List of territories governed by the United Nations

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The UN flag, used for all administrations (except UNTAC)
The flag used for UNTAC in Cambodia

This is a list of territories which are directly administered, or once were, by the United Nations (UN). These are not to be confused with UN trust territories, which were run by a single country under a UN mandate.

List

Current

Name Location Years Today part of
United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) United Nations Buffer Zone in Cyprus (UNBZC) 1974–present  Cyprus
United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) UNDOF Zone on the Golan Heights 1974–present  Syria
United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) United Nations Administered Kosovo 1999–present
(only de jure since 2008)
 Kosovo
(claimed by  Serbia)

Former

Name Location Years Today part of
United Nations Temporary Executive Authority (UNTEA) Western New Guinea 1962–1963  Indonesia
(claimed by the  Republic of West Papua)
United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC) Cambodia 1992–1993  Cambodia
United Nations Transitional Administration for Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Sirmium (UNTAES) Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Syrmia 1996–1998  Croatia
United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET) United Nations Administered East Timor 1999–2002  Timor-Leste

See also