Article 51 Reports

 S/2020/1165  'Turkey has repeatedly expressed its readiness to cooperate with the Iraqi authorities to confront the PKK terrorist organization. However, in the absence of Iraq’s ability to deal with the presence of terrorists in its own territory who are infiltrating into Turkey to conduct terrorist attacks, I would like to emphasize once again that Turkey is obliged to take all appropriate measures against the terrorist threats to its security, emanating from Iraq. We firmly reject any criticism towards Turkey for exercising its inherent right of self-defence, as outlined in Article 51 of the Charter of the United Nations and acting within the context of responsibility attributed by relevant Security Council resolutions to United Nations Member States in the fight against terrorism. https://documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/N20/341/03/pdf/N2034103.pdf?OpenElement

 S/2020/1264 'Pakistan has received information in recent days that leads my authorities to believe that, to divert attention from its domestic difficulties, the RSS-BJP Government in India plans to stage a “false flag” attack and thus create a justification for another military misadventure against Pakistan. If this were to happen, Pakistan will exercise its right to self-defence, under Article 51 of the Charter of the United Nations, with the full force of its capabilities'   https://documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/N20/341/03/pdf/N2034103.pdf?OpenElement

S/2020/1307 Armenia responds to use of force by Azerbaijan  'Despite overt, unconcealed glorification of violence, sponsoring of international terrorism and genocidal ideology, both Azerbaijan and Turkey have been increasingly seeking to manipulate the right to “self-defence” to cover up Azerbaijan’s criminal conduct. Much to the embarrassment of those behind this fabricated argument, it must be clearly stated, however, that, in the case of Azerbaijan, neither the conditions of “self-defence” nor of “pre-emptive self-defence” are applicable.  First, both codified and customary international law prohibit the use of force. Indeed, Article 2 (3) of the Charter of the United Nations makes clear that “all Members shall settle their international disputes by peaceful means in such a manner that international peace and security, and justice, are not endangered”. While Article 51 of the Charter states that sovereign nations have an inherent right to self-defence, this right is allowed...