Trust Territory (Noun)
Meaning
A dependent country; administered by another country under the supervision of the United Nations.
Classification
Nouns denoting spatial position.
Examples
- After World War II, some occupied territories were designated as trust territories, administered by the Allied powers under the supervision of the United Nations.
- The Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands was a United Nations trust territory that existed from 1947 to 1994, administered by the United States.
- Prior to its independence, Somalia was a trust territory of Italy, overseen by the United Nations.
- The Trust Territory of Somaliland was an Italian trust territory that existed from 1950 to 1960, until its union with British Somaliland.
- Under a League of Nations mandate, Germany's colonies in Africa became the trust territories of the United Kingdom, France, and Belgium after World War I.