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UNITED NATIONS ORGANISATION (UNO)
1990 – 1999 United Nations Decade of International Law.1990 – 2000 First United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism.2001 – 2010 Second UNO International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism.1995 – 2005 UNO Decade for Human Rights Education.1997 – 2006 UNO Decade for the Eradication of Poverty.UNO General Assembly Resolution 1514 (XV) of December 1960 on Declaration of the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples.UNO General Assembly Resolution 45/131 of 14 December 1990 on Universal Realization of the Right of Self-Determination.UNO “Declaration on the Occasion of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the United Nations”, Adopted by the UNO General Assembly Resolution 50/6 on 24 October 1995.
 
THE SOUTHERN CAMEROONS
 
- UNO TERRITORY (since 01/10/1961)
 
02 February 2005. 
THE RIGHT OF THE SOUTHERN CAMEROONS TO SELF-DETERMINATION
(Revisited)
 For item 5 of the Provisional Agenda of the 61
 st 
Session of the UN Human RightsCommission, 14 March – 22 April 2005.
The Quest for Self-Determination and Independence of the peoples of the SouthernCameroons and their territory (43,000 sq. km) is still a very burning issue today. TheUnited Nations Organisation (UNO) should ensure that the Self-Determination andIndependence of the Southern Cameroons’ Territory is Rectified and Regularisedaccording to Article 76 b of the Charter of the UNO. This is also in application of the firstArticles of the following UNO Resolutions, namely:Art. 1 of UNO General Assembly Res. 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960 onDeclaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples,states:1. “ The Subjugation of Peoples to alien subjugation, domination and exploitationconstitutes a denial of fundamental human rights, is contrary to the Charter of the United Nations and is an impediment to the promotion of world peace andco-operation”.Art. 1 of UNO General Assembly Res. 45 / 131 of 14 December 1960 OnUniversal Realisation of the Right of Peoples to Self-Determination, states:1.“Reaffirms that the Universal Realisation of the right of all peoples,including those under colonial, foreign and alien domination, to Self-Determination is a fundamental condition for the effective guarantee and
 
observance of human rights and for the preservation and promotion of suchrights”.Art. 1 of UNO General Assembly Res. 50 / 6 of 24 October 1995 on Declarationon the occasion of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the United Nations, states:1. “----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Continue to reaffirm the right of Self-Determination of all peoples, taking intoaccount the particular situation of peoples under colonial or other forms of alien domination or foreign occupation and recognise the right of peoples totake legitimate action in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations torealise their inalienable right of Self-Determination. This shall not beconstrued as authorising or encouraging any action that would dismember or impair, totally or in part, the territorial integrity or political unity of sovereignand independent states conducting themselves in compliance with the principle of equal rights and Self-Determination of peoples and thus possessed of a Government representing the whole people belonging to theterritory without distinction of any kind”.Why? This is because of the Non-Execution of UNO Resolution 1608 (XV) paragraph 5of 21 / 04 / 1961 on the Future of the Trust Territory of the Southern Cameroons under United Kingdom Administration: No Treaty of the Union between the then Governmentof the Southern Cameroons and
 La Republique du Cameroun
was worked out – Thismeant / means that
 La Republique du Cameroun
(independence – 01 / 01 / 1960 UNORes. 1349 of 13 / 03 / 1959 – i.e. Without the Southern Cameroons; admission tomembership in UNO on 20 / 09 / 1960 i.e. Without the Southern Cameroons – UNO Res.1476 (XV), according to international law, had and has no legal and legitimate right toadminister the Southern Cameroons Territory. Its past and present administrations(Mr. Ahmadou Ahidjo’s and Mr. Paul Biya’s) on Southern Cameroons Territory since01 / 10 / 1961 – was / has been illegal and illegitimate in international law.It has been a violation of paragraph 5 of the UNO Res. 1608 (XV) of 21 / 04 / 1961 for aTreaty of the Union to be worked out between the Southern Cameroons Territory and
 La Republique du Cameroun
.It has been an invasion and also a violation of Southern Cameroons’ Right to Self-Determination and independence ( See Professor Martin CHIA ATEH’s letter to the UNOSecretary-General, His Excellency, Kofi Atah Annan, dated 21 / 03 / 2003 on the matter attached); and violation of Art. 102 (2) of the UNO Charter which states:“
 No party to any such treaty or international agreement which has not beenregistered in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 1 of this Articlemay invoke that treaty or agreement before any organ of the United Nations”;
 
and also a violation and non-respect of UNO Res. 50 / 33 of 06 December 1995 onActivities of Foreign economic and other interests which impede the implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples inTerritories under Colonial domination.Is
 La Republique du Cameroun
aware of the aforementioned UNO Resolutions? If yes,what is it doing to respect them? And what is the UNO telling
 La Republique duCameroun
about them?The UNO Language of Human Rights, Democracy, Good Governance, MillenniumGoals, NEPAD, etc. does not make sense in the Southern Cameroons’ Territory with
 La Republique du Cameroun’s
illegal and illegitimate administration in it.So
 La Republique du Cameroun
should withdraw its illegal and illegitimateadministration from the Southern Cameroons territory immediately. It should alsoencourage the peoples of the Southern Cameroons to continue to work for their sovereignSelf-Determination and independence through the UNO to ensure international peace andsecurity.Exiled citizens of the Southern Cameroons should be called back home.All Southern Cameroons National Council (SCNC) prisoners should be released .And damages paid - especially to the families of those dead.This means that a UNO Transitional Administration should take over the SouthernCameroons Territory to ensure that the peoples of the Southern Cameroons preparethemselves for their independence and future Government and Administration of their territory. The presence of the UNO Administration on Southern Cameroons Territory willensure international peace and security in the Southern Cameroons. Legality andlegitimacy of Southern Cameroons independence will be endorsed. East Timor, Eritrea,etc. became independent recently.The Southern Cameroons representatives to this 61
st
Session of the UN Human RightsCommission is requesting that this Session brings to the attention of the Security Counciland the UNO General Assembly:1.The Non-Execution of UNO Res. 1608 (XV), paragraph 5, of 21 / 04 / 1961on Southern Cameroons Future .2. The urgent Rectification and Regularisation of the Self-Determination andIndependence of the Southern Cameroons territory in application of Art. 4 of the Charter of the UNO.
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