CURRENT AFFAIRS: IMPORTANT DAYS
International Week of Solidarity with the Peoples of Non-Self-Governing Territories – Observed on May 25 – 31
- International Week of Solidarity with the Peoples of Non-Self-Governing Territories Observed on May 25 – 31
- 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, several UN Member States identified a number of Territories under their administration that were not self-governing and placed them on a UN list.
- Countries administering Non-Self-Governing Territories are called administering Powers.
- As a result of the decolonization process over the years, most of the Territories were removed from the list.
