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Name: Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands

Type: Polity

Start: 1947 AD

End: 1986 AD

Parent: usa

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Was a United Nations trust territory in Micronesia administered by the United States from 1947 to 1994 on territories formerly controlled by Japan. The Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands and Palau were granted independence whereas the Northern Mariana Islands remain under U.S. jurisidiction.

Establishment


  • July 1947: Palau passed formally to the United States under United Nations auspices in 1947 as part of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands established pursuant to Security Council Resolution 21.
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    1. Events


  • January 1981: The Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands became the Republic of Palau on 1 January 1981.

  • October 1986: On October 21, 1986, the U.S. ended its administration of the Marshall Islands District.

  • November 1986: The termination of U.S. administration of the Chuuk, Yap, Kosrae, Pohnpei, and the Mariana Islands districts of the TTPI soon followed on November 3, 1986.

  • November 1986: The Northern Mariana Islands came under U.S. sovereignty and the islanders became US citizens.

  • Disestablishment


  • October 1986: On October 21, 1986, the U.S. ended its administration of the Marshall Islands District.
  • November 1986: The termination of U.S. administration of the Chuuk, Yap, Kosrae, Pohnpei, and the Mariana Islands districts of the TTPI soon followed on November 3, 1986.
  • November 1986: The Northern Mariana Islands came under U.S. sovereignty and the islanders became US citizens.
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