The Trusteeship Council

It was formed with the purpose that governments responsible for administering trust territories take necessary and sufficient measures so as to prepare them for self-
government or independence. Other aspects are given below :

1. The Council comprises of five permanent members of the Security Council.
    

2. The task of decolonization ended in 1994 when the Security Council terminated the trusteeship agreement for the last independence of the organised UN trusteeship area (Palau) administered by the USA.
    

3. All trust territories attained self-government or independence.
    

4. The Council suspended its operations on 1st Nov., 1994
    

5. UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, proposed in July , 1997 that the Council should be used as a forum to exercise their trusteeship for the global, commons and environment and resources system.