paragraph 65 in volume 1, chapter 5, Advisory Opinions

previous paragraph

Unlike ECOSOC, the Trusteeship Council - which is no longer operative following the independence of and admission into the United Nations of the last of the Trusteeship territories, Palau¹ - itself took no initiative for an authorization to request advisory opinions. However, the General Assembly, during its discussion in its second session on the need for greater use of the Court, considered that the Trusteeship Council ‘should be authorized’ to request opinions, in…