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* Western Samoa was administered by New Zealand under a League of Nations mandate through the Treaty of Versailles. After World War II, Western Samoa became a United Nations Trust Territory under the administration of New Zealand. In May 1961, a plebiscite held under the supervision of the United Nations on the basis of universal adult suffrage voted overwhelmingly in favor of independence. In October of the same year, the United Nations General Assembly passed a resolution to terminate the trusteeship agreement as of January 1, 1962, on which date Western Samoa became an independent sovereign state. Western Samoa earned the distinction of being the first independent sovereign state in the South Pacific. The prefix "Western" was dropped in July 1997 and the country renamed itself the Independent State of Samoa. | * Western Samoa was administered by New Zealand under a League of Nations mandate through the Treaty of Versailles. After World War II, Western Samoa became a United Nations Trust Territory under the administration of New Zealand. In May 1961, a plebiscite held under the supervision of the United Nations on the basis of universal adult suffrage voted overwhelmingly in favor of independence. In October of the same year, the United Nations General Assembly passed a resolution to terminate the trusteeship agreement as of January 1, 1962, on which date Western Samoa became an independent sovereign state. Western Samoa earned the distinction of being the first independent sovereign state in the South Pacific. The prefix "Western" was dropped in July 1997 and the country renamed itself the Independent State of Samoa. | ||
=== | === Useful Websites<br> === | ||
http://www. | * [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~samoawgw/ Samoa GenWeb] | ||
http://www. | * http://www.accessgenealogy.com/samoa/ | ||
http://www. | * http://www.besteam.ca/gen/samoa.htm | ||
http://www. | * http://www.rootsweb.com/~samoawgw/research.html | ||
* http://www.kindredtrails.com/samoa.html | |||
* http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/asian/americansamoa/resources/americansamoa-history.html * http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/asian/<br>americansamoa/resources/americansamoa-history.html] | |||
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