UN Trusteeship Council Documentation

There were eleven trust territories under the administration of the UN Trusteeship Council.

1. Western Samoa
2. Tanganyika
3. Rwanda-Urundi
4. Cameroons under British administration
5. Cameroons under French administration
6. Togoland under British administration
7. Togoland under French administration
8. New Guinea
9. Nauru
10. Strategic Trust Territory/ Trust territory of the Pacific Islands
11. Italian Somaliland

Trusteeship agreements were concluded between the United Nations and the administrating power. They were:

• Approved by resolutions
• Transmitted in documents of General Assembly, Security Council and the Trusteeship Council
• Published in the UN Treaty Series

Citation to the documents with the text of the agreement for each territory are available on the research guide page for the territory.