Tootfinder

That statement wasn't about the authority to use force to ensure peace in the Middle East, that wasn't in question. The US was making a point about legal limits on the intention, and so the nature, of international military intervention.
"... this action must be directed solely to the maintenance of international peace. The #SecurityCouncil's action, in other words, is direct to keeping the peace and not to enforcing partition."
#Israel #Gaza

FN:s säkerhetsråd håller just nu ett extrainkallat möte om situationen i Mellanöstern, på Israels begäran. Mötet går att se live här. #UnitedNations #SecurityCouncil

The situation in the Middle East - Security Council, 9602nd meeting
The situation in the Middle East.