United Nations list of Non‑Self‑Governing Territories

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The United Nations list of Non‑Self‑Governing Territories is an official roster maintained by the UN identifying territories whose people have not yet achieved full self-government and are therefore subject to the organization’s decolonization oversight.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United Nations list
political status list
alsoKnownAs UN list of Non‑Self‑Governing Territories NERFINISHED
list of NSGTs
appliesTo Non‑Self‑Governing Territory
non‑metropolitan territories
overseas territories
territories under the jurisdiction of administering states
basedOn Article 73 of the United Nations Charter
Chapter XI of the United Nations Charter NERFINISHED
categoryIncludes territories lacking full self‑government
territories under colonial administration
definesStatusOf Non‑Self‑Governing Territory in the United Nations system
governingBody United Nations General Assembly NERFINISHED
hasConsequence administering powers are subject to international scrutiny
territories become subject to United Nations decolonization oversight
hasCriterion territory must not have attained a full measure of self‑government
hasLegalEffect triggers reporting obligations for administering powers
hasProcess inscription of territories by United Nations General Assembly resolution
removal of territories following decolonization or status change
hasPurpose identify territories whose people have not yet achieved full self‑government
support United Nations decolonization process
hasScope global
hasTopic decolonization
international law
territorial status
hasUpdateFrequency periodically updated by United Nations General Assembly resolutions
historicalPrecedent League of Nations mandates system NERFINISHED
isPartOf United Nations decolonization machinery NERFINISHED
isPublishedIn United Nations documentation NERFINISHED
isPublishedOn official United Nations website
language English
French
maintainedBy United Nations NERFINISHED
United Nations General Assembly NERFINISHED
monitoredBy United Nations Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples NERFINISHED
monitors progress toward self‑government in listed territories
relatedTo Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples NERFINISHED
Trust and Non‑Self‑Governing Territories section of the United Nations Charter NERFINISHED
United Nations decolonization
colonialism
self‑determination of peoples
requires transmission of information by administering powers
startTime 1946
subjectOf United Nations decolonization agenda NERFINISHED
supervisedBy Special Committee on Decolonization NERFINISHED
usedBy United Nations General Assembly Fourth Committee NERFINISHED
United Nations Secretariat NERFINISHED

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United Nations decolonization hearings on Puerto Rico relatedTo United Nations list of Non‑Self‑Governing Territories
United Nations Special Committee on Decolonization resolutions partOf United Nations list of Non‑Self‑Governing Territories
this entity surface form: United Nations decolonization framework
Special Committee on Decolonization jurisdiction United Nations list of Non‑Self‑Governing Territories
this entity surface form: Non-Self-Governing Territories listed by the United Nations
Bechuanaland Protectorate UNStatusBefore1966 United Nations list of Non‑Self‑Governing Territories
this entity surface form: United Nations Trust and Non-Self-Governing Territories list