Question of the Mwami

A/RES/1580(XV)View PDF

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1961.

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3 subjects

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3 operative paragraphs

Requests the Administering Authority to revoke the measures adopted by it to suspend the powers of the M wami, and to facilitate his return to Ruanda to enable him to function as M wami pending the ascertainment of the wishes of the people on this question ;

Decides that a referendum should be held under the supervision of the United Kations Commission for Ruancla-Urundi established under General Assembly resolution 1579 (XV) of 20 December 1960, in order to ascertain the wishes of the people concerning the institution of the M wami, and if necessary, the present M wami of Ruanda;

Requests the United Nations Commission for Ruanda-Urundi, after studying the situation on the spot, to submit to the General Assembly, at its resumed fifteenth session,

recommendations concerning the timing of the referendum and the questions to be put therein.

20 December 1960.

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