UN-supervised plebiscites of 1961

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United Nations–supervised vote plebiscite referendum

The UN-supervised plebiscites of 1961 were referendums held in British-administered Cameroon to determine whether its territories would join Nigeria or the already independent Republic of Cameroon, shaping the post-colonial borders of the region.

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Label	Occurrences
UN-supervised plebiscites of 1961 canonical	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United Nations–supervised vote ⓘ plebiscite ⓘ referendum ⓘ
administeredBy	British colonial administration ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
affected	post-colonial borders of Cameroon ⓘ post-colonial borders of Nigeria ⓘ
aimedTo	decide between union with Nigeria or Cameroon ⓘ determine political future of British Cameroons ⓘ
basedOn	principle of self-determination of peoples ⓘ
country	Trust Territory of Cameroon under British administration ⓘ surface form: British Cameroons
determined	union of Northern Cameroons with Nigeria ⓘ union of Southern Cameroons with Republic of Cameroon ⓘ
followedBy	creation of a federal structure in Cameroon ⓘ independence of Northern Cameroons as part of Nigeria ⓘ independence of Southern Cameroons as part of Cameroon ⓘ
hasPart	Northern Cameroons ⓘ surface form: Northern Cameroons plebiscite Southern Cameroons plebiscite ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Cold War ⓘ surface form: Cold War era late colonial period in Africa ⓘ
languageContext	Anglophone regions of Cameroon ⓘ surface form: English-speaking Southern Cameroons largely Muslim Northern Cameroons ⓘ
location	Trust Territory of Cameroon under British administration ⓘ surface form: British Cameroons Northern Cameroons ⓘ Southern Cameroon ⓘ surface form: Southern Cameroons West Africa ⓘ
mainSubject	self-determination ⓘ territorial status of British Cameroons ⓘ
option	joining the Federation of Nigeria ⓘ joining the Republic of Cameroon ⓘ
organizer	United Nations ⓘ
partOf	decolonization of Africa ⓘ decolonization of Cameroon ⓘ
pointInTime	1961 ⓘ
precededBy	Trust Territory of Cameroon under British administration ⓘ surface form: British mandate over Cameroons Trust Territory of Cameroon under British administration ⓘ surface form: United Nations trusteeship over British Cameroons
regulatedBy	United Nations General Assembly resolutions ⓘ
resultedIn	Northern Cameroons joining Nigeria ⓘ Southwest Region of Cameroon ⓘ surface form: Southern Cameroons joining Republic of Cameroon formation of the Federal Republic of Cameroon ⓘ
significantFor	Anglophone regions of Cameroon ⓘ Cameroon-Nigeria borderlands ⓘ surface form: Nigeria–Cameroon border
startTime	1961 ⓘ
supervisedBy	United Nations ⓘ
typeOfElectoralSystem	direct popular vote ⓘ
underMandateFrom	League of Nations ⓘ
underTrusteeshipOf	United Nations ⓘ
votingEligibility	adult residents of British Cameroons ⓘ

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Trust Territory of Cameroon under British administration → decolonizationProcess → UN-supervised plebiscites of 1961 ⓘ