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UNand BSC
UNand BSC
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Q11. What is the significance of this abandonment?
Q1The U.N. treats the BSC question like an internal affair of la Q8.Why then was the British Southern Cameroons not granted
Republique du Cameroun. Is this legal? her independence in accordance with U.N. Article 76?
The administering authority, U.K. misled the
U.N. into believing that the Southern Cameroons
would be economically non-viable as an
independent state. This was not true because
the U.K. was aware of commercially significant
oil reserves within the international borders of
the Southern Cameroons. The reasons for
gambling with the freedom of the Southern
Cameroons people was ultimately self-serving
and had nothing to do with the U.N. prescription
British Southern Cameroons was self-governing and to "promote the advancement of the people of
actively preparing for independence since 1954 the inhabitants of the Trust Territories."
According to the values of the U.K. itself,
Q5. Why did the U.N. establish the Trusteeship Council? freedom is paramount for any real advancement
The U.N. established the Trusteeship Council to to occur.
supervise the administration of Trust Territories Q9. How can the U.N. correct its error?
like the Southern Cameroons. Trusteeship
territories were colonized countries over which The U.N. can correct the error it made and avert
Q2. For what purpose was the United Nations Founded? further conflict in the two Cameroons by:
A. The U.N. was founded to maintain the U.N. had ultimate authority. The
international peace and security to help bring administering authority governed the country a) Accepting that the United Nations-imposed
justice and prosperity to all peoples and nations. by proxy for the U.N. Southern Cameroons' union between the two Cameroons has failed
administering authority was the U.K. and by taking the necessary steps to effect the
Q3. What declaration did the U.N. make in 1960 concerning peaceful separation of the two Cameroons.
colonized countries and peoples? Q6. Who are the members of the Trusteeship Council?
A. In December 1960 the U.N. declared in b) Taking appropriate steps to sanction la
Resolution 1514(xv) that the subjection of The members of the Trusteeship Council are the Republique du Cameroun for annexing the
peoples to colonial subjugation, domination and same five who are permanent members of the Southern Cameroons contrary to its own
exploitation constitutes a denial of fundamental Security Council i.e. China, France, The Russian resolution 224-111 of November 18, 1948.
human rights...and that "immediate steps shall Federation, United Kingdom and the United Q10. What decision did the U.N. take concerning the results of
be taken in Trust and non-self-governing States of America the plebiscite it conducted in the Southern Cameroons in 1961?
territories...to transfer all powers ot the peoples
Q7. What was the objective of the Trusteeship System? The U.N. passed Resolution 1608(xv) directing
of those territories without any condition or
in paragraph 5 that the Administering
reservation
reservation..."
According to Article 76 of the U.N. Charter, the Authority(U.K.), the government of the Southern
Q4. What was the status of the British Southern Cameroons at the Cameroons, the government of la Republique du
objective of the Trusteeship System was to
time of the above declaration? Cameroun should meet and finalize before
promote the advancement of the inhabitants of
A. From October 1, 1960, the Southern the Trust Territories and their advancement October 1, 1961 the arrangement by which the
Cameroons was a self-governing U.N. Trust towards self-government and independence. Southern Cameroons would enter into
Territory under United Kingdom Administration, federation with la Republique du Cameroun. The
no longer governed with the Federation of Southern Cameroons was never party to such a
Nigeria meeting.