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=== The United Nations and war === In an effort to force nations to resolve issues without warfare, framers of the United Nations Charter attempted to commit member nations to using warfare only under limited circumstances, particularly for defensive purposes. The UN became a [[combatant]] itself after [[North Korea]] invaded [[South Korea]] on 25 June 1950, which began the [[Korean War]]. The UN Security Council condemned the North Korean action by a 9β0 resolution (with the [[Soviet Union]] absent) and called upon its member nations to come to the aid of South Korea. The United States and 15 other nations formed a "UN force" to pursue this action. In a [[press conference]] on 29 June 1950, US President [[Harry S. Truman]] characterized these hostilities as not being a "war" but a "police action".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/index.asp?document=594 |title=The President's News Conference |access-date=3 July 2007 |date=29 June 1950 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101226063925/http://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/index.asp?document=594 |archive-date=26 December 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The United Nations has issued [[United Nations Security Council Resolution|Security Council Resolutions]] that declared some wars to be legal actions under international law, most notably Resolution [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 678|678]], authorizing the 1991 [[Gulf War]] which was triggered by [[Iraq]]'s invasion of [[Kuwait]]. UN Resolutions authorise the use of "force" or "all necessary means".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://fas.org/man/crs/RS21323.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2 February 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151102174734/http://fas.org/man/crs/RS21323.pdf |archive-date=2 November 2015 }} The United Nations Security Council β Its Role in the Iraq Crisis: A Brief Overview</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=UN Security Council Resolution 678 (1990)|url=http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/3b00f16760.html|publisher=[[United Nations High Commission for Refugees]]|access-date=31 December 2012}}</ref>
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