The Institution of International Territorial Administration

Abstract

This chapter explains where and when international territorial administration (ITA) was used before and during the UN missions in Kosovo and East Timor. In terms of plenary administration, it covers the League of Nations in the Saar and Letica; the UN in West Irian, South West Africa/Namibia, and Eastern Slavonia; the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in camps housing refugees and internally displaced people in various places; and the EU in Mostar. In terms of partial administration, it covers the League of Nations in Danzig; the UN in the Congo, Namibia, Cambodia, Western Sahara, Somalia, and Northern Iraq; the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) in Palestinian refugee camps in various places; UN material assistance programmes in various places; and the Office of the High Representative (OHR) in Bosnia. It also covers the involvement of foreign nationals appointed by international entities on national institutions, including courts and tribunals, in Afghanistan, Bosnia, Cambodia, East Timor, Iraq, Kosovo, Lebanon, and Sierra Leone; and the role of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in conducting elections in Bosnia and Kosovo.