Chapter XIII of the

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deals with the

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. It guarantees each of the five permanent members of the

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a seat on the council (albeit without veto) as well as those administering trust countries, and as many other members elected by the

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as may be necessary to have an equal number of trust-administering and non-trust-administering countries on the Trusteeship Council. The Trusteeship Council is required to make an annual report to the UNGA on each trust territory. With all territories having reached independence, the Trusteeship Council is basically dormant today. There have been proposals to transform it into a trusteeship council of the

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(i.e. the environment), although

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recommended abolishing it altogether in his report, In Larger Freedom.

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