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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817000803321

Titolo

Phasing out the colonial status of Greenland, 1945-54 : a historical study / / edited by Frede P. Jensen, Erik Beukel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Copenhagen, Denmark : , : Museum Tusculanum Press, , 2010

©2010

ISBN

87-635-3646-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (481 p.)

Collana

Monographs on Greenland, , 0025 6676 ; ; Volume 347

Man & Society, , 0106 1062 ; ; Volume 37

Disciplina

998.2

Soggetti

Decolonization - Greenland

Greenland History

Greenland Foreign relations Denmark

Denmark Foreign relations Greenland

Greenland Politics and government

Denmark Politics and government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Front cover ""; ""Title page ""; ""Colophone ""; ""Contents ""; ""1 · Introduction""; ""2 · Greenland and Denmark before 1945 (Erik Beukel)""; ""Introduction""; ""Greenland as a Danish colony""; ""The aura surrounding this vulnerable colony""; ""The monopoly""; ""Consensus""; ""Relationships with other countries: Vulnerable sovereignty""; ""Greenland between North America and Europe: World War II""; ""In the shadow of World War II: American considerations and proposals""; ""The US, Greenland, and Denmark after 9 April""; ""Kauffmann's Greenland agreement""

""Two Danish perspectives: Brun and Kauffmann""""World War II as a turning point""; ""3 · The Greenland issue - sovereignty,self-determination and dependence (Erik Beukel) ""; ""Introduction""; ""Sovereignty""; ""Sovereignty as a fundamental norm""; ""Changes in the rules of sovereignty""; ""National right of self-determination""; ""Origin and development""; ""The UN Charter and the right of self-determination in practice""; ""Factors governing dependence: National



security policy and economics""; ""After liberation""; ""Denmark and the US in NATO""; ""Economic dependence""; ""Conclusion""

""4 · The international context: The decolonisation process in the UN (Erik Beukel)""""Introduction""; ""Normative framework""; ""The initial germination""; ""The UN Charter""; ""The US and decolonisation""; ""Organisational framework""; ""An organisational apparatus?""; ""Establishing an organisational apparatus: From an ad hoc committee to the Committee on Information""; ""A wider scope""; ""Lists of factors""; ""Closing remarks""; ""5 · The development of international law concerning decolonisation and selfdetermination (Jens Elo Rytter) ""; ""Introduction""

""On the development of international law in general, especially the conditions for the formation of customary law""""On colonial self-determination, the territorial integrity of states, and the rights of minorities""; ""The establishment of colonial self-determination as a norm of international law""; ""Self-determination prior to 1945""; ""Self-determination and decolonisation under the UN Charter""; ""After 1945: The General Assembly proclaims the right of colonies to self-determination""; ""When was the right of colonies to self-determination established as a norm of international law?""

""Requirements concerning the implementation of colonial self-determination (around 1953-1954)""""The colonial regime in Chapter XI of the UN Charter - the obligation to report to the Secretary-General""; ""After 1945: The General Assembly attempts to extend the authority of the UN based on Chapter XI""; ""An informed and democratic process""; ""The option of choosing independence""; ""What principles of international law applied in 1953-1954 to the implementation of the right of self-determination?""; ""Evaluating the process of Greenland's integration with Denmark in 1953-1954""

""Greenland's integration and General Assembly Resolution 849""