During World War I and World War II, countries lost enough human and economic resources to decide to establish principles embodied in the form of the United Nations to "practice tolerance and live together in peace as good neighbors, and to join forces to maintain international peace and security, and to guarantee, by the acceptance of principles and the establishment of methods , that armed force shall not be used except in the common interest, and…” According to the Charter of the United Nations, the maintenance of international peace and security is the principal objective of the United Nations. To ensure that this objective. can be achieved, the Security Council was created as a UN body that decides on security matters and does not need the agreement of all or a majority of the 192 member countries for its decisions are effective. Special powers have been granted to the Security Council allowing this body to act on behalf of the members (Chapter V, article 24). The Charter mentions that the Security Council is supposed to use these specific powers to maintain international peace and security, that is, to limit the incidence and severity of wars. Chapters VI, VII and VIII of the United Nations Charter detail these powers which give the UN Security Council a major role in maintaining peace and stability in the world. To discuss how the United Nations Charter acts, through the Security Council, to maintain peace and avoid wars, this essay draws heavily on the related content of the United Nations Charter. We must first review the highlights of the Charter, as much of the Charter has been used to explain the procedures and principles adopted by the UN to carry out this task. We then refer to the interpretations of the article of the Charter...... middle of document ......362-376. Retrieved from: http://law.nus.edu.sg/sybil/downloads/articles/SJICL-2000-2/SJICL-2000-362.pdf• ​​​​Glennon, M. J. (1991). The Constitution and Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations. The American Journal of International Law. 85(1), 74-88. Retrieved from: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2203559• Kittikhoun, A. Weiss, TG (2011). Imperfect but essential: the United Nations and conflict resolution. Retrieved from: http://www.ethnopolitics.org/isa/Wolff.pdf• ​​Kunz, J.L. (1947). Individual and collective self-defense in Article 51 of the United Nations Charter. The American Journal of International Law.41(4), 872-879. Retrieved from: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2193095• Morris, J & Wheeler, N. (2007). The crisis of legitimacy of the Security Council and the use of force. International politics. 44(2), 214-231. doi:10.1057/palgrave.ip.8800185.