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Question
What functions of the Security Council make it, the most important organ as far as internal matters of the UN are concerned?
Solution
The Security Council performs many important functions:
(i) It recommends hie admission of new members.
(ii) It exercises trusteeship functions of the United Nations in ‘Strategic Areas’.
(iii) It recommends to the General Assembly the appointment of Secretary General and along with the General Assembly elects the Judges of the International Court of Justice. It recommends suspension and expulsion of the members.
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