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Administered by a country under the supervision of the United Nations
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trusteeship
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a dependent country; administered by another country under the supervision of the United Nations [syn: trust territory ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Trusteeship \Trus*tee"ship\, n. The office or duty of a trustee.
Wikipedia
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Trusteeship is a socio-economic philosophy that was propounded by Mahatma Gandhi . It provides a means by which the wealthy people would be the trustees of trusts that looked after the welfare of the people in general. This concept was condemned by socialists ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Bodies wishing to be consulted must leave the umbrella committee established to coordinate activity against the Moscow decision on trusteeship . ▪ In 1988, Giuliani filed his suit, seeking a trusteeship of the Teamsters Union. ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context legal English) 2 # the office or function of a trustee. 3 # the administrative control of a territory granted to a country by the Trusteeship Council of the United Nations.
Usage examples of trusteeship.
This was the eternal dilemma of colonies of trusteeship, and was solved by Gordon in a brilliantly original manner.
The idea of trusteeship was not new even when it became incorporated in the mandate agreements at the end of the First World War, and informed discussions before the war had explored proposals and possibilities for colonial development.
Foremost was the belief of the Australian government that it owed a debt to the people of Papua and New Guinea, a belief which was compounded by the conviction that pre-war trusteeship had been inadequate.
Indeed, the United States threatened to annex Micronesia by right of conquest unless it had its way on the terms of the trusteeship agreement.
The United Nations Trusteeship Council, to its credit, took the petition seriously, immediately sending a mission of inquiry to Samoa.
It was not part of the thinking of Samoan leaders that independence should make their country a political replica of the western democracies, and the United Nations Trusteeship Council had misgivings about the Samoan proposal for a restricted franchise.
Niue, Tokelau and the Cook Islands had never been trusteeship territories, nor had they a history of such determined protest as the Samoans.
Hdqtrs, UNHQB-NY, on or about 09:00 hours, 16 August 2065, to give testimony before The Executive Committee, United Nations Trusteeship Council.
These were: The General Assembly, the Security Council, the Economic and Social Council, the Trusteeship Council, the International Court of Justice, and the Secretariat.
The Security Council controls the day-to-day operations of the UN through its subordinate organizations, including the Secretariat and Trusteeship Council.
Somehow, they got the US to agree and for the first time in its history, the Trusteeship Council had a real job to do.
Since the Trusteeship Council is purely a creature of the Security Council, we in the Directorate are not directly responsible to the Member States.
Councils -- both Security and Trusteeship -- are divided on whether or not to risk such a floor fight.
Since our business for today is concluded, I move that this, the sixth secret session of the Executive Committee of the Trusteeship Council concerning the matter of the Alien, be adjourned.
If the Delegates will consult their agendas, they will note that the first speaker is Agusta Louise Meriweather, Secretary to the Executive Committee of the Trusteeship Council.