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Mandate (international law)
Obligation handed down by an inter-governmental body From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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In international law, a mandate is a binding obligation issued from an inter-governmental organisation (e.g. the United Nations) to a country which is bound to follow the instructions of the organisation.
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Before the creation of the United Nations, all mandates were issued from the League of Nations. An example of such a mandate would be Australian New Guinea, officially known as the Territory of Papua.[1]
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