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Description

English: Map was used to show the progress of the UN's decolonization efforts.

Derivative work based on UN Map No. 4135 Rev. 3, updated in May 2010 by UN Department of Field Support, Cartographic Section

Taken from the UN's decolonization website. Only modification was a conversion to SVG and per UN license, removal of reference information from the map.

In fulfillment of a Wikipedia Graphics Lab: Map Workshop request by User:Gryffindor, referencing a photo taken by User:Deror_avi at the UN building.

English: The founding Member States of the UN

English: UN founding Members which celebrated their independence after the creation of the UN

English: Territories administered under a League of Nations Mandate

English: States with a special treaty relationship with a UN Member State

English: Territories which by 1949 were under the UN Trusteeship System

English: Non-Member States of the UN

English: Other dependent territories

Date

Unknown date, last update in May 2010

Source

The United Nations and Decolonization

Author

United Nations Department of Field Support, Cartographic Section

Permission
(Reusing this file)

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	01:31, 9 July 2022	1,421 × 816 (802 KB)	Kwamikagami	Reverted to version as of 22:10, 21 May 2012 (UTC)
	01:29, 9 July 2022	1,421 × 816 (802 KB)	Kwamikagami	official UN blue, #009edb
	22:10, 21 May 2012	1,421 × 816 (802 KB)	25or6to4	updated to approved font, should fix location issues
	20:24, 12 May 2011	1,421 × 816 (533 KB)	Ras67	frame removed
	22:15, 7 September 2010	1,438 × 832 (497 KB)	Gringer	Arial font, some unnecessary styles removed
	04:51, 7 September 2010	1,438 × 832 (4.38 MB)	Lesqual	Uploaded with fonts converted to paths so that WP can render text properly until it gets a better RSVG implementation - if you need to modify, use previous revision.
	04:32, 7 September 2010	1,438 × 832 (616 KB)	Lesqual	{{Information \|Description={{en\|1=Map was used to show the progress of the UN's decolonization efforts. Derivative work based on UN Map No. 4135 Rev. 3, updated in May 2010 by UN Department of Field Support, Cartographic Section Taken from the UN's deco