Trusteeship Council

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Zoomed in view of the Council from the chairmen's table with a Danish statue of a girl with arms upraised, reading towards a bird whose wings are outspread above her head.

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View of the Council from the first floor, with several rows of tables and green chairs, and a projector screen on the chamber's front wall.

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View of the Trusteeship Council from the right side of the chamber, with the wall statue in the front, windows covered with half-transparent curtains in the front, and several rows of seats.

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The Trusteeship Council, one of the main organs of the UN, was established to supervise the administration of trust territories as they transitioned from colonies to sovereign nations. The Council suspended its activities in 1994, when Palau, the last of the original 11 trust territories, gained its independence.

The Chamber, originally designed by Danish architect Finn Juhl in 1952, has been revamped in a close collaboration between the �山��and the Government of Denmark, with new furniture by Danish designers Kasper Salto and Thomas Sigsgaard.

Among the iconic aspects of the room is a statue of a girl with arms upraised, reading towards a bird which hovers with outspread wings above her head. Carved out of teak wood by Henri Starcke, a Danish sculptor, it symbolizes Mankind and Hope.

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