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International Court of Justice

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Case concerning the Northern Cameroons (Cameroun v. United Kingdom): On May 30, 1961, the government of the Republic of Cameroun filed in the Registry of the Court an application instituting proceedings against the United Kingdom.1 The applicant alleged that the United Kingdom had failed to respect certain obligations of the Trusteeship Agreement for the Territory of the Cameroons under British Administration of December 13, 1946. The application stated specifically: 1) that the Northern Cameroons had not been administered as a separate territory within an administrative union, but as an integral part of Nigeria; 2) that the objectives set forth in article 6 of the trusteeship agreement—the development of free political institutions and an increasing share for the inhabitants in the administrative services, as well as their participation in advisory and legislative bodies and in the government of the territory—had not been attained; 3) that the agreement did not authorize the administering power to govern the territory as two separate parts evolving differently politically; 4) that, with respect to General Assembly Resolution 1473 (XIV) of December 12, 1959, (a) provisions relating to the separation of the administration of the Northern Cameroons from that of Nigeria, had not been followed, and (b) conditions laid down for the drawing up of electoral lists had been interpreted in a discriminatory manner; and 5) that the acts of the local authorities in the period preceding the plebiscite authorized by the afore-mentioned resolution and during the subsequent election involved consequences in conflict with the trusteeship agreement.

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International Organizations: Summary of Activities: I. United Nations
Information
International Organization , Volume 15 , Issue 3 , Summer 1961 , pp. 511 - 512
Copyright
Copyright © The IO Foundation 1961

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1 International Court of Justice, Application Instituting Proceedings filed in the Registry of the Court on May 30, 1961, Case concerning the Northern Cameroons (Cameroun v. United Kingdom); see also International Court of Justice, Communiqué No. 61/16, June 1, 1961.

2 South West Africa Case (Ethiopia v. Union of South Africa), Order of January 13, 1961: I.C.J. Reports 1961, p. 3, and South West Africa Case (Liberia v. Union of South Africa), Order of January 13, 1961: I.C.J. Reports 1961, p. 6; see also International Court of Justice, Communiqué No. 61/1, February 6, 1961. For the applications instituting proceedings, see International Organization, Winter 1961 (Vol. 15, No. 1), p. 184.CrossRefGoogle Scholar

3 South West Africa Cases (Ethiopia v. Union of South Africa; Liberia v. Union of South Africa), Order of May 20, 1961: I.C.J. Reports 1961, p. 13; see also International Court of Justice, Communiqué No. 61/15, May 29, 1961.

4 Case concerning the Barcelona Traction, Light and Power Company, Limited (Belgium v. Spain), Order of April 10, 1961: I.C.J. Reports 1961, p. 9; see also International Court of Justice, Communiqué No. 61/6, April 10, 1961. For previous information on the case, see International Organization, Winter 1961 (Vol. 15, No. 1), p. 184.

5 Case concerning the Temple of Preah Vihear (Cambodia v. Thailand), Preliminary Objections, Judgment of May 26, 1961: l.C.J. Reports 1961, p. 17; see also International Court of Justice, Communiqué No. 61/13, May 26, 1961. For previous information on the case, see International Organization, Autumn 1960 (Vol. 14, No. 4), p. 658.Google Scholar

6 See Case concerning the Aerial Incident of July 27, 1955 (Israel v. Bulgaria), Preliminary Objections, Judgment of May 26, 1959: l.C.J. Reports 1959, p. 127.

7 Case concerning the Temple of Preah Vihear (Cambodia v. Thailand), Order of May 26, 1961: I.C.J. Reports 1961, p. 62; see also International Court of Justice Communiqué No. 61/14, May 27, 1961.