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only confirms the fact of annexation and assimilation that are the hallmarks of Gallic colonization.

Paraguay. Nine nations abstained. These were Portugal – Spain – Togo – Argentina – Brazil – Cambodia – Greece – Haiti – Italy.

Q8. Has The Southern Cameroons itself any ethnic minorities?

Q10. Who officiated at this session of the U.N. General Assembly? A: Chairman: Adam Pachachi (Iraq) Vice Chairman: Miss Silvia Shelton Vilallon (Cuba) Rapporteur: Eamon L. Kennedy (Ireland)

A:Yes. Ethnic minorities that exist in the Southern Cameroons include the Bakweri, the Nsaw, the Wimbum, the Bafaw, the Kom, the Bayangi, the Bali, the Bakossi, the Metta as well as non-native ethnic minorities. Q9. If the Southern Cameroons is not an ethnic minority, what then is its status after 15 years as a U.N. Trust Territory? A: On April 19, 1961 the U.N. General Assembly voted by an overwhelming majority for the independence of the Southern Cameroons. A total of 50 nations voted YES. These were: Afghanistan – Australia – Bielorussia – Bolivia – Bulgaria – Burma – Canada – Ceylon – Chile – Costa Rica – Cuba – Cyprus – Denmark – Dominican Republic – Ethiopia – Finland – Ghana – Honduras – Hungary – Iran – Iraq – Ireland – Japan – Jordan – Lebanon – Lybia – Mali- Mexico – Nepal – New Zealand – Nigeria – Norway – Pakistan – Philippines – Poland – Saudi Arabia – Sudan – Sweden – Thailand – Tunisia – Turkey – Ukraine – Union of South Africa – USSR – USA – United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland – Venezuela – Yemen. Only two nations voted NO. These were Luxembourg and

Q11.Which is the Southern Cameroons Independence Day?

Why is the Southern Cameroons Question not a Minority Problem? But is an illegal Annexation

A: By the United Nations General Assembly decision, 15th Session, 1961 on Wednesday, April 19, 1961 at 3:15 p.m. 1st October is Southern Cameroons Independence Day NOT January 1st and certainly NOT May 20th. To require Southern Cameroonians to celebrate May 20th is like requiring slaves to celebrate the day they were captured.

Southern Cameroons Mission 6475 New Hampshire Ave, Ste 620 Hyattsville, MD 20783 Phone: (301) 577-0040 www.southerncameroons.org

Raising Southern Cameroons Flag in Kumbo October 1, 2001 & Rejecting Colonial Flag in Washington, May 20, 2003 (insert)

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Annexation is an international threat, not just a local event Q1. Is the ex-British Southern Cameroons an ethnic minority? A:The BSC Question is a problem of the colonial annexation of one country by another. It is therefore an international problem. Q2. Why is it wrong to equate the Southern Cameroons question to that of an ethnic minority? A: The Southern Cameroons is a distinct and separate country that came into the failed union after it had acquired the status of a self-governing territory. The pre-federation agreements placed the Southern Cameroons on equal status with la Republique du Cameroun. It was on this understanding that the people of the Southern Cameroons voted overwhelmingly to join la Republique du Cameroun in the UN-imposed plebiscite on February 11, 1961. The territory enjoyed a democratic culture with a government headed by the Prime Minister, an independent judiciary, a legislature and the House of Chiefs. All these structures were unilaterally, unconstitutionally and fraudulently abolished by the two French-controlled dictators that have successively ruled the Republic of Cameroun (LRC) till date. Q3. Is the ex-British Southern Cameroons a minority as la Republique du Cameroun/France classifies it?

A: This is a deception by LRC to evade what is in reality a problem of colonial annexation. The simple truth is that in 1961 the U.N. sponsored the unification of two of its former Trust Territories that had separately attained sovereign independence on 1st January 1960 in the case of LRC and 1st October 1961 in the case of the Southern Cameroons. LRC claims what it calls an historic right or sovereignty over ex-British Southern Cameroons based on a fanciful idea that it had replaced the old German Kamerun. Following the defeat of Germany in WWI and the Anglo-French partition of 1916 and the renunciation by Germany in 1919 of its rights and title to that territory, German Kamerun became extinct. The British Cameroons and French Cameroun were two new polities that came into being as from 1916 and the partition was ratified by the League of Nations at the Versailles Peace Treaty of 1919. In order to reconstitute the old German Kamerun, LRC would have to expropriate territories from five of its neigbours. Q4. is there any doubt on the boundary between la Republique du Cameroun and Southern Cameroons? A:No. The international boundary between the ex-British Southern Camreoons and French Cameroun is along the Milner-Simon Line traced in 1916 by Britain and France, delimited in 1919, and confirmed in 1922. Q5. Why did Southern Cameroons accept

federation with la Republique du Cameroun? A: It accepted the federation as a fall back position after the UN had for no justifiable reason, refused to grant it separate independence in conformity with art. 76(b) of the Charter of the U.N. The people of the Southern Cameroons were forced by the UN and the UK into a union with la Republique du Cameroun and the Southern Cameroons entered the union in good faith.

Q6. Why is Southern Cameroons struggling to be free? A: Because LRC has forcefully and fraudulently assumed total unwarranted jurisdiction over ex-British Southern Cameroons, exercising complete dominion over it and denying it the right to govern itself. This is colonialization; this is annexation that must be fought against until freedom has been restored! Q7. Does the presence of Southern Cameroonian quislings in la Republique du Cameroun administration change anything? A: Even though la Republique du Cameroun has co-opted quislings and collaborators from the Southern Cameroons into its rulership and has hired citizens of the territory into its administration, army, gendarmerie and police, all that changes nothing. It does not make the Southern Cameroons a part of la Republique du Cameroun; it