In:
International Organization, Cambridge University Press (CUP), Vol. 26, No. 1 ( 1972), p. 37-61
Kurzfassung:
Since 1962 the United Nations, mainly through the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples (Special Committee of 24), has attempted to effect political change in dependent territories in accordance with the principle of self-determination of peoples. While the organization usually demands that the inhabitants be given a chance to determine their political future and to choose their government, its primary objective has been somewhat more specific. Spurred on by the influx of new members that occurred around the start of the decade, most of them former colonies, the UN has pressured for the complete displacement of alien rule in dependent territories and has tended to accept whatever type of government emerges as long as it is indigenous, that is, not controlled by a colonial power or European settlers.
Materialart:
Online-Ressource
ISSN:
0020-8183
,
1531-5088
DOI:
10.1017/S0020818300002873
Sprache:
Englisch
Verlag:
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Publikationsdatum:
1972
ZDB Id:
1481046-3
SSG:
3,6
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