Strategic Trust Territory

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United Nations trust territory former United States-administered territory former colony

The Strategic Trust Territory was a United Nations trusteeship in the western Pacific administered by the United States after World War II, notable for its military significance during the Cold War and its eventual transition into several independent nations and U.S.-associated states.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Security Council for strategic trust territories 1
Strategic Trust Territory canonical 1

Statements (55)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United Nations trust territory ⓘ
former United States-administered territory ⓘ
former colony ⓘ
administeredBy United States Department of the Interior ⓘ
United States Navy ⓘ
administeringPower United States of America ⓘ
alsoKnownAs TTPI ⓘ
capital Hagåtña, Guam ⓘ
surface form: Hagåtña

Majuro ⓘ
Ngerulmud ⓘ
Palikir ⓘ
Saipan ⓘ
countryAdministeredBy United States of America ⓘ
createdBy United Nations Security Council ⓘ
endDate 1994 ⓘ
endDateEvent termination of United Nations trusteeship ⓘ
governingBody United States administration of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands ⓘ
surface form: Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands administration
historicalEra Cold War ⓘ
post–World War II decolonization ⓘ
includes Bikini Atoll ⓘ
Chuuk State ⓘ
surface form: Chuuk

Eniwetok Atoll ⓘ
Federated States of Micronesia ⓘ
Kosrae State ⓘ
surface form: Kosrae

Marshall Islands ⓘ
Northern Mariana Islands ⓘ
Palau ⓘ
Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia ⓘ
surface form: Pohnpei

Yap Islands ⓘ
surface form: Yap
language English ⓘ
various Micronesian languages ⓘ
legalStatus United Nations trusteeship system ⓘ
surface form: United Nations trusteeship
locatedIn Micronesia ⓘ
western Pacific Ocean ⓘ
militarySignificance important for United States Cold War strategy ⓘ
nuclearTestsConductedAt Bikini Atoll ⓘ
Eniwetok Atoll ⓘ
populationGroup Micronesians ⓘ
predecessor South Seas Mandate ⓘ
predecessorAdministeredBy Imperial Japan ⓘ
surface form: Empire of Japan
regionType archipelagic territory ⓘ
shortName Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands ⓘ
startDate 1947 ⓘ
strategicStatus designated as a strategic area under the UN Charter ⓘ
successor Northern Mariana Islands ⓘ
surface form: Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands

Federated States of Micronesia ⓘ
Palau ⓘ
surface form: Republic of Palau

Marshall Islands ⓘ
surface form: Republic of the Marshall Islands
successorRelationship Compact of Free Association with the United States ⓘ
surface form: Compact of Free Association

U.S. commonwealth status ⓘ
terminatedBy United Nations Security Council Resolution 956 ⓘ
trusteeshipAgreementApprovedBy United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
United Nations Security Council ⓘ
trusteeshipAgreementNumber United Nations Trusteeship Agreement for the Former Japanese Mandated Islands ⓘ
surface form: Trusteeship Agreement for the Former Japanese Mandated Islands
usedFor U.S. nuclear weapons testing ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands → designatedAs → Strategic Trust Territory ⓘ
UN Trust Territory → oversightBy → Strategic Trust Territory ⓘ
subject surface form: United Nations trust territory
this entity surface form: Security Council for strategic trust territories