Reply #64: Over and over you refuse to respond to the American Journal of International Law, so, AGAIN: [View All]

[PurityOfEssence]

Where do you get this "and pursuant to no other agreements"? NOTHING is possible without a special agreement on an Article 42 call-up.

The first qualification states that, once the President receives the approval of Congress for a special agreement, he does not need its subsequent approval to provide military assistance under Article 42 (pursuant to which the Security Council determines that peaceful means are inadequate and military action is necessary). Congressional approval is needed for the special agreement, not for the subsequent implementation of that agreement. The second qualification clarifies that nothing in the UN Participation Act is to be construed as congressional approval of other agreements entered into by the President.

http://www.law.berkeley.edu/faculty/yooj/courses/forrel/reserve/fisher.htm