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Title Phasing out the colonial status of Greenland, 1945-54 : a historical study / edited by Frede P. Jensen, Erik Beukel
Published Copenhagen, Denmark : Museum Tusculanum Press, 2010
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Description 1 online resource (481 pages) : illustration, map
Series Monographs on Greenland, 0025 6676 ; Volume 347
Man & Society, 0106 1062 ; Volume 37
Meddelelser om Grønland ; Volume 347.
Meddelelser om Grønland. Man & society ; Volume 37.
Contents 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 germinationThe 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; Mists 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 minoritiesThe 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-GeneralAfter 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; Gudmundur Alfredsson's critique
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on print version record
Subject Decolonization -- Greenland
Decolonization
Diplomatic relations
Politics and government
SUBJECT Greenland -- History
Greenland -- Foreign relations -- Denmark
Denmark -- Foreign relations -- Greenland
Greenland -- Politics and government
Denmark -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85036810
Subject Denmark
Greenland
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Jensen, Frede P., editor
Beukel, Erik, 1945- editor.
ISBN 9788763536462 (e-book)
8763536463 (e-book)