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Q70 (CDS-II/2011) International Relations & Global Affairs › International Organisations & Groupings › United Nations system Answer Verified

Which one among, the following statements about United Nations organs is correct ?

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The Trusteeship Council, one of the six principal organs of the United Nations, suspended its operations on 1 November 1994, following the independence of Palau, the last remaining UN trust territory. Regarding other options: General Assembly decisions on substantive matters are generally non-binding recommendations, whereas Security Council decisions are binding [t1]. The UN Security Council consists of five permanent and ten non-permanent members; the non-permanent members are elected for a two-year term, not three [c1, t1, t2]. The International Court of Justice (ICJ) is composed of 15 judges (not 20) who are elected for nine-year terms (not five) by the General Assembly and the Security Council [t3, t4, t5]. Therefore, only the statement regarding the suspension of the Trusteeship Council is accurate.

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  1. [1] https://2001-2009.state.gov/p/io/rls/fs/2002/15593.htm
  2. [2] Contemporary World Politics, Textbook in political science for Class XII (NCERT 2025 ed.) > Chapter 4: International Organisations > Ideas for the Teacher > p. 54
  3. [3] https://research.un.org/en/unmembers/scmembers
  4. [4] https://docs.un.org/en/A/79/6(Sect.7)
  5. [5] https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/01/1145392
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