Territorial autonomy
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States wishing to retain territorial integrity in opposition to ethnic or indigenous demands for self-determination or independence (sovereignty) sometimes offer or impose limited territorial autonomy.
Since World War I, there has been an increasing impetus for colonial powers to create limited autonomous regions to change world perception of their exploitation and subjugation of the dominion territory. World pressure for liberation of such colonies has been a central theme with the Atlantic Charter, United Nations Charter, and finally United Nations General Assembly Resolutions 1514 and 1541 signed in December 1960.
The table below lists of territorial autonomies ( sub-regional territorial autonomies is not included ):
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External links
- Globalization and Autonomy
- Ethnic and Special Autonomy in China
- The Buddhist Channel Tibet campaign may boil over after Dalai Lama - criticism of Tibet autonomy effort
- United Nations Information Service East Timor Reject Proposed Special Autonomy
- Special autonomy for Aceh and West Papua an overview
- Cantonisation: Historical Paths to Territorial Autonomy for Regional Cultural Communities
- The working autonomies in Europe
- The World's Working Regional Autonomies, Thomas Benedikter, Anthem Press, 2007
- Public Participation and Minorities, report by Minority Rights Group, 2003
- From Conflict to Autonomy in Nicaragua: Lessons Learnt, study by Minority Rights Group, 2007
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