The behaviour of the United Nations towards decolonisation was indeed peculiar. In the case of the Trust Territory of Somaliland, the United Nations allowed Italy, a defeated country of the Second World War, to rule over a former fascist colony. Preferring to rely on the Italian administrators’ experience, the United Nations did not take into account the complex Somali tribal structure and its relations with the former fascist officers, thus provoking both the failure of the implementation of democratic institutions in Somalia, and the continuation of colonialism.

The Trust Territory of Somaliland, 1950-1960: trusteeship or colony?

Alessia Tortolini
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2020-01-01

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The behaviour of the United Nations towards decolonisation was indeed peculiar. In the case of the Trust Territory of Somaliland, the United Nations allowed Italy, a defeated country of the Second World War, to rule over a former fascist colony. Preferring to rely on the Italian administrators’ experience, the United Nations did not take into account the complex Somali tribal structure and its relations with the former fascist officers, thus provoking both the failure of the implementation of democratic institutions in Somalia, and the continuation of colonialism.
2020
Tortolini, Alessia
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