Trusteeship Council

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The Trusteeship Council is one of the principal organs of the United Nations, originally established to supervise the administration of trust territories and guide them toward self-government or independence.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United Nations body
principal organ of the United Nations
abbreviation UNTC
alsoKnownAs Trusteeship Council
surface form: UN Trusteeship Council
composedOf permanent members of the United Nations Security Council
createdIn 1945
establishedBy Charter of the United Nations
governedBy rules of procedure of the Trusteeship Council
hasOfficialLanguage Arabic
Chinese
English
French
Russian
Spanish
hasPresident President of the Trusteeship Council
hasRole accepting petitions from inhabitants of trust territories
monitoring administration of trust territories
promotion of independence of trust territories
promotion of self-government
providing for periodic visits to trust territories
receiving and examining reports from administering authorities
supervision of trust territories
hasType intergovernmental organization organ
hasWebsite https://www.un.org/securitycouncil/content/trusteeship-council
headquartersLocation New York City
historicalPeriod post-World War II decolonization
lastTrustTerritory Palau
lastTrustTerritoryIndependenceYear 1994
legalBasis Charter of the United Nations
locatedIn United States of America
surface form: United States
meetsAt United Nations Headquarters
meetsBy special decision or agreement of its members
member China
France
Russia
surface form: Russian Federation

United Kingdom
United States of America
originallyIncluded administering states of trust territories
elected non-administering member states
partOf United Nations
primaryObjective to ensure that trust territories were administered in the best interests of their inhabitants and of international peace and security
to promote the advancement of the inhabitants of trust territories
relatedTo United Nations General Assembly committees
surface form: United Nations General Assembly Fourth Committee
reportsTo United Nations General Assembly
status inactive
suspendedOperations 1 November 1994
symbol Flag of the United Nations
surface form: Emblem of the United Nations

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Trusteeship Council alsoKnownAs Trusteeship Council
this entity surface form: UN Trusteeship Council
Charter of the United Nations createdOrgan Trusteeship Council
this entity surface form: United Nations Trusteeship Council
United Nations hasMainOrgan Trusteeship Council
United Nations system hasPart Trusteeship Council
UN hasPrincipalOrgan Trusteeship Council
this entity surface form: United Nations trusteeship system
this entity surface form: United Nations Trusteeship Council
this entity surface form: United Nations Trusteeship Council
UNTC standsFor Trusteeship Council
this entity surface form: United Nations Trusteeship Council
this entity surface form: United Nations Trusteeship Council
this entity surface form: United Nations Trusteeship Council