For example, in the geopolitical ontology a non-self-governing territory or a geographical group are concepts.

In 1946, Hawaii was placed on the United Nations list of non-self-governing territories.

She was involved in research works related to non-self-governing territories and their problems and decolonization in the third world.

It is now a "non-self-governing territory" administered by the United Nations for an undetermined period of transition that could last two or three years.

The list draws its origins from the period of colonialism and the Charter's concept of non-self-governing territories.

In 2012 there still remain 16 territories in the non-self-governing territories:

Western Sahara is listed by the UN as a "non-self-governing territory".

It was directly administered by Pakistan as a de facto dependent territory, i.e., a non-self-governing territory.

Western Sahara has been on the United Nations list of non-self-governing territories since the 1960s when it was a Spanish colony.

Several countries opposed this article, considering that the convention should apply to Non-Self-Governing Territories: