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and designate the authority which will exercise the

administration

of

the

trust

territory.

Such

authority,

hereinafter called the administering authority, may be

one or more states or the Organization itself.

Article 82

There may be designated, in any trusteeship agreement,

a strategic area or areas which may include part or all of

the

trust

territory

to

which

the agreement applies,

without

prejudice

to

any

special

agreement

or

agreements made under Article 43.

Article 83

1.

All functions of the United Nations relating to

strategic areas, including the approval of the

terms of the trusteeship agreements and of their

alteration or amendment shall be exercised by

the Security Council.

2.

The basic objectives set forth in Article 76 shall be

applicable to the people of each strategic area.

3.

The

Security

Council

shall,

subject

to

the

provisions of the trusteeship agreements and

without prejudice to security considerations, avail

itself of the assistance of the Trusteeship Council

to perform those functions of the United Nations

under the trusteeship system relating to political,

economic, social, and educational matters in the

strategic areas.

Article 84

It shall be the duty of the administering authority to

ensure that the trust territory shall play its part in the

maintenance of international peace and security. To this

end

the

administering

authority

may

make

use

of

volunteer forces, facilities, and assistance from the trust

territory in carrying out the obligations towards the

Security

Council

undertaken

in

this

regard

by

the

administering authority, as well as for local defence and

the maintenance of law and order within the trust

territory.

Article 85

1.

The functions of the United Nations with regard

to

trusteeship

agreements

for

all

areas

not

designated as strategic, including the approval of

the terms of the trusteeship agreements and of

their alteration or amendment, shall be exercised

by the General Assembly.

2.

The Trusteeship Council, operating under the

authority of the General Assembly shall assist the

General Assembly in carrying out these functions.

CHAPTER XIII: 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 on 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.

CHAPTER XIV: THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF

JUSTICE

Article 92

The International Court of Justice shall be the principal

judicial organ of the United Nations. It shall function in

accordance with the annexed Statute, which is based

upon the Statute of the Permanent Court of International

Justice and forms an integral part of the present Charter.

Article 93

1.

All Members of the United Nations are ipso facto

parties to the Statute of the International Court of

Justice.

2.

A state which is not a Member of the United

Nations may become a party to the Statute of the

International Court of Justice on conditions to be

determined

in

each

case

by

the

General

Assembly

upon

the

recommendation

of

the

Security Council.

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