Which of the following statements is not correct?a)Trusteeship Council...
Statement B is not correct.
The correct statements are as follows:
A: Trusteeship Council was established by the Charter in 1945.
- The Trusteeship Council was indeed established by the United Nations Charter in 1945. Its purpose was to administer and supervise trust territories, which were territories placed under the temporary control of the United Nations after the Second World War.
C: The last trust territory of the Pacific Islands (Palau) became the 185th member state of the UN.
- This statement is correct. Palau, a trust territory in the Pacific Islands, gained independence and became the 185th member state of the United Nations on December 15, 1994.
D: The functions of the Trusteeship Council are transferred to the General Assembly.
- This statement is correct. As trust territories achieved self-government or independence, the Trusteeship Council completed its main task. In 1994, the General Assembly decided that the Council's work had been completed, and its functions were transferred to other UN organs, primarily the General Assembly.
However, statement B is not correct:
B: By 1994, all trust territories had attained self-government or independence.
- This statement is incorrect. While many trust territories did achieve self-government or independence by 1994, some territories still remained under trusteeship beyond that year. For example, the last trust territory, Palau, gained independence in 1994, but there were others such as Tokelau and Western Sahara that were still considered trust territories beyond that time.