The Trusteeship Agreement for the former Japanese-mandated islands entered into force, making the United States the administering authority over what became the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, including Palau. The US-style drug code followed from that administration.[1]
Listed for context. No score change is recorded for Palau here.
References
- United Nations — Trusteeship Agreement for the Territory of the Pacific Islands (1947)Agreement approved 1947; United States as administering authority.
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