Charter of the United Nations

 

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.

Article 94

1. Each Member of the United Nations undertakes to comply with
the decision of the International Court of Justice in any case to
which it is a party.
2. If any party to a case fails to perform the obligations
incumbent upon it under a judgment rendered by the Court, the
other party may have recourse to the Security Council, which may,
if it deems necessary, make recommendations or decide upon
measures to be taken to give effect to the judgment.

Article 95

Nothing in the present Charter shall prevent Members of the
United Nations from entrusting the solution of their differences
to other tribunals by virtue of agreements already in existence
or which may be concluded in the future.

Article 96

1. The General Assembly or the Security Council may request the
International Court of Justice to give an advisory opinion on any
legal question.
2. Other organs of the United Nations and specialized agencies,
which may at any time be so authorized by the General Assembly,
may also request advisory opinions of the Court on legal
questions arising within the scope of their activities.

 

CHAPTER XV

THE SECRETARIAT

Article 97

The Secretariat shall comprise a Secretary-General and such staff
as the Organization may require. The Secretary-General shall be
appointed by the General Assembly upon the recommendation of the
Security Council. He shall be the chief administrative officer of
the Organization.

Article 98

The Secretary-General shall act in that capacity in all meetings
of the General Assembly, of the Security Council, of the Economic
and Social Council, and of the Trusteeship Council, and shall
perform such other functions as are entrusted to him by these
organs. The Secretary-General shall make an annual report to the
General Assembly on the work of the Organization.

Article 99

The Secretary-General may bring to the attention of the Security
Council any matter which in his opinion may threaten the
maintenance of international peace and security.

Article 100

1. In the performance of their duties the Secretary-General and
the staff shall not seek or receive instructions from any
government or from any other authority external to the
Organization. They shall refrain from any action which might
reflect on their position as international officials responsible
only to the Organization.
2. Each Member of the United Nations undertakes to respect the
exclusively international character of the responsibilities of
the Secretary-General and the staff and not to seek to influence
them in the discharge of their responsibilities .

Article 101

1. The staff shall be appointed by the Secretary-General under
regulations established by the General Assembly.
2. Appropriate staffs shall be permanently assigned to the
Economic and Social Council, the Trusteeship Council, and, as
required, to other organs of the United Nations. These staffs
shall form a part of the Secretariat.
3. The paramount consideration in the employment of the staff and
in the determination of the conditions of service shall be the
necessity of securing the highest standards of efficiency,
competence, and integrity. Due regard shall be paid to the
importance of recruiting the staff on as wide a geographical
basis as possible.

 

Author: international

Mentioned in these Entries

International Court of Justice, Statute of the International Court of Justice.