United Nations Temporary Executive Authority

West New Guinea West-Nieuw-Guinea (Dutch) Nugini-Barat (Indonesian)
1962–1963
Flag Emblem
Location of West New Guinea in Oceania
Status	Subsidiary organ of the UN General Assembly[1]
Capital	Hollandia[2]
Common languages	Dutch English Papuan languages Austronesian languages
Administrator
• 1962–1963	Jalal Abdoh
Historical era	Cold War
• Established	1 October 1962
• Disestablished	1 May 1963
Currency	Dutch New Guinean gulden
Preceded by Succeeded by Dutch New Guinea Indonesia

United Nations Administered West New Guinea refers to the period between 1 October 1962 and 1 May 1963 when Western New Guinea was administered by the United Nations Temporary Executive Authority (UNTEA) in accordance with in article two of the New York Agreement reached between the governments of the Netherlands and Indonesia in August 1962.

This was the first time in its history that the United Nations assumed direct administrative responsibility for a territory (as opposed to monitoring or supervising). The UN was responsible for promoting and safeguarding human rights at the national level. The United Nations would go on to undertake similar missions in Cambodia (UNTAC), Croatia (UNTAES), Kosovo (UNMIK) and East Timor (UNTAET).