security Council procedure ⓘ linked to: International Court of Justice advisory opinions
languageOfText	Arabic ⓘ Chinese ⓘ English ⓘ French ⓘ Russian ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
legalEffect	creates procedural participation rights in Security Council meetings ⓘ
locatedInDocument	Chapter V of the United Nations Charter ⓘ
partOf	Charter of the United Nations ⓘ
purpose	to ensure that UN Members whose interests are specially affected can present their views to the Security Council ⓘ
regulates	participation of non‑member states of the Security Council in Security Council discussions ⓘ
relatedTo	Article 27 of the United Nations Charter ⓘ Article 32 of the United Nations Charter ⓘ
requires	Security Council to invite the concerned UN Member to participate when its interests are specially affected ⓘ
scope	Security Council discussions, not General Assembly debates ⓘ
status	in force ⓘ
subjectTo	condition that the interests of the UN Member are specially affected ⓘ invitation by the Security Council ⓘ
typeOfRight	procedural participation right ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chapter V of the United Nations Charter → containsArticle → Article 31 of the United Nations Charter ⓘ

Article 30 of the United Nations Charter → relatedTo → Article 31 of the United Nations Charter ⓘ

Article 31 of the United Nations Charter → citedAs → UN Charter Article 31 ⓘ

linked to: Article 31 of the United Nations Charter

Article 32 of the United Nations Charter → relatedTo → Article 31 of the United Nations Charter ⓘ

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