ACT ON GREENLAND SELF

GOVERNMENT CAME INTO FORCE ON

21 JUNE 2009.
GREENLAND HOME RULE
ARRANGEMENT WAS ESTABLISHED IN
1979.
SELF GOVERNMENT ACT IS BASED ON
WHITE PAPER NO.1497 THAT WAS
DRAWN UP BY THE GREENLANDIC –
DANISH SELF GOVERNMENT
COMMISSION IN 2008.
REFERENDUM WAS HELD ON 25
NOVEMBER 2008. 75.5% WERE FOR
AND 23.6% WERE AGAINST THE INTRO
OF SELF GOVERNMENT.
ON 7 OCTOBER 2009 DENMARK
SUBMITTED A NOTIFICATION ON THE
ACT OF SELF GOVERNMENT TO THE
SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE UNITED
NATIONS.