Trust and Non-Self-Governing Territories (1945-1999)
The following Territories have been subject to United Nations Trusteeship Agreements or were listed by the General Assembly as Non-Self-Governing. Dates show the year of independence or other change in a Territory's status, after which information was no longer submitted to the United Nations.
| AUSTRALIA | BELGIUM | DENMARK | FRANCE | ITALY | NETHERLANDS |
| NEW ZEALAND | PORTUGAL | SOUTH AFRICA | SPAIN | UNITED KINGDOM | UNITED STATES |
Administering Power/ Authority |
Territory |
Status |
Year |
Cocos (Keeling) Islands |
Change in Status |
1984 |
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Papua |
Independence as Papua New Guinea |
1975 |
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Nauru |
Independence |
1968 |
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New Guinea |
Independence as Papua New Guinea |
1975 |
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Belgian Congo |
Independence as Congo Leopoldville, then Zaire |
1960 |
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Ruanda-Urundi |
Independence as Burundi |
1962 |
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Independence as Rwanda |
1962 |
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Greenland |
Change in Status |
1954 |
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French Equatorial Africa |
Independence as Chad |
1960 |
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Independence as Gabon |
1960 |
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(Middle Congo) |
Independence as Congo (Brazzaville) Now Republic of the Congo |
1960 |
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(Ubangi Shari) |
Independence as Central African Republic |
1960 |
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French Establishments in India |
Change in Status |
1947 |
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French Establishments in Oceania |
Change in Status |
1947 |
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French Guiana |
Change in Status |
1947 |
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French Somaliland |
Independence as Djibouti |
1977 |
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French West Africa |
Independence as Dahomey |
1960 |
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(French Guinea) |
Independence as Guinea |
1958 |
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(French Sudan) |
Independence as Mali |
1960 |
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Independence as Ivory Coast |
1960 |
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Independence as Mauritania |
1960 |
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(Niger Colony) |
Independence as Niger |
1960 |
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Independence as Senegal |
1960 |
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Independence as Upper Volta Now Burkina-Faso |
1960 |
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Guadeloupe and Dependencies |
Change in Status |
1947 |
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Indo-China |
Independence as Cambodia |
1953 |
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Independence as Laos |
1949 |
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Independence as Viet Nam |
1945 |
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Madagascar and Dependencies |
Independence as Madagascar |
1960 |
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Independence as Comoros |
1975 |
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Martinique |
Change in Status |
1947 |
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Morocco |
Independence |
1956 |
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New Caledonia 1 and Dependencies |
Change in Status |
1947 |
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New Hebrides |
Independence as Vanuatu |
1980 |
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Reunion |
Change in Status |
1947 |
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St. Pierre and Miquelon |
Change in Status |
1947 |
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Tunisia |
Independence |
1956 |
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Cameroons |
Independence as Cameroon |
1960 |
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French Togoland |
Independence as Togo |
1960 |
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Somaliland |
Independence as Somalia (joined with British Somaliland) |
1960 |
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Netherlands Indies |
Independence as Indonesia |
1949 |
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Netherlands New Guinea |
Joined with Indonesia as Irian Jaya |
1963 |
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Netherlands Antilles |
Change in Status |
1951 |
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Surinam |
Change in Status |
1951 |
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Independence as Suriname |
1975 |
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Cook Islands |
Change in Status |
1965 |
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Niue Island |
Change in Status |
1974 |
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Western Samoa |
Independence as Samoa |
1962 |
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Angola, including the enclave of Cabinda |
Independence |
1975 |
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Cape Verde Archipelago |
Independence as Cape Verde |
1975 |
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Goa and Dependencies |
Change in Status |
1961 |
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Portuguese Guinea |
Independence as |
1974 |
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Macau and Dependencies |
Change in Status |
1972 |
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Mozambique |
Independence |
1975 |
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Sao Joمo Batista de Ajuda |
Change in Status |
1961 |
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Sao Tome and Principe |
Independence |
1975 |
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East Timor 2 |
Independence as Timor Leste |
2002 |
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South West Africa |
General Assembly terminated South Africa’s mandate |
1966 |
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Independence as Namibia |
1990 |
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Fernando Póo and Rí Muni |
Independence as Equatorial Guinea |
1968 |
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Ifni |
Change in Status |
1969 |
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Aden Colony and Protectorate |
Independence as South Yemen |
1967 |
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Bahamas |
Independence |
1973 |
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Barbados |
Independence |
1966 |
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Basutoland |
Independence as Lesotho |
1966 |
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Bechuanaland Protectorate |
Independence as Botswana |
1966 |
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British Guiana |
Independence as Guyana |
1966 |
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British Honduras |
Independence as Belize |
1981 |
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British Somaliland |
Independence as Somalia (joined with Italian Somaliland) |
1960 |
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Brunei |
Independence |
1984 |
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Cyprus |
Independence |
1960 |
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Fiji |
Independence |
1970 |
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Gambia |
Independence as The Gambia |
1965 |
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Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony |
Independence as Kiribati |
1979 |
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Independence as Tuvalu |
1978 |
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Gold Coast Colony and Protectorate |
Independence as Ghana |
1957 |
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Hong Kong |
Change in Status |
1972 |
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Jamaica |
Independence |
1962 |
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Kenya |
Independence |
1963 |
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Leeward Islands |
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(Antigua) |
Independence as Antigua and Barbuda |
1981 |
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(St. Kitts- Nevis-Anguilla) |
Independence as St. Kitts and Nevis (separated from Anguilla) |
1983 |
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Malayan Union |
Independence as Federation of Malaya |
1957 |
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Malta |
Independence |
1964 |
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Mauritius |
Independence |
1968 |
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Nigeria |
Independence |
1960 |
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North Borneo 3 |
Change in status |
1963 |
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Northern Rhodesia |
Independence as Zambia |
1964 |
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Nyasaland |
Independence as Malawi |
1964 |
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Sarawak 3 |
Change in status |
1963 |
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Seychelles |
Independence |
1976 |
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Sierra Leone |
Independence |
1961 |
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Singapore 3 |
Independence |
1965 |
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Solomon Islands |
Independence |
1978 |
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Southern Rhodesia |
Independence as Zimbabwe |
1980 |
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Swaziland |
Independence |
1968 |
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Trinidad and Tobago |
Independence |
1962 |
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Uganda |
Independence |
1962 |
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Windward Islands |
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(Dominica) |
Independence as Dominica |
1978 |
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(Grenada) |
Independence as Grenada |
1974 |
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(St. Lucia) |
Independence as St. Lucia |
1979 |
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(St. Vincent) |
Independence as St. Vincent and the Grenadines |
1979 |
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Zanzibar |
Independence 4 as United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar |
1963 |
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Cameroons |
Northern Cameroons joined with Nigeria |
1961 |
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Southern Cameroons joined with Cameroon |
1961 |
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Togoland |
Joined Gold Coast to form Ghana |
1957 |
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Tanganyka |
Independence 3 as United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar after joining |
1963 |
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Alaska |
Change in Status |
1959 |
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Hawaii |
Change in Status |
1959 |
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Panama Canal Zone |
Change in Status |
1947 |
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Change in Status |
1952 |
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Pacific Islands |
Change in Status as Federated Sates of Micronesia |
1990 |
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Change in Status as Republic of the Marshall Island |
1990 |
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Change in Status as Northern Mariana Islands |
1990 |
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Change in Status as Palau |
1994 |
Notes:
1. In 1986 the General Assembly determined that New Caledonia was a Non-Self-Governing Territory.
2. Initially administered by Portugal. Under Indonesian control between 1975 and 1999. East Timor attained independence in May 2002 and joined the United Nations in September 2002 as Timor Leste.
3. In 1963, the Federation of Malaya became Malaysia, following the admission to the new federation of Singapore, Sabah (North Borneo) and Sarawak. Singapore became independent 1965.
4. Following the ratification in 1964 of Articles of Union between Tanganyika and Zanzibar, the United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar was formed and later changed its name to the United Republic of Tanzania.