United Nations Trusteeship

Council

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 HISTORY
01
ARTICLES 73 AND 74 OF
THE UNITED NATIONS
The principles that continue
CHARTER
to guide United Nations
decolonization efforts,
including respect for self-
REASON FOR THE determination of all peoples.
COUNCIL
When the United Nations was
02 03 ARTICLES 75 - 91 OF THE
established in 1945, 750 million UNITED NATIONS
people - almost a third of the To
CHARTER monitor certain
world's population - lived in
Territories that were non-self-
Territories, known as "Trust"
governing, dependent on Territories
colonial Powers. Today, fewer
than 2 million people live in
such Territories.
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 INTERNATIONAL TRUSTEESHIP
SYSTEM
REASON FOR
01 ESTABLISHMENT
In 1945, under Chapter XII of the
Charter, the United Nations
established the International
Trusteeship System for the
supervision of Trust Territories
placed under it by individual
agreements with the States
TRUSTEESHIP SYSTEM administering them.
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APPLIED TO: 03
1. Territories held under Mandates
OBJECTIVE
established by the League of To promote the political, economic
Nations after the First World War;
and social advancement of the
2. Territories detached from "enemy
States" as a result of the Second Territories and their development
World War; towards self-government and self-
3. Territories voluntarily placed under determination
the System by States responsible
for their administration.

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 TRUSTEESHIP COUNCIL
ONE OF THE PRINCIPAL
ORGANS OF THE UNITED
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Was established under Chapter
XIII of the Charter to supervise
the administration of Trust
Territories and to ensure that
Governments responsible for their
administration took adequate
steps to prepare them for the
achievement of the Charter goals.
AUTHORIZED
02 1. To examine and discuss reports 03 AMENDMENT
from the Administering The council will now meet as and
Authority on the political, where occasion may require.
economic, social and
educational advancement of
the peoples of Trust Territories;
2. To examine petitions from the
Territories; and to undertake
special missions to the
Territories.
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 In the early years of the United Nations, 11 Territories were placed
under the Trusteeship System. Today, all 11 Territories have either
become independent States or have voluntary associated
themselves with a State. With no Territories left in its agenda, the
Trusteeship System had completed its historic task.
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 | AUSTRALIA | BELGIUM | DENMARK | FRANCE | ITALY |
NETHERLANDS | | NEW ZEALAND | PORTUGAL | SOUTH AFRICA |
SPAIN | UNITED KINGDOM | UNITED STATES |
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 TIMETABLE OF COUNCIL
TRUSTEESHIP COUNCIL

Was established for the

supervision of Trust
Territories.

COUNCIL 1945 -
1994 PALAU

INDEPENDENCE OF PALAU

When Palau became independent in 1994, the

Trusteeship System had completed its historic task

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 International
Court of Justice

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 PRINCIPAL JUDICIAL
ORGAN
It began work in April
1946.

COURT JUNE
1945 PALACE OF
PEACE

COURTS ROLE

To settle, in accordance with international law, legal

disputes submitted to it by States and to give
advisory opinions on legal questions referred to it
by authorized United Nations organs and
specialized agencies.

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 Peace Palace in Hague
The seat of the Court is at the Peace
Palace in International
The Hague (Netherlands). Of
the six principal
Court
organs of the Unitedof Justice
Nations, it is the
only one
not located in New York.

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The Court is composed of 15 judges, who are elected for terms of office of nine
years by the United Nations General Assembly and the Security Council. It is
assisted by a Registry, its administrative organ. Its official languages are English
and French.
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CONTENTIOUS CASES
LIMITATIONS

PARTIES 01

Only States (States

Members of the United
Nations and other States
which have become
02
CONSENT
parties to the Statute of The Court is competent to
the Court or which have entertain a dispute only if
accepted its jurisdiction 03
the States concerned have
under certain conditions) accepted its jurisdiction
may be parties to
contentious cases.

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 STATES CONCERNED HAVE
ACCEPTED ITS JURISDICTION
JURISDICTIONAL CLAUSE
by virtue of a jurisdictional clause,
i.e., typically, when they are
parties to a treaty containing a
provision whereby, in the event of
a dispute of a given type or
disagreement over the
interpretation or application of
the treaty, one of them may refer
the dispute to the Court
SPECIAL AGREEMENT
by entering into a special
agreement to submit the dispute
to the Court
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RECIPROCAL EFFECT
through the reciprocal effect of
declarations made by them under
the Statute whereby each has
accepted the jurisdiction of the
02
Court as compulsory in the event
of a dispute with another State
having made a similar
declaration. A number of these
declarations, which must be
03 deposited with the United Nations
Secretary-General, contain
reservations excluding certain
categories of dispute.
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 SOURCES OF LAW
international
treaties and international
conventions in custom
force

judicial decisions
and the
the general teachings of the
principles of law most highly
qualified
publicists

ex aequo et
bono, if agreed
by parties

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 ADVISORY PROCEEDINGS
Any legal
question

Advisory SUCCESS
STEP 04
Advisory proceedings
Organ is free before the Court are
STEP 03 open solely to five organs
to give effect 3 of the United Nations and
to the
opinion to 16 specialized
STEP 02
2 agencies of the United
Nations family.
STEP 01
1
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 ADVISORY PROCEEDINGS

Consent of SUCCESS
States STEP 04
Advisory proceedings
Certain before the Court are
STEP 03 open solely to five organs
instruments 3 of the United Nations and
and
regulations to 16 specialized
STEP 02
can provide 2 agencies of the United
beforehand Nations family.
that it will be
STEP 01
binding 1
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