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United Nations Trust Territories - Definition and Overview

United Nations Trust Territories were the successors of the League of Nations mandates and came into being when the League of Nations ceased to exist in 1946. All of the trust territories were administered through the UN Trusteeship Council. The one territory not turned over was South West Africa, which South Africa insisted remain under the League of Nations Mandate. The main objection was that the trust territory guidelines required that the lands be prepared for independence and majority rule. Trust territories (and administering powers) were:


Example Usage of Territories
apiphile: @_creature_ or Australia, the Northern Territories where winter does not HAPPEN.
jeropony: Thanks Dr Oz.You are touching and changing lives,keep it up and God richly expand your Territories.
OldHossRadbourn: I was once in a play about a villainous owner who wanted to move the Grays to the Dakota Territories. It was called "Freddie." It flopped.
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