subsequently excised by France and incorporated into what are now Chad, Central African Republic, Congo Brazzaville and Gabon). 6. The Complainants state that this territorial division was confirmed by the Milne-Simon Declaration of 10 July 1919, and further in 1922 and 9 January 1931, by the League of Nations, which granted Britain a mandate over the British Cameroons, and France a mandate over French Cameroun. The Complainants add that in 1946,the UN once again confirmed this territorial division in the Trusteeship Agreement relative to the British Cameroons and the one relative to French Cameroun. 7. The Complainants state that Britain administered the Southern Cameroons through the British Resident with headquarters in Buea, in the Southern Cameroons territory, as though it formed an integral part of Nigeria, but not.joined to the British territory of Nigeria. '~ , i 8. The Complainants state on 1 January 1960French Cameroun g~irled independence under the name and style of la Republique du Cameroun andron 1 Odo'Per1960 Nigeria gained independence as the Federal Republic of Nigeria, while the question of independence for the Southern Cameroons remained unresolved. ' 9. The Complainants submit that the decolonisation woes of the Southern Cameroons began in 1959,when the UN stampeded the Tru~rr~rritory into a plebiscite with two dead-end alternatives. By UN Genera.Fft\ssem~IX:f;esbhlti()ll 1352'(XIV)of 16 October 1959, the UN decided that a plebiscite must be field in the Territory. The Complainants allege that notwithstanding strong objectionsby;the political leadership of the Territory, the plebiscite took place on 11February 1961,with tb~ people of the trust territory given only two choices to choose between: to achieve independence by 'joining' Nigeria or to achieve independence by 'joining' former French Cameroun. The third option of achieving independence as ajseparate state w~s left out as it was vehemently opposed by the UK Government. 10. The Complainants also submit that between 1959 and 1960, French Cameroun publicly gave the'UN arid the people of the Southern Cameroons two critical assurances: that it was ready to associate with the Southern Cameroons in a federation of two states, equal in status; and-that it was not annexationist and would not colonize the Southern Cameroons. These asstlrk~ces influenced the plebiscite vote in favour of political association with former French Cameroun rather than with Nigeria. 11. The Complainants aver that on 21 April 1961, the UN General Assembly adopted Resolution 1608 (XV) by which it endorsed the decision of the people of the Southern Cameroons to achieve independence. The General Assembly then set1 October 1961as the effective date of achievement of that independence. It also set the same 1 Oct gx.,1961, as the date of termination of trusteeship; and of political association be ~f:iJteA.Se ' hern Cameroons and former French Cameroun in a two-state federation c:;o~,,:>x.(/ftE..iARI4r .0('0-<: 1./~ \< 'fza~ 12. The Com~lainant~ al~ege that, on 1 Sept 1961 .for~er F:,ench amended Its constitution of 4 March 1960, renammg It the Cons, ~~' "'lI.. ''-I'.s • ~ >-.;, ou:' , _,'~~g~y; 0~,~le9~ral.') ,,2 0'" (, ' /oty 4':RICP-\~\.. ('Iy \" Oil1M[ E1 oEc /?'