Joint U.S.-Soviet Conference Held on International Law and the Non-Use of Force

International law and the enforcement machinery of the U.N. Security Council have occupied center stage during the Iraq-Kuwait crisis. It therefore was not surprising that the U.S.-Soviet Conference on International Law and the Non-Use of Force - organized by the American Society of International Law and the Soviet Association of International Law with the support of the Ford Foundation - became a theater of ideas and debate about the role of international law in formulating policy about the use of force in response to Iraqi aggression.