Resolution 21 (1947)

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Resolution 21 (1947) is a United Nations Security Council resolution that approved the terms of the trusteeship agreement placing the former Japanese-mandated islands in the Pacific under U.S. administration as the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United Nations Security Council resolution
international legal instrument
adoptedBy United Nations Security Council NERFINISHED
adoptionDate 2 April 1947
adoptionYear 1947
aimsTo ensure strategic trusteeship in the Pacific under U.S. administration
place former Japanese-mandated islands under UN trusteeship
approves trusteeship agreement for the former Japanese-mandated islands in the Pacific
code S/286
concerns Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands NERFINISHED
United Nations trusteeship system NERFINISHED
former Japanese-mandated islands in the Pacific
designatesAsAdministeringAuthority United States of America NERFINISHED
documentType Security Council resolution text
establishes Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands NERFINISHED
fallsUnder United Nations trusteeship agreements NERFINISHED
historicalContext post-World War II settlement of former Japanese territories
language English
legalBasis Chapter XII of the United Nations Charter NERFINISHED
Chapter XIII of the United Nations Charter
meetingNumber 124
organNumber 21
partOf United Nations Security Council resolutions on trusteeship NERFINISHED
placesUnderAdministrationOf United States of America NERFINISHED
relatesTo Pacific Islands NERFINISHED
post-World War II territorial administration
status in force at time of adoption
subject Approval of trusteeship agreement for former Japanese-mandated islands in the Pacific
successorEntityOfConcern Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands NERFINISHED
Federated States of Micronesia NERFINISHED
Republic of Palau NERFINISHED
Republic of the Marshall Islands NERFINISHED
Territory of Guam NERFINISHED
votingMethod vote of the United Nations Security Council

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TTPI UNSecurityCouncilResolution Resolution 21 (1947)
subject surface form: Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands