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The Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (TTPI) was a United Nations trust territory in Micronesia
Micronesia

Micronesia , from the Greek language mikros and nesos , is a subregion of Oceania, comprising hundreds of small islands in the Pacific Ocean....
 (western Pacific
Pacific Ocean

The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. Its name is derived from the Latin name Mare Pacificum, "peaceful sea", bestowed upon it by the Portugal explorer Ferdinand Magellan....
) administered by the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 from July 18, 1947, comprising the former South Pacific Mandate
South Pacific Mandate

The was the Japanese League of Nations Mandated territory consisting of several groups of islands in the Pacific Ocean which came under the administration of Empire of Japan after the defeat of the German Empire in World War I....
, a League of Nations Mandate
League of Nations mandate

A League of Nations mandate refers to a legal status for certain territories transferred from the control of one country to another following World War I, or the legal instruments that contained the terms for administering the territory on behalf of the League....
 administered by Japan
Empire of Japan

The Empire of Japan was a Japanese political entity that existed during the period from the Meiji Restoration in 1868 until its defeat in World War II in 1945....
 and taken by the U.S. in 1944. On October 21, 1986, the U.S. ended its administration of the Marshall Islands district. The termination of U.S. administration of the Chuuk
Chuuk

Chuuk — formerly Truk, Ruk, Hogoleu, Torres, Ugulat, and Lugulus — is an island group in the south western part of the Pacific Ocean....
, Yap
YAP

Yet Another Previewer or Yet Another Prolog are two document previewing applications and one Prolog compiler often referred to as YAP....
, Kosrae
Kosrae

Kosrae , formerly known as Kusaie, is an island in Micronesia and is by itself one of four states of the Federated States of Micronesia....
, Pohnpei
Pohnpei

Pohnpei "upon a stone altar " is the name of one of the four state s in the Federated States of Micronesia , and among the Senyavin Islands ....
, and the Mariana Islands districts of the TTPI soon followed on November 3, 1986.






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The Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (TTPI) was a United Nations trust territory in Micronesia
Micronesia

Micronesia , from the Greek language mikros and nesos , is a subregion of Oceania, comprising hundreds of small islands in the Pacific Ocean....
 (western Pacific
Pacific Ocean

The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. Its name is derived from the Latin name Mare Pacificum, "peaceful sea", bestowed upon it by the Portugal explorer Ferdinand Magellan....
) administered by the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 from July 18, 1947, comprising the former South Pacific Mandate
South Pacific Mandate

The was the Japanese League of Nations Mandated territory consisting of several groups of islands in the Pacific Ocean which came under the administration of Empire of Japan after the defeat of the German Empire in World War I....
, a League of Nations Mandate
League of Nations mandate

A League of Nations mandate refers to a legal status for certain territories transferred from the control of one country to another following World War I, or the legal instruments that contained the terms for administering the territory on behalf of the League....
 administered by Japan
Empire of Japan

The Empire of Japan was a Japanese political entity that existed during the period from the Meiji Restoration in 1868 until its defeat in World War II in 1945....
 and taken by the U.S. in 1944. On October 21, 1986, the U.S. ended its administration of the Marshall Islands district. The termination of U.S. administration of the Chuuk
Chuuk

Chuuk — formerly Truk, Ruk, Hogoleu, Torres, Ugulat, and Lugulus — is an island group in the south western part of the Pacific Ocean....
, Yap
YAP

Yet Another Previewer or Yet Another Prolog are two document previewing applications and one Prolog compiler often referred to as YAP....
, Kosrae
Kosrae

Kosrae , formerly known as Kusaie, is an island in Micronesia and is by itself one of four states of the Federated States of Micronesia....
, Pohnpei
Pohnpei

Pohnpei "upon a stone altar " is the name of one of the four state s in the Federated States of Micronesia , and among the Senyavin Islands ....
, and the Mariana Islands districts of the TTPI soon followed on November 3, 1986. The UN only formally ended the trusteeship for the Chuuk
Chuuk

Chuuk — formerly Truk, Ruk, Hogoleu, Torres, Ugulat, and Lugulus — is an island group in the south western part of the Pacific Ocean....
, Yap
YAP

Yet Another Previewer or Yet Another Prolog are two document previewing applications and one Prolog compiler often referred to as YAP....
, Kosrae
Kosrae

Kosrae , formerly known as Kusaie, is an island in Micronesia and is by itself one of four states of the Federated States of Micronesia....
, Pohnpei
Pohnpei

Pohnpei "upon a stone altar " is the name of one of the four state s in the Federated States of Micronesia , and among the Senyavin Islands ....
, Mariana Islands, and Marshall Islands districts on December 22, 1990. On May 25, 1994 the UN ended the trusteeship for the Palau district, after which the U.S. and Palau agreed to establish the latter's independence on October 1.

This area is now divided into four territories:
  • The Republic of the Marshall Islands
    Marshall Islands

    The Marshall Islands , officially the Republic of the Marshall Islands , is a Micronesian island nation in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, just west of the International Date Line and just north of the Equator....
     (RMI) was established in 1979 and signed a Compact of Free Association
    Compact of Free Association

    The Compact of Free Association defines the relationship that three sovereign states?the Federated States of Micronesia , the Republic of the Marshall Islands and the Republic of Palau?have entered into as associated states with the United States....
     with the U.S. (effective October 21, 1986).
  • The Federated States of Micronesia
    Federated States of Micronesia

    The Federated States of Micronesia is an island nation located in the Pacific Ocean, north of Papua New Guinea. The country is a sovereign state in Associated state with the United States....
     (FSM) was established in 1979 and signed a Compact of Free Association
    Compact of Free Association

    The Compact of Free Association defines the relationship that three sovereign states?the Federated States of Micronesia , the Republic of the Marshall Islands and the Republic of Palau?have entered into as associated states with the United States....
     with the U.S. (effective November 3, 1986).
  • The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
    Northern Mariana Islands

    The Northern Mariana Islands , officially the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands , is a commonwealth in political union with the United States, occupying a strategic region of the western Pacific Ocean....
     (CNMI) was set up in 1978 as a commonwealth in political union with the U.S.
  • The Republic of Palau
    Palau

    Palau , officially the Republic of Palau , is an borderless country in the Pacific Ocean, some 500 miles east of the Philippines and 2,000 miles south of Tokyo....
      was established in 1981 and concluded a Compact of Free Association
    Compact of Free Association

    The Compact of Free Association defines the relationship that three sovereign states?the Federated States of Micronesia , the Republic of the Marshall Islands and the Republic of Palau?have entered into as associated states with the United States....
     with the U.S. (effective October 1, 1994).


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