What is the present position of the Trusteeship Council?

It was abolished by a Charter amendment in 1994Correct answerYour answerIt continues to supervise two remaining territoriesCorrect answerYour answerIt was merged into the Economic and Social CouncilCorrect answerYour answerIt suspended operation in 1994 but remains a principal organCorrect answerYour answer

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CorrectNot quiteAnswer D

Correct answer: D

The Council supervised eleven Trust Territories as they moved towards self-government.
The last of them, Palau, became self-governing, and the Council suspended operation on 1 November 1994.
Suspending is not abolishing: it still exists under the Charter and can meet if the need arises, so it is still counted among the six.

Worth noting

This is why lists of the principal organs still say six rather than five. A body with nothing to do has not thereby ceased to be a body.

Concept: The status of the Trusteeship Council
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