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 The chamber of the UN Trusteeship Council, UN headquarters, New York | |||||
| Org type | Principal Organ | ||||
| Head | President
Vice-President
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| Status | Inactive (as of 1994) | ||||
| Established | 1945 | ||||
| Website | www.un.org/documents/tc.htm | ||||
| Portal |  United Nations Portal | ||||
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The United Nations Trusteeship Council, one of the principal organs of the United Nations, was established to help ensure that non-self-governing territories were administered in the best interests of the inhabitants and of international peace and security. The United Nations Headquarters is a distinctive complex in New York City that has served as the headquarters of the United Nations since its completion in 1950 The City of New York This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The United Nations ( UN) is an International organization whose stated aims are to facilitate cooperation in International law, International security The trust territories – most of them former mandates of the League of Nations or territories taken from nations defeated at the end of World War II – have all now attained self-government or independence, either as separate nations or by joining neighbouring independent countries. Trust Territories were the successors of the remaining League of Nations mandates and came into being when the League of Nations ceased to exist in 1946 A League of Nations mandate refers to a legal status for certain territories transferred from the control of one country to another following World War I. The League of Nations was an International organization founded as a result of the Treaty of Versailles in 1919–1920 World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Independence is the Self-government of a Nation, Country, or State by its residents and population or some portion thereof generally exercising The last was Palau, which became a member state of the United Nations in December 1994. Palau, officially the Republic of Palau (Beluu er a Belau is an island nation in the Pacific Ocean, some 500 miles (800 km) east This article lists the member states of the United Nations (UN.
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History
The Trusteeship Council was formed in 1945 to oversee the decolonization of those dependent territories that were to be placed under the international trusteeship system created by the United Nations Charter as a successor to the League of Nations mandate system. Decolonization refers to the undoing of Colonialism, the establishment of governance or authority through the creation of settlements by another country or jurisdiction The United Nations Charter is the Treaty that forms and establishes the International organization called the United Nations. The League of Nations was an International organization founded as a result of the Treaty of Versailles in 1919–1920 Ultimately, eleven territories were placed under trusteeship: seven in Africa and four in Oceania. Ten of the trust territories had previously been League of Nations mandates; the eleventh was Italian Somaliland. Italian Somalia (also known as Italian Somaliland) was a colony of the Kingdom of Italy ( Regno d'Italia) from the 1880s until 1942 in the territory
Under the Charter, the Trusteeship Council was to consist of an equal number of United Nations Member States administering trust territories and non-administering states. Thus, the Council was to consist of (1) all U. N. members administering trust territories, (2) the five permanent members of the Security Council, and (3) as many other non-administering members as needed to equalize the number of administering and non-administering members, elected by the United Nations General Assembly for renewable three-year terms. Membership For two articles dealing with membership in the General Assembly see General Assembly members Over time, as trust territories attained independence, the size and workload of the Trusteeship Council was reduced and ultimately came to include only the five permanent Security Council members (China, France, the Soviet Union/Russian Federation, the United Kingdom, and the United States).
With the independence of Palau, formerly part of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, in 1994, there presently are no trust territories, leaving the Trusteeship Council without responsibilities. Palau, officially the Republic of Palau (Beluu er a Belau is an island nation in the Pacific Ocean, some 500 miles (800 km) east The Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (TTPI was a United Nations trust territory in Micronesia (western Pacific) administered by the United (Since the Northern Mariana Islands was a part of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands and became a commonwealth of the USA in 1986, it is technically the only area to have not joined as a part of another state or gained full independence as a sovereign nation. The Northern Mariana Islands, officially the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI is a commonwealth in Political union with the United The Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (TTPI was a United Nations trust territory in Micronesia (western Pacific) administered by the United This article is about US insular areas For US States that designate themselves as "Commonwealths" see Commonwealth (United States. )
The Trusteeship Council was not assigned responsibility for colonial territories outside the trusteeship system, although the Charter did establish the principle that member states were to administer such territories in conformity with the best interests of their inhabitants.
Present status
Its mission fulfilled, the Trusteeship Council suspended its operation on 1 November 1994, and although under the United Nations Charter it continues to exist on paper, its future role and even existence remains uncertain. Events 996 - Emperor Otto III issues a deed to Gottschalk Bishop of Freising which is the oldest known document using the name Ostarrîchi Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) The United Nations Charter is the Treaty that forms and establishes the International organization called the United Nations. The Trusteeship Council is currently (as of 2005) headed by Michel Duclos, with Adam Thomson as vice-president [1], although the sole current duty of these officers is to meet with the heads of other UN agencies on occasion. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Initially they met annually, but according to a UN press release from their session in 2004:
The Council amended its rules of procedure to drop the obligation to meet annually and agreed to meet as the occasion required. It now meets by its own decision, the decision of its President, at a request from a majority of its members, or at a request from the General Assembly or Security Council.
Future prospects
The formal elimination of the Trusteeship Council would require the revision of the UN Charter.
The Commission on Global Governance's 1996 report Our Global Neighborhood recommended amending Chapters 12 and 13 of the United Nations Charter to give the Trusteeship Council authority over the global commons, which consists of oceans, the atmosphere, outer space, and Antarctica [2]. The Commission on Global Governance was an organization co-chaired by Swedish Prime Minister Ingvar Carlsson and Shridath Ramphal of Guyana that Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) The United Nations Charter is the Treaty that forms and establishes the International organization called the United Nations. Common land (a common) is a piece of land owned by one person but over which other people can exercise certain traditional rights such as allowing their livestock to graze An ocean (from Greek, ''Okeanos'' (Oceanus) is a major body of saline water, and a principal component of the Hydrosphere. Temperature and layers The temperature of the Earth's atmosphere varies with altitude the mathematical relationship between temperature and altitude varies among five Outer space, often simply called space, comprises the relatively empty regions of the Universe outside the escape velocities of Celestial bodies. The World Federalist Association issued an action alert calling for members to lobby the Government in support of this reform. Citizens for Global Solutions, a grassroots membership organization in the United States envisions a "future in which nations work together to abolish war protect our rights and Their theory is that an international regulatory body is needed to protect environmental integrity on the two-thirds of the world’s surface that is outside national jurisdictions [3].
In March 2005, however, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan proposed a sweeping reform of the United Nations, including an expansion of the Security Council. March 2005: ← - January 2005 - February 2005 - March - April 2005 - May 2005 - June 2005 - July 2005 Kofi Atta Annan, GCMG (born 8 April 1938 is a Ghanaian Diplomat who served as the seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations Since the late 1990s there have been many calls for reform of the United Nations (UN As this restructuring would involve significant changes to the UN charter, Annan proposed the complete elimination of the Trusteeship Council as part of these reforms [4].
See also
- United Nations Trust Territories
- United Nations Charter
- United Nations System
- UN General Assembly
- UN Security Council
- UN Secretariat
- International Court of Justice
- United Nations Interpretation Service
References
- ^ Trusteeship Council elects President, Vice-President; Adopts agenda for 64th session, United Nations Press Release TR/2426, 20 October 2004
- ^ UN Reform - Restructuring for Global Governance, Eco-Logic, July/August 1997
- ^ Shaw, John: UN Adviser Says World Must Focus On Sustainable Development, The Washington Diplomat
- ^ Main points of Annan's new UN reform plans, Reuters, 20 March 2005
External links
Trust Territories were the successors of the remaining League of Nations mandates and came into being when the League of Nations ceased to exist in 1946 The United Nations Charter is the Treaty that forms and establishes the International organization called the United Nations. While the United Nations is an International organization, the United Nations System is the whole network of international organizations treaties and conventions Membership For two articles dealing with membership in the General Assembly see General Assembly members The United Nations Secretariat is one of the principal organs of the United Nations and it is headed by the United Nations Secretary-General, assisted by a staff See also International Commission of Jurists The International Court of Justice (known colloquially as the World Court or ICJ; Cour The United Nations Interpretation Service is a part of the Meetings and Publishing Division ( MPD of the UN 's Department for General Assembly and Conference Management ( DGACM Events 1740 - Maria Theresa takes the throne of Austria. France, Prussia, Bavaria and Saxony "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Events 1600 - The Linköping Bloodbath takes place on Maundy Thursday in Linköping, Sweden. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.Dapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic