trusteeship and decolonization
1Decolonization — (alternative spelling: decolonisation) refers to the undoing of colonialism, the unequal relation of polities whereby one people or nation establishes and maintains dependent Territory (courial governments) over another. It can be understood… …
2United Nations Trusteeship Council — Infobox UN name = United Nations Trusteeship Council caption = The chamber of the UN Trusteeship Council, UN headquarters, New York type = Principal Organ acronyms = head = President :Michel Duclos:FRA Vice President :Adam Thomson:UK status =… …
3United Nations General Assembly — Infobox UN name = United Nations General Assembly caption = United Nations General Assembly hall type = Principal Organ acronyms = GA, UNGA head = President of the UN General Assembly ;As of 16 September 2008:Miguel d Escoto Brockmann:Nicaragua… …
4United Nations — 1. an international organization, with headquarters in New York City, formed to promote international peace, security, and cooperation under the terms of the charter signed by 51 founding countries in San Francisco in 1945. Abbr.: UN Cf. General… …
5United Nations list of Non-Self-Governing Territories — United Nations list of Trust and Non Self Governing Territories (published in 2002) The United Nations list of Non Self Governing Territories is a list of countries that, according to the United Nations, are non decolonized. The list was… …
6international relations — a branch of political science dealing with the relations between nations. [1970 75] * * * Study of the relations of states with each other and with international organizations and certain subnational entities (e.g., bureaucracies and political… …
7United Nations System — The United Nations system consists of the United Nations, its subsidiary organs (including the separately administered funds and programs), the specialized agencies, and affiliated organizations. The executive heads of the United Nations system… …
8League of Nations — (English) Société des Nations (French) Sociedad de Naciones (Spanish) International organization …
9western Africa, history of — Introduction history of the region from the 11th century to the present. A reasonable body of sources for the writing of western African history begins to be available about AD 1000. Three centuries earlier, the Arabs (Arab) had… …
10Algeria — /al jear ee euh/, n. a republic in NW Africa: formerly comprised 13 departments of France; gained independence 1962. 29,830,370; 919,352 sq. mi. (2,381,122 sq. km). Cap.: Algiers. * * * Algeria Introduction Algeria Background: After a century of… …
