Consider the following statements: 1. The Charter of the United Nations Organization was adopted at Geneva, Switzerland in June, 1945. 2. India was admitted to the United Nations Organization in the year 1945. 3. The Trusteeship Council of the United Nations Organization was established to manage the affairs of territories detached from Japan and Italy after the Second World War or such territories not under the control of a country at that time. Which of the statements is/are correct?

Statement 1 is incorrect: the UN Charter was adopted and signed at the San Francisco Conference in June 1945 (signing on 26 June), not at Geneva [2]. Statement 2 is correct: India became a member of the United Nations in 1945 (notably recorded as joining on 30 October 1945) [1]. Statement 3 is correct: the Trusteeship Council was created under the UN Charter to supervise the administration of Trust Territories and to promote the political, economic, social and educational advancement of their peoples towards self-government or independence—i.e., to manage territories placed under the international trusteeship system after World War II, including those separated from former belligerent states or not under effective control at that time [3].

Sources

1. [1] Contemporary World Politics, Textbook in political science for Class XII (NCERT 2025 ed.) > Chapter 4: International Organisations > FOUNDING OF THE UNITED NATIONS > p. 48
2. [2] https://treaties.un.org/doc/publication/ctc/uncharter.pdf
3. [3] https://www.un.org/dppa/decolonization/en/history/international-trusteeship-system-and-trust-territories