New York Agreement of 1962

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United Nations–brokered accord international agreement

The New York Agreement of 1962 was an accord brokered by the United Nations that transferred administration of Western New Guinea (West Papua) from the Netherlands to Indonesia, shaping the post-colonial territorial settlement between the two countries.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
New York Agreement	4
New York Agreement of 1962 canonical	1
New York Agreement of 25 September 1991	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5570277 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: New York Agreement of 1962
Context triple: [Netherlands–Indonesia relations, keyEvent, New York Agreement of 1962]

A. New York Agreement
The New York Agreement is a component accord of the broader Chapultepec Peace Accords that helped formalize and support the negotiated end to El Salvador’s civil war.
B. 1958 Agreement
The 1958 Agreement is a United Nations framework that establishes harmonized technical regulations and mutual recognition of vehicle type approvals among participating countries.
C. Washington Agreement
The Washington Agreement was a 1994 peace accord that ended the Croat–Bosniak conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina by creating the Bosniak–Croat Federation and reshaping the political landscape of the Bosnian War.
D. Geneva Accords
The Geneva Accords were a series of 1954 agreements that temporarily divided Vietnam at the 17th parallel and outlined the terms for ending hostilities in the First Indochina War.
E. Bicesse Accords
The Bicesse Accords were a 1991 peace agreement between the Angolan government and UNITA aimed at ending the Angolan Civil War and establishing a framework for democratic elections.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: New York Agreement of 1962
Target entity description: The New York Agreement of 1962 was an accord brokered by the United Nations that transferred administration of Western New Guinea (West Papua) from the Netherlands to Indonesia, shaping the post-colonial territorial settlement between the two countries.

A. New York Agreement
The New York Agreement is a component accord of the broader Chapultepec Peace Accords that helped formalize and support the negotiated end to El Salvador’s civil war.
B. 1958 Agreement
The 1958 Agreement is a United Nations framework that establishes harmonized technical regulations and mutual recognition of vehicle type approvals among participating countries.
C. Washington Agreement
The Washington Agreement was a 1994 peace accord that ended the Croat–Bosniak conflict in Bosnia and Herzegovina by creating the Bosniak–Croat Federation and reshaping the political landscape of the Bosnian War.
D. Geneva Accords
The Geneva Accords were a series of 1954 agreements that temporarily divided Vietnam at the 17th parallel and outlined the terms for ending hostilities in the First Indochina War.
E. Bicesse Accords
The Bicesse Accords were a 1991 peace agreement between the Angolan government and UNITA aimed at ending the Angolan Civil War and establishing a framework for democratic elections.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United Nations–brokered accord ⓘ international agreement ⓘ
abbreviation	UNTEA ⓘ
aimedToResolve	territorial dispute between the Netherlands and Indonesia over Western New Guinea ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Agreement between the Republic of Indonesia and the Kingdom of the Netherlands concerning West New Guinea ⓘ New York Agreement on West New Guinea ⓘ linked to: Agreement between the Republic of Indonesia and the Kingdom of the Netherlands concerning West New Guinea
brokeredBy	U Thant ⓘ United Nations ⓘ
category	1962 in international relations ⓘ Treaties of Indonesia ⓘ Treaties of the Netherlands ⓘ United Nations treaties ⓘ linked to: United Nations treaty
concernsTerritory	Netherlands New Guinea ⓘ linked to: Dutch New Guinea West Papua ⓘ Western New Guinea ⓘ linked to: western New Guinea
createdBody	United Nations Temporary Executive Authority ⓘ
criticizedFor	implementation of the act of self-determination ⓘ
dateSigned	1962-08-15 ⓘ
depositedWith	Secretary-General of the United Nations ⓘ
enteredIntoForce	1962-10-01 ⓘ
hasConsequence	beginning of Indonesian administration in West Papua ⓘ end of Dutch colonial rule in Western New Guinea ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Cold War ⓘ
involvedMediationBy	Robert F. Kennedy ⓘ United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
language	English ⓘ
legalBasisFor	Act of Free Choice ⓘ
partOf	post-colonial settlement between the Netherlands and Indonesia ⓘ
placeSigned	New York City ⓘ
previousAdministeringPower	Netherlands ⓘ
providedFor	act of self-determination in Western New Guinea ⓘ establishment of the United Nations Temporary Executive Authority ⓘ transfer of administration of Western New Guinea ⓘ
relatedConflict	West New Guinea dispute ⓘ
relatedEvent	Act of Free Choice ⓘ
required	act of free choice for the population ⓘ consultation with Papuan representatives ⓘ
resultedIn	integration of Western New Guinea into Indonesia ⓘ
signatory	Kingdom of the Netherlands ⓘ Republic of Indonesia ⓘ linked to: Indonesia
subjectMatter	decolonization ⓘ self-determination ⓘ territorial sovereignty ⓘ
subsequentAdministeringPower	Indonesia ⓘ
transferredAdministrationTo	Indonesia on 1963-05-01 ⓘ
UNTEAAdministrationEnd	1963-05-01 ⓘ
UNTEAAdministrationStart	1962-10-01 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited