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International Week of Solidarity with the Peoples of Non-Self-Governing Territories 2024 – May 25/31
May 28 , 2024
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- In the UN Charter, a Non-Self-Governing Territory is defined as a Territory “whose people have not yet attained a full measure of self-government.”
- In 1946, eight Member States listed 72 territories under their administration, which they considered to be non-self-governing.
- Eight became independent before 1959.
- In 1963, the Assembly approved a revised list of 64 territories to which the 1960 Declaration on Decolonization applied.
- From 1960 to 2002, 54 territories attained self-government.
- At present, there are 17 Non-Self-Governing Territories remaining.
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