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This is a list of territories which are directly administered, or once were, by the United Nations (UN). These are not to be confused with UN trust territories , which were run by a single country under a UN mandate.
Map of territories on the United Nations list of non-self-governing territories. The list draws its origins from the period of colonialism and the Charter's concept of non-self-governing territories. As an increasing number of formerly colonized countries became UN members, the General Assembly increasingly asserted its authority to place ...
The United Nations trust territories were the successors of the remaining League of Nations mandates, and came into being when the League of Nations ceased to exist in 1946. All the trust territories were administered through the United Nations Trusteeship Council and authorized to a single country.
This is a list of countries and territories by the United Nations geoscheme, including 193 UN member states, two UN observer states (the Holy See [note 1] and the State of Palestine), two states in free association with New Zealand (the Cook Islands and Niue), and 49 non-sovereign dependencies or territories, as well as Western Sahara (a disputed territory whose sovereignty is contested) and ...
The United Nations (UN) is an ... The UN in 1945: founding members in light blue, protectorates and territories of the founding members in dark blue. By 1 March 1945, ...
United Nations Trust Territory under U.S. administration Under U.S. administration in enforcement of UNSC 21 [11] Palau (TTPI) 1947–1994 United Nations Trust Territory under U.S. administration Under U.S. administration in enforcement of UNSC 21 [11] Micronesia (TTPI) 1947–1994 United Nations Trust Territory under U.S. administration
The Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (TTPI) was a United Nations trust territory in Micronesia administered by the United States from 1947 to 1994. The Imperial Japanese South Seas Mandate had been seized by the U.S. during the Pacific War , as Japan had administered the territory since the League of Nations gave Japan a mandate over the ...
Transcontinental countries in Europe and Africa, classified as Southern European countries by the United Nations Statistics Division: Italy (Pantelleria and the Pelagie Islands), Malta, Portugal (Madeira [including the Savage Islands]), and Spain (Canary Islands, Ceuta, Melilla, Alboran Island, and Spain's plazas de soberanía).