United Nations Security Council Resolution 21

United Nations Security Council Resolution 21, adopted unanimously at the 124^th meeting of the Security Council on April 2, 1947, placed the former German Pacific Islands north of the Equator, which were formerly mandated to Japan by the League of Nations, under the Trusteeship System. The Security Council declared 16 Articles under which it had approved the terms. It declared the United States to be the Administering Authority and gave it permission to militarise the territory.

UN Security Council Resolution 21
Date	April 2 1947
Meeting no.	124
Code	S/318 (Document)
Subject	Trusteeship of strategic areas
Voting summary	11 voted for None voted against None abstained
Result	Adopted
Security Council composition
Permanent members	China  France  United Kingdom  United States  Soviet Union
Non-permanent members	Australia  Belgium  Brazil  Colombia  Poland  Syria

See also

• List of United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1 to 100 (1946–1953)
• Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands

References

United Nations Security Council Resolution 21 (1947). Trusteeship of Strategic Areas S/RES/21(1947) 2 April 1947. Retrieved 9 September 2014.

External links

• The full text of United Nations Security Council Resolution 21 at Wikisource