The Future of the Trust Territory of the Cameroons Under United Kingdom Administration

A/RES/1608(XV)View PDF

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1961.

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2 versions · 1959–1961

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1961	A/RES/1608(XV)	The future of the Trust Territory of the Cameroons under United Kingdom administration	589	15%Compare
1959	A/RES/1350(XIII)	The future of the Trust Territory of the Cameroons under United Kingdom administration	698	–

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4 subjects

Cameroon Independence Nigeria Plebiscites

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7 operative paragraphs

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Expresses its high appreciation of the work of United :-Jations Plebiscite Commissioner for the Cameroons under United Kingdom Administration and his staff;

End orsc s the results of the plebiscites that :

The people of the Northern Cameroons have, by a substantial majority, decided to achieve independence by jr;ning the independent Federation of Nigeria;

( b) The people of the Southern Camerouns have similarly decided to achieve independence by joining the independent Republic of Cameroun;

Considers that, the people of the two parts of the Trust Territory having freely and secretly expressed their wishes with regard to their respective futures in accordance with General Assembly resolutions 1352

(XIV) and 1473 (XIV), the decisions made by them through democratic processes under the supervision of the United Nations should be immediately implemented;

Decides that, the plebiscites having been taken separately with differing results, the Trusteeship Agreement of 13 December 1946 concerning the Cameroons under United Kingdom administration shall be terminated, in accordance with Article 76 b of the Charter of the United Nations and in agreement with the Administering Authority, in the following manner:

\Vith respect to the Northern Cameroons, on 1 June 1961, upon its joining the Federation of Nigeria as a separate province of the Northern Region of Nigeria;

( b) With respect to the Southern Cameroons, on 1 October 1961, upon its joining the Republic of Cameroun;

Invites the Administering Authority, the Government of the Southern Cameroons and the Republic of Cameroun to initiate urgent discussions with a view to finalizing, before 1 October 1961, the arrangements by which the agreed and declared policies of the parties

concerned will be implemented.

994th plenary meetinq,

21 April 1961.

7 Ibid., agenda item 13, addendum, document A/4727.

• Ibid., agenda item 13, document A/4726.

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