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The idea that a territory should be administered by a state which, for the time being, is deemed better able to look after it than its own inhabitants. During the late twentieth century this idea became deeply out of keeping with the ethos of the times. However, during the 1990s the idea was mooted in certain quarters that collapsed states might be placed under some kind of international trusteeship. Unsurprisingly, as a formal status this had no attraction whatsoever for the generality of states and so nothing came of it. But in one or two cases, notably Kosovo following the imposition, with UN Security Council approval, of international control over the province in 1999, the practicalities of the situation began to look rather like that of de facto trusteeship. See also Trusteeship Council; trusteeship system. |
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