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Time Line
1919
The League of Nations is established.
April 25, 1945
The United Nations Conference in San Francisco begins. The Charter of the United Nations is signed by fifty nations.
June 26, 1945
April 1946
The League of Nations is disbanded.
December 10, 1948
The United Nations adopts the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
December 14, 1960
The United Nations issues Resolution 1514, also known as the“Declaration on the granting of independence to colonial countries and peoples.” The United Nations issues Resolution 1541, listing the ways by which a Non-Self-Governing Territory could achieve self-determination. The Special Committee on Decolonization is established. Western Sahara is added to the UN’s Non-Self- Governing Territories list. The United Nations ends South Africa’s mandate over South West Africa, adding the Territory to the Non-Self-Governing Territories list.
December 15, 1960
1962
1963
1966
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