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Its mission fulfilled, the Trusteeship Council suspended its operation on November 1 , 1994 , and although under the United Nations Charter it continues to exist on paper, its future role and even existence remains uncertain. The Trusteeship Council is currently ( As Of 2005 ) headed by Michel Duclos , with Adam Thomson as vice-president, although the sole current duty of these officers is to meet once annually with the heads of other UN agencies. The formal elimination of the Trusteeship Council would require the revision of the UN Charter. The issued an action alert calling for members to lobby the Government in support of this reform. Their theory is that an international regulatory body is needed to protect environmental integrity on the two-thirds of the world’s surface that is outside national jurisdictions ( {Link without Title} ). In March 2005, however, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan proposed a sweeping Reform Of The United Nations , including an expansion of the Security Council . As this restructuring would involve significant changes to the UN charter, Annan proposed the complete elimination of the Trusteeship Council as part of these reforms ( {Link without Title} ). SEE ALSO
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