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.

All labels observed (5)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United Nations list ⓘ
political status list ⓘ
alsoKnownAs UN list of Non‑Self‑Governing Territories ⓘ
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 ⓘ
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 ⓘ
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 ⓘ
isPartOf United Nations decolonization machinery ⓘ
isPublishedIn United Nations documentation ⓘ
isPublishedOn official United Nations website ⓘ
language English ⓘ
French ⓘ
maintainedBy United Nations ⓘ
United Nations General Assembly ⓘ
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 ⓘ
monitors progress toward self‑government in listed territories ⓘ
relatedTo Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples ⓘ
Trust and Non‑Self‑Governing Territories section of the United Nations Charter ⓘ
United Nations decolonization ⓘ
colonialism ⓘ
self‑determination of peoples ⓘ
requires transmission of information by administering powers ⓘ
startTime 1946 ⓘ
subjectOf United Nations decolonization agenda ⓘ
supervisedBy Special Committee on Decolonization ⓘ
usedBy United Nations General Assembly Fourth Committee ⓘ
United Nations Secretariat ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

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

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 decolonization framework ⓘ
linked to: United Nations list of Non‑Self‑Governing Territories
Special Committee on Decolonization → jurisdiction → Non-Self-Governing Territories listed by the United Nations ⓘ
linked to: United Nations list of Non‑Self‑Governing Territories
Bechuanaland Protectorate → UNStatusBefore1966 → United Nations Trust and Non-Self-Governing Territories list ⓘ
linked to: United Nations list of Non‑Self‑Governing Territories
United Nations General Assembly Resolution 1541 (XV) → partOf → United Nations decolonization framework ⓘ
linked to: United Nations list of Non‑Self‑Governing Territories
United Nations list of Non‑Self‑Governing Territories → alsoKnownAs → UN list of Non‑Self‑Governing Territories ⓘ
linked to: United Nations list of Non‑Self‑Governing Territories