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The United Nations and Decolonisation, 1960–70

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 November 2008

Yassin El-Ayouty
Affiliation:
Center for African Studies, St John's University, New York

Extract

Between 1960 and 1970 decolonisation under the auspices of the U.N. has produced issues which were not foreseen by the drafters of the Charter in 1945. If decolonisation from 1945 to 1960 was governed by the general provisions of Chapters XI, XII, and XIII of the Charter relating to non-selfgoverning and trust territories, the last decade's efforts in the same area have been governed by principles enunciated in the Declaration on Independence adopted by the U.N. General Assembly in 1960 and by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948. The latter period also witnessed action by the United Nations, for the first time in its history, under Chapter VII of the Charter, which deals with enforcement measures.

Type
Africana
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1970

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