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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Generate an image of the United Nations Trust 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.)

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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 ⓘ
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 ⓘ
linked to: Chuuk State

Federated States of Micronesia ⓘ
Kosrae ⓘ
linked to: Kosrae State

Marshall Islands ⓘ
Northern Mariana Islands ⓘ
Palau ⓘ
Pohnpei ⓘ
Yap ⓘ
linked to: Yap Islands
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 ⓘ
linked to: Palau

Republic of the Marshall Islands ⓘ
linked to: Marshall Islands
trusteeshipType strategic trust territory ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Marshall Islands → formerStatus → United Nations Trust Territory ⓘ
Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands → administeredAs → United States Navy trust territory (initially) ⓘ
linked to: United Nations Trust Territory
Ujelang Atoll → administeredBy → United States (historical trusteeship) ⓘ
linked to: United Nations Trust Territory
Congress of Micronesia → appliesToJurisdiction → United Nations Trust Territory ⓘ