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In accordance with <a href="http://undocs.org/T/RES/2200(LXI)">T/RES/2200 (LXI)</a> of 25 May 1994, the Trusteeship Council currently only meets "as and where occasion may require". </p> <p>Chapters XI-XII of the <a href="https://www.un.org/en/about-us/un-charter">UN Charter</a> concern the work of the Trusteeship Council.</p> <p>Membership of the Trusteeship Council varied over time, in accordance with Article 86 of the UN Charter. 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