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TRUST TERRITORIES
The Trust Territories, their administering powers, and the date and details
of their gaining self-government are shown here.
Cameroons (France)
1960—independence as Cameroon
Cameroons (United Kingdom)
1961—Northern part joined Nigeria, Southern part joined Cameroon
Nauru (Australia)
1968—independence as Nauru
New Guinea (Australia)
1975—joined the Non-Self-Governing Territory of Papua to become the
independent state of Papua New Guinea
Ruanda-Urundi (Belgium)
1962—divided into the independent states of Rwanda and Burundi
Somaliland (Italy)
1960—joined the Non-Self-Governing Territory of British Somaliland to
become the independent state of Somalia
Tanganyika (United Kingdom)
1961—independence as Tanganyika (in 1964, joined Zanzibar to
become Tanzania)
Togoland (France)
1960—independence as Togo
Togoland (United Kingdom)
1957—joined the Non-Self-Governing Territory of the Gold Coast to
become the independent state of Ghana
Trust Territories of the Pacific Islands (United States)
Federated States of Micronesia
1990—self-governing in free association with the United States
Republic of the Marshall Islands
1990—self-governing in free association with the United States
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
1990—self-governing as Commonwealth of the United States
Palau
1994—self-governing in free association with the United States