UN Trust Territory

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The UN Trust Territory was a post–World War II international trusteeship arrangement established by the United Nations to oversee and guide former colonial territories toward self-government or independence.

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United Nations trust territory ⓘ
international trusteeship territory ⓘ
post–World War II political arrangement ⓘ
administeredBy Trusteeship Council ⓘ
surface form: United Nations Trusteeship Council
administeredThrough trusteeship agreements ⓘ
appliesTo former League of Nations mandate territories ⓘ
territories detached from enemy states after World War II ⓘ
territories voluntarily placed under trusteeship ⓘ
characteristic administered by one or more states or the United Nations itself ⓘ
createdBy United Nations ⓘ
definedIn Article 75 of the United Nations Charter ⓘ
endGoal emergence of trust territories as self-governing or independent states ⓘ
establishedAfter World War II ⓘ
feature allowed petitions from inhabitants to the Trusteeship Council ⓘ
required periodic reports from administering authorities ⓘ
subject to visiting missions by the United Nations ⓘ
goal progressive development of free political institutions ⓘ
promotion of economic, social, and educational advancement ⓘ
promotion of human rights and fundamental freedoms ⓘ
historicalContext decolonization ⓘ
reform of the mandate system after the League of Nations ⓘ
legalBasis United Nations Charter Chapter XII ⓘ
United Nations Charter Chapter XIII ⓘ
monitoredBy Trusteeship Council ⓘ
surface form: United Nations Trusteeship Council
oversightBy Strategic Trust Territory ⓘ
surface form: Security Council for strategic trust territories
oversightMechanism annual reports to the Trusteeship Council ⓘ
public debates in the Trusteeship Council ⓘ
partOf United Nations trusteeship system ⓘ
surface form: United Nations international trusteeship system
predecessor League of Nations mandate system ⓘ
surface form: League of Nations mandate
principle equal treatment in social, economic, and commercial matters for UN members ⓘ
interests of inhabitants are paramount ⓘ
promotion of international peace and security ⓘ
respect for culture of the inhabitants ⓘ
purpose to lead trust territories toward self-government or independence ⓘ
to promote the advancement of inhabitants of trust territories ⓘ
regulatedBy Articles 76–85 of the United Nations Charter ⓘ
relatedBody United Nations Security Council ⓘ
relatedConcept colonial administration ⓘ
non-self-governing territory ⓘ
self-determination of peoples ⓘ
scope could include strategic areas designated by the Security Council ⓘ
status transitional arrangement toward full self-government or independence ⓘ
successorTo League of Nations mandate system in international oversight of territories ⓘ
supervisedBy United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
timePeriod post–World War II era ⓘ

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

Italian Somaliland → administeredAs → UN Trust Territory ⓘ
Trust Territory of New Guinea under Australian administration → partOf → UN Trust Territory ⓘ
this entity surface form: United Nations trust territory system
Trust Territory of New Guinea under Australian administration → legalStatus → UN Trust Territory ⓘ
this entity surface form: United Nations Trust Territory under Chapter XII of the UN Charter
Kingdom of Libya era → independenceFrom → UN Trust Territory ⓘ
this entity surface form: United Nations trusteeship arrangements
Western Samoa Act 1961 → relatedTo → UN Trust Territory ⓘ
this entity surface form: United Nations trusteeship system
Northern Cameroons → administeredAs → UN Trust Territory ⓘ
this entity surface form: United Nations trust territory
Northern Cameroons → statusAfterWorldWarII → UN Trust Territory ⓘ
this entity surface form: United Nations trust territory