Question

Which of the following UN bodies is a policy-making body?
(A) The Trusteeship Council
(B) Secretariat
(C) Security Council
(D) General Assembly

Answer 1

Hint: In this UN body, all member states of the Organization are represented and it is thus the only UN wing with universal representation. Decisions on important subjects like admitting new members, budgetary matters and peace and security, a two-thirds majority of this UN organ is required. It is headquartered in New York.

Complete answer: One of the six principal organs, the General Assembly acts as the policy-making body of the United Nations(UN). The Security Council, the Economic and Social Council, the Secretariat, the International Court of Justice, and the Trusteeship Council are the remaining organs of the United Nations.
Regarding matters within the scope of the UN Charter, the General Assembly holds deliberative, financial, supervisory and elective powers.
Though the General Assembly has no power to impose its resolutions or to enforce state action, it has an extensive role to discuss issues of concern and to make recommendations and policies.
Usually, a simple majority vote is needed to make decisions in the General Assembly. The Assembly holds a general debate, at the beginning of each regular session, in which all members can participate and raise any matter of international concern.

Option (A): The Trusteeship Council was set up to supervise the governments of trust territories and to lead them to self-governance or independence which suspended its operations in 1994.
Option (B): The Secretariat is the executive organ of the UN to implement policies.
Option (C): The Security Council holds the responsibility for the preservation of international peace and security.
Option (D): The General Assembly is the policymaker of the United Nations.
Thus the option (D) is correct.

Note: The General Assembly meets annually. The works of the Assembly are allocated to six committees and they are the committees of Disarmament and International Security, Economic and Financial Committee, Special Political and Decolonization Committee, Administrative and Budgetary Committee, Social, Humanitarian and Cultural Committee and Legal Committee.