The United Nations Trusteeship System

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This book considers the past and present legacies, continuities and change of the United Nations Trusteeship System by assessing consequences and legacies of decolonization in contemporary society, international organizations and international politics. International contributors address the UN Trusteeship System as a venue for multiple state and non- state actors and its effect on the international system. Rather than viewing UN trusteeship as a bygone phenomenon, the volume underscores its current relevance, particularly in view of the recent resurgence of trusteeship models such as in Kosovo and East Timor. Offering a novel and robust, yet simple and intuitive analytical framework through which to understand a broad range of cases related to the Trusteeship System and its impact on the international system, the book places emphasis on the agency of states in the Global South and highlights the importance of multiple actors in global governance. It will be of interest to scholars of international relations theory and history in a variety of fields, ranging from African Politics to Intergovernmental Organizations and Comparative Politics. Cover Endorsement Half Title Series Information Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents Figures Contributors Foreword Preface Acknowledgments 1 Introduction Contextualizing Trusteeship: From Colonial Interests Toward Anti-Colonial Ambitions Situated in Interdisciplinary Research Notes 2 Institutional Design of the UN Trusteeship System: Between Colonial Interests and Anti-Colonial Ambitions From the League of Nations to the United Nations Laying the Groundwork: From the US Department of State Working Paper to the Yalta Conference From San Francisco to London: Carving Out Substantive and Procedural Inroads UNCIO Committee II/4: Innovating Within a Bifurcated Colonial System Innovating Access and Participatory Mechanisms Through Committee II/4 The Preparatory Commission of the United Nations: Securing Compliance Securing Voluntary Compliance: The Approval of Trust Territory Agreements Delegated Authority By the Secretary-General: Creating a NSGTs Venue A Wedge in the Colonial System: Petitions and Visiting Missions Uncharted Ground: Petitioning Via the Trusteeship Council Having a Voice and an Ear With the International Audience: Oral Hearings, Written Petitions, and Visiting Missions Concluding Remarks Notes 3 Decolonization and (The Limits Of) UN Agency: The UN Secretariat and the Trusteeship System Introduction Wartime Planning A Secretariat View On Trusteeship The Confines of the Trusteeship System Personal Confines Conclusion Notes 4 Partitioning Togoland By Nullifying the Right to Petition Introduction Significance of Petitions in the Anti-Colonial Struggle Right to Petition: Brief Historical Overview and State of the Art Antecedents: Togolese Petitions Under German Rule and the League of Nations Petitions Under UN Trusteeship: Introducing the Right to Petition Prolongation of the Mandates System: The Ad Hoc Committees Arrival of the First Ewe Petitions The Council’s Disposal of Petitions Reactions By the Fourth Committee Reactions By the Ewe and Togoland Unification Movement Standing Committee: No Procedure for Petitions Raising General Issues Struggle Over Oral Hearings: No Procedure for the General Assembly Conclusion Notes 5 A Colonial War Under UN Supervision?: The Trusteeship System and the Silenced War in Cameroon Introduction: UN Trusteeship as Internationalized Rule State of the Art: From UN Trusteeship to Neo-Trusteeship Conceptualization: (In)Security and Postcolonial Positionality – Whose Threats? Empirical Illustration: Internationalization of Political Domination? Background: The Trusteeship System in Cameroon Internalist Perspective: The Conflict Between France and UPC Externalist Perspective: Amplifying Dynamics in the Trusteeship Council Conclusion: A Colonial War Under UN Supervision? Notes 6 Colonial Legacies of Decolonization: The Trust Territory of Somaliland and Italian Behavior Toward the Horn of Africa Introduction The Colonization of Somalia: Two Models of Colonial Rule Italian Colonization of Somalia The Emergence of the British Protectorate The Establishment of the UN Trusteeship From Paris Peace Treaties to the Birth of AFIS The Amministrazione Fiduciaria Italiana Della Somalia’s Impact On Somali Society The Post-Independence Decline of Somalia Trusteeship Or Colonialism? Conclusion: The Legacy of Colonialism in Somalia Notes 7 Nuclear Testing On the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands: How the US Became an Imperial Power in the Region of Micronesia Introduction The Trusteeship System and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands Negotiating the Trusteeship Agreement Nuclear Testing in the Pacific and Displacement of Peoples Castle Bravo: A Nuclear Tragedy The Compact of Free Association Conclusion Notes 8 “Now the UN Has Its First Colony”: Technical Assistance and Informal Trusteeship During the UN Peacekeeping Mission in ... Tracing Colonial Legacies in the ONUC Mission Building an International Community in the Field Weaponizing Congolese Infrastructure Conclusion Notes 9 Breaking With the Past?: Neo-Trusteeship in the 21st Century Introduction From Trusteeship to Neo-Trusteeship Neo-Trusteeship: Kosovo and East Timor Starting Point: Differences and Similarities of Trusteeship and Neo-Trusteeship Administrations The Lack of Accountability in Neo-Trusteeship The Legacies of Dependency in Neo-Trusteeship East Timor Kosovo Conclusion Notes 10 Trusteeship as Affective Arrangement: Exploring Affective Practices of an International Bureaucracy Introduction Trusteeship as an International Administration The Affective Dimension of Bureaucratic Rule Affective Practices and Arrangements Petitions as Affective Documents Becoming the Eyes, Ears, and Bodies of the United Nations Conclusion: Affects of Governing and Governing of Affects Notes Index