Word: libya
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Africa, coming under the second category, have been the focus of argument at this session of the General Assembly. The peace treaty with Italy provided that if the Big Four disagreed on the disposition of her colonies, the dispute should go to the U.N. Russia wanted U.N. trusteeship for Libya, Eritrea, and Somaliland; the Western Allies wanted them administered by a single nation. The whole problem went to the General Assembly...
...case of Jerusalem, the result in the General Assembly was a grandiose deal. The Latin American bloc, favorable to Italy, voted to put Somaliland under Italian control for ten years, with independence promised at that time. To appease the Arabs, Libya was promised freedom by 1952, with a U.N. commission to supervise the establishment of an independent government. Eritrea will be polled by a five-nation committee next year to see if it wishes to join Ethiopia...
Many delegates to the General Assembly have expressed dissatisfaction with the "solution" of the Italian colonial problem. Britain wants a plebiscite in Libya to determine whether they want a unified or split nation. Moslems have demanded a voice in the running of Somaliland. The Italian Colonies are a typical trusteeship case: plenty of complications and vested interests...
This week U.N.'s General Assembly moved to create a couple of new states. By an overwhelming vote (48 to 1, with nine abstentions) the Assembly decided, after weeks of bickering and Soviet-bloc obstruction, that the former Italian colony of Libya (pop. 1,120,000) shall be independent in 1952. A U.N. commissioner and advisory council will govern the country until then...
...Political Committee then took up the matter of the Italian colonies. The Russians dramatically demanded immediate independence for Libya (now administered by the British). The U.S. and Britain submitted plans asking for independence in three to five years...