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$Title{United Nations
Chapter 13. The Trusteeship Council}
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$Date{1989}
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Country: United Nations
Book: Charter of the United Nations
Author: United Nations Publications
Affiliation: United Nations
Date: 1989
Chapter 13. The Trusteeship Council
Composition
Article 86
1. The Trusteeship Council shall consist of the following Members of the
United Nations:
a. those Members administering trust territories;
b. such of those Members mentioned by name in Article 23 as are not
administering trust territories; and
c. as many other Members elected for three-year terms by the General
Assembly as may be necessary to ensure that the total number of members of the
Trusteeship Council is equally divided between those Members of the United
Nations which administer trust territories and those which do not.
2. Each member of the Trusteeship Council shall designate one specially
qualified person to represent it therein.
Functions and Powers
Article 87
The General Assembly and, under its authority, the Trusteeship Council,
in carrying out their functions, may:
a. consider reports submitted by the administering authority;
b. accept petitions and examine them in consultation with the
administering authority;
c. provide for periodic visits to the respective trust territories at
times agreed upon with the administering authority; and;
d. take these and other actions in conformity with the terms of the
trusteeship agreements.
Article 88
The Trusteeship Council shall formulate a questionnaire on the political,
economic, social, and educational advancement of the inhabitants of each trust
territory, and the administering authority for each trust territory within the
competence of the General Assembly shall make an annual report to the General
Assembly upon the basis of such questionnaire.
Voting
Article 89
1. Each member of the Trusteeship Council shall have one vote.
2. Decisions of the Trusteeship Council shall be made by a majority of
the members present and voting.
Procedure
Article 90
1. The Trusteeship Council shall adopt its own rules of procedure,
including the method of selecting its President.
2. The Trusteeship Council shall meet as required in accordance with its
rules, which shall include provision for the convening of meetings of the
request of a majority of its members.
Article 91
The Trusteeship Council shall, when appropriate, avail itself of the
assistance of the Economic and Social Council and of the specialized agencies
in regard to matters with which they are respectively concerned.