'Federal law, Title 10 United States Code, Section 153 sets the functions of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the U.S. Armed Forces. "(6) Other Matters.— (A) Providing for representation of the United States on the Military Staff Committee of the United Nations in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations."
The UN Charter states its mission is "...to ensure, by the acceptance of principles and the institution of methods, that armed force shall not be used, save in the common interest".'
