UN-supervised plebiscites of 1961

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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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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 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 plebiscite
linked to: Northern Cameroons

Southern Cameroons plebiscite
historicalPeriod Cold War era
linked to: Cold War

late colonial period in Africa
languageContext English-speaking Southern Cameroons
largely Muslim Northern Cameroons
location British Cameroons
Northern Cameroons
Southern Cameroons
linked to: Southern Cameroon

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 British mandate over Cameroons
United Nations trusteeship over British Cameroons
regulatedBy United Nations General Assembly resolutions
resultedIn Northern Cameroons joining Nigeria
Southern Cameroons joining Republic of Cameroon
formation of the Federal Republic of Cameroon
significantFor Anglophone regions of Cameroon
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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