United Nations Trust Territory

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The United Nations Trust Territory was a post–World War II Pacific island administration overseen by the United States under UN trusteeship, established to guide several Micronesian island groups, including the Marshall Islands, toward self-governance and eventual independence.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United Nations trust territory
former dependent territory
administeredBy United States Department of the Interior
United States Navy
United States of America
alsoKnownAs Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands
associatedWith Compact of Free Association with the United States
surface form: Compact of Free Association
capitalAtVariousTimes Kolonia
Saipan
endDate 1994
endEvent completion of decolonization of Micronesian entities under trusteeship
termination of United Nations trusteeship over Palau
governingBody Office of the High Commissioner of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands
historicalEra post–World War II decolonization
includes Chuuk State
surface form: Chuuk

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
languageUsed English
local Micronesian languages
legalBasis United Nations Charter Chapter XII
United Nations Trusteeship Agreement for the Former Japanese Mandated Islands
locatedIn Micronesia
Pacific Ocean
onlyStrategicTrustTerritoryOf United Nations
overseenBy United Nations
precededBy Japanese South Pacific Mandate
South Seas Mandate
purpose advancement of inhabitants
promotion of independence
promotion of self-government
regionType archipelagic island territory
resultedIn commonwealth status of Northern Mariana Islands in political union with the United States
independence of Federated States of Micronesia
independence of Marshall Islands
independence of Palau
shortName TTPI
startDate 1947
startEvent approval of Trusteeship Agreement by United Nations Security Council
assumption of administration by United States Navy and later Department of the Interior
statusAfterWorldWarII former Japanese mandated islands placed under UN trusteeship
successorEntity Northern Mariana Islands
surface form: Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
successorState Federated States of Micronesia
Palau
surface form: Republic of Palau

Marshall Islands
surface form: Republic of the Marshall Islands
trusteeshipType strategic trust territory

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Marshall Islands formerStatus United Nations Trust Territory
Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands administeredAs United Nations Trust Territory
this entity surface form: United States Navy trust territory (initially)
Ujelang Atoll administeredBy United Nations Trust Territory
this entity surface form: United States (historical trusteeship)
Congress of Micronesia appliesToJurisdiction United Nations Trust Territory