Word: trusteeship
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Lake Success angry members of the U.N. Trusteeship Council, which was supposed to establish the international regime over Jerusalem, called for a strong stand against Israel's truculence. Ben-Gurion's government meanwhile was carrying on independent negotiations with Jordan's cunning King Abdullah, whose Arab Legionnaires patrolled Jerusalem's Old City, a stone's throw from the blue & white flag flying over Ben-Gurion's headquarters in the Eden Hotel...
Corpus Separatum. The Israel-Jordan agreement was spurred by U.N. action. On the eve of adjournment at Flushing Meadows last week, the General Assembly approved a plan to internationalize Jerusalem. By its terms the city would become a corpus separatum governed by the U.N.'s Trusteeship Council. The area would embrace the walled Old City, the bustling New City and such nearby holy places as Bethlehem...
There are three kinds of territories which are eligible for U.N. trusteeship, under Chapters XII and XIII: areas previously under League of Nations mandates, territories taken from enemy nations in World War II, and regions which may be voluntarily placed under U.N. administration...
...colonies in Africa, coming under the second category, have been the focus of argument at this session of the General Assembly. The peace treaty with Italy provided that if the Big Four disagreed on the disposition of her colonies, the dispute should go to the U.N. Russia wanted U.N. trusteeship for Libya, Eritrea, and Somaliland; the Western Allies wanted them administered by a single nation. The whole problem went to the General Assembly...
Many delegates to the General Assembly have expressed dissatisfaction with the "solution" of the Italian colonial problem. Britain wants a plebiscite in Libya to determine whether they want a unified or split nation. Moslems have demanded a voice in the running of Somaliland. The Italian Colonies are a typical trusteeship case: plenty of complications and vested interests...