The Future of the Trust Territory of the Cameroons Under United Kingdom Administration: Organization of a Further Plebiscite in the Northern Part of the Territory

A/RES/1473(XIV)View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1960.

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5 subjects

Administration Cameroons Under British Administration Decentralization in Management Plebiscites Questionnaires

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8 operative paragraphs

further plebiscite in the northern part of the Territory

Expresses its high appreciation of the work of the United Nations Plebiscite Commissioner and the United Nations staff under his direction; . 2. Recommends t~at the Administering Authority, m pursuance of Article 76 b of the Charter of the United Nations and in consultation with the United Nat(ons Plebiscite Commissioner, organize under United Nations supervision a further plebiscite in the Northern Cameroons, the arrangements for which shall begin

87 Ibid., agenda item 41, documents A/4314 and Add.I.

38 [bid., document A/4313.

8-ladou adopted on du, nporta of du, Fonrth Comminee S9 on 30 September 1960, and that the plebiscite be of governmental functions and the effective democratizaconcluded not later than March 1961 ;

tion of the system of local government in the northern part of the Trust Territory;

Decides that the two questions to be put at this plebiscite should be :

Recommends that the Administering Authority " (a) Do you wish to achieve independence by should initiate without delay the separation of the joining the independent Republic of the Cameroons?

administration of the Northern Cameroons from that " ( b) Do you wish to achieve independence by of Nigeria and that this process should be completed by 1 October 1960 ;

joining the independent Federation of Nigeria?";

Requests the Administering Authority to report

Recommends that the plebiscite be conducted on on the process of separation to the Trusteeship Council the basis of universal adult suffrage, all those over the at its twenty-sixth session, and requests the Council age of twenty-one and ordinarily resident in the to submit a report on this matter to the General Assem- Northern Cameroons being qualified to vote;

bly at its fifteenth session;

Requests the United Nations Plebiscite Commissioner to report to the Trusteeship Council on the or-

Dedares that the participation of the Northern Cameroons in the elections to the Federal Legislative ganization, conduct and results of this plebiscite, in Assembly should in no way interfere with, or influence, order that the Council may transmit its report to the the free choice of the people of the Northern Cameroons General Assembly together with any recommendations in deciding their future in the forthcoming plebiscite. and observations it considers necessary ;

Recommends that the necessary measures should

12 December 1959.

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