West New Guinea | |||||||||
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| 1962–1963 | |||||||||
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 Location of West New Guinea in Oceania | |||||||||
| Status | Subsidiary organ of the UN General Assembly[1] | ||||||||
| Capital | Hollandia[2] | ||||||||
| Common languages | Dutch English Papuan languages Austronesian languages | ||||||||
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• 1962–1963 | Jalal Abdoh | ||||||||
| Historical era | Cold War | ||||||||
• Established | 1 October 1962 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1 May 1963 | ||||||||
| Currency | Dutch New Guinean gulden | ||||||||
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United Nations Administered West New Guinea refers to the period between 1 October 1962 and 1 May 1963 when Western New Guinea was administered by the United Nations Temporary Executive Authority (UNTEA) in accordance with in article two of the New York Agreement reached between the governments of the Netherlands and Indonesia in August 1962.
This was the first time in its history that the United Nations assumed direct administrative responsibility for a territory (as opposed to monitoring or supervising). The UN was responsible for promoting and safeguarding human rights at the national level. The United Nations would go on to undertake similar missions in Cambodia (UNTAC), Croatia (UNTAES), Kosovo (UNMIK) and East Timor (UNTAET).
- ^ Myung-Ki, Kim (1990). "Some Legal Problems Concerning Withdrawal of the United Nations Forces". The Journal of East Asian Affairs. 4 (2): 299. ISSN 1010-1608. JSTOR 23254021.
- ^ "UNITED NATIONS SECURITY FORCE IN WEST NEW GUINEA (UNSF) - Facts and Figures".