What the records say
- When
- 15 Aug 1962
- Kind
- Event
- Coordinates
- 5.00° S, 136.00° E
- Description
- The New York Agreement is signed, transferring the Dutch West New Guinea colony to Indonesia.
Placed at the area around the region it links, Western New Guinea.
New York Agreement
Agreement on resolving Western New Guinea dispute
The New York Agreement, officially the Agreement between the Republic of Indonesia and the Kingdom of the Netherlands Concerning West New Guinea, is an agreement signed by the Kingdom of the Netherlands and Indonesia regarding the administration of the territory of Western New Guinea.
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- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “accord de New York sur l’Irian ; l’ONU est chargée d’administrer le territoire jusqu’au 1 mai 1963, date à laquelle l’Indonésie le prendra en charge”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page