Mandate
In politics, a mandate is the authority granted by an electorate to act as its representative[?].
An example was the League of Nations imposed British mandate over the transition of Palestine into an independent country after the breaking up of the Ottoman Empire.
Namibia, previously a German colony, was administered as a mandate by South Africa between the end of World War I and its annexation by the latter country after World War II.
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In international law, A mandate is a binding obligation issued from an inter-governmental organization like the United Nations, to a country to have it follow the instructions of that organisation.