United Nations Trust Territories were the successors of the League of Nations mandates and came into being when the League of Nations ceased to exist in 1946. All of the trust territories were administered through the UN Trusteeship Council. The one territory not turned over was South West Africa, which South Africa insisted remain under the League of Nations Mandate, and which eventually gained independence in 1990 as Namibia. The main objection was that the trust territory guidelines required that the lands be prepared for independence and majority rule. Trust territories (and administering powers) were: The United Nations, or UN, is an international organization established in 1945. ... League of Nations mandates were territories established under Article 22 of the Covenant of the League of Nations, 28 June 1919. ... The League of Nations was an international organization founded after the First World War at the Paris Peace Conference in 1919. ... 1946 was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... The United Nations Trusteeship Council, one of the principal organs of the United Nations, was established to help ensure that non-self-governing territories were administered in the best interests of the inhabitants and of international peace and security. ... South-West Africa is the former name (1884-1990) of Namibia under German (as German South-West Africa, Deutsch Süd-West Afrika) and (from 1915) South African administration when it was conqured from the Germans during World War I. Following the war, the Treaty of Versailles declared the territory... 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Majoritarianism (often also called majority rule) is a political philosophy or agenda which asserts that a majority (sometimes categorized by religion, language or some other identifying factor) of the population is entitled to a certain degree of primacy in society, and has the right to make decisions that affect the...
Cameroon (France) and Cameroons (United Kingdom) - The French portion was granted independence as the Republic of Cameroon in 1960. The somewhat smaller British portion had been administered in two parts (Northern Cameroons and Southern Cameroons). Following a plebiscite, Northern Cameroons became part of Nigeria in May 1961 and Southern Cameroons joined the Republic of Cameroon in October 1961.
New Guinea (Australia) - The northern half of this trust territory had been a League of Nations mandate. The southern half had been Australian before World War I. After World War II, the two were combined into a unified trust territory which was granted independence as Papua New Guinea in 1975. The western half of the island, now part of Indonesia was never part of the trust territory.
Togoland (France and United Kingdom) - The French portion became independent as Togo in 1960. The much smaller British portion was merged in 1946 with the British colony of the Gold Coast, which was granted independence as Ghana in 1957.
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