United Nations Trust Territory

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United Nations trust territory former dependent territory

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.

Aliases (1)

United States Navy trust territory (initially) ×1

Statements (50)

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 →
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 → Federated States of Micronesia → Kosrae → Marshall Islands → Northern Mariana Islands → Palau → Pohnpei → 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	Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands →
successorState	Federated States of Micronesia → Republic of Palau → Republic of the Marshall Islands →
trusteeshipType	strategic trust territory →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands ("United States Navy trust territory (initially)") →	administeredAs
Marshall Islands →	formerStatus