h. accept petitions and examine them in
consultation with the administering authority;
c. provide for periodic visits to the respec·
tive trust territories at times agreed upon with
the administering authority; and
d. take these and other actions in conformity
with the terms of the trusteeship agreements.
·Article 88
The Trusteeship Council shall formulate a
questionnaire on the political, economic, social,
and educational advancement of the inhabitants
of each trust territory, and the administering
authority for each trust territory within the com·
petence of the General Assembly shall make an
annual report to the General Assembly upon the
basis of such questionnaire.
Voting
Article 89
1. Each member of the Trusteeship Council
shall have one vote.
2. Decisions of the Trusteeship Council shall
be ma:de by a majority of the members present and
voting.·
CHAPTER XIV
THE INTERNATIONAL COURT
OF JUSTICE
Article 92
The International Court of Justice shall be the
principal judicial organ of the United Nations.
It shall function in accordance with the annexed
Statute, which is based upon the Statute of the
Permanent Court of International Justice and
forms an integral part of the present Charter.
Article 93
1. All Members of the United Nations are ipso
facto parties to the Statute of the International
Court of Justice.
2. A state which is not a Member of the United
Nations may become a party to the Statute of
the International Court of Justice on conditions
to be determined in each case by the General
Assembly upon the recommendation of the Security Council.
Article 94
l. Each Member of the United Nations under·
1. The Trusteeship Council shall adopt its own
rules of procedure, including the method of select·
ing its President.
2. The Trusteeship Council shall meet as re·
quired in accordance with its rules, which shall
include provision for the convening of meetings
on the request of a majority of its members.
takes to comply with the decision of the Inter·
national Court of Justice in any case to which it is
a party.
2. If any party to a case fails to perform the
obligations incumbent upon it under a judgment
rendered by the Court, the other party may have
recourse to the Security Council, which may, if it
deems necessary, make recommendations or de-cide upon measures to be taken to give effect to
the judgment.
Article 91
Ar.ticle 95
The Trusteeship Council shall,when appropri·
ate, avail itself of the assistance of the Economic
and Social Council and of the specialized agencies
in regard to matters with which they are respectively concerned.
Nothing in the present Charter shall prevent
Members of the United Nations from entrusting
the solution of their differences to other tribunala
by virtue of agreements already in existence or
which may be concluded in the future.
Procedure
Article 90
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