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TABLE OF CONTENTS
DEDICATION
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
ABSTRACT
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 INTRODUCTION
1.1 Research question/ hypothesis
1.2 Backgroundtothe study
1.3 Relevance of the research
1.4 Scope of the research
2 CHAPTER TWO: SITUATING THE SOUTHERN CAMEROONS
2.1 Historical Facts
2.2 Termination of the Trusteeship Agreement over Southern Cameroons
2.2.1 UN Charter and Resolutions Provisions
2.3 No THIRD OPTION?
3 CHAPTER THREE: SOUTHERN CAMEROONS TRANSITION FROM 1954 TO 1972
3.1 The plebiscite in Southern Cameroons
3.2 CONDUCTOFTHE CAMEROUN REPUBLIC AFTER THE PLEBISCITE
3.3 The TERMINATION PROCESS CONTRASTED WITH OTHER TRUST TERRITORIES
4 CHAPTER FOUR: FROM LA REPUBLIQUE DU CAMEROUN IN I960, TO LA REPUBLIQUE DU CAMEROUN IN 1984
4.1 From Federal Republic in 1961 to United Republic in 1972
4.2 Southern Cameroons identity erased in 1984
4.3 End of UN Trusteeship Council 1994
5 CHAPTERFIVE: LEGALITY OF THE TRANSITION OF SOUTHERN CAMEROONS TO INDEPENDENCE OR SELF-GOVERNMENT
5.1 Legal justification for UN actions on Southern Cameroons
5.2 Principle of uti possidetis and the Republic Of Cameroon after the 1961 joining
5.3 The way forward
6 CHAPTER SIX: FINDINGS, RECOMMENDATIONS AND CONCLUSION
6.1 Findings
6.1.1 Failure of the transition from trusteeship to Independence or Self-Government
6.1.2 Southern Cameroons as a 'People' under International law
6.2 Recommendations
6.2.1 Referral to the International Court of Justice (ICJ)
6.2.2 Internal SelfDetermination
6.2.2.1 Confederation
6.2.2.2 Federation
6.2.3 External self-determination
6.3 Conclusion
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
Table of case law
Table of Leg islation
Table of InternationalTreaties
Table of UNGA Resolutions
Table ofTrusteeship Council Resolutions
Table of UN Publications
Table Academic Books
Table ofJournalArticles
OtherSources
APPENDICES
Appendix 1: Map of Kamerun between 1901 -1916
Appendix 2: Map of Kamerun 1918
Appendix 3: Cameroon before and after the 1961 plebiscite
Appendix 4: Southern Cameroons in present day Republic of Cameroon
Appendix 5: The British handing over from the Southern Cameroons to the President of the Republic ofCameroun on the 30/09/1961
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- Stanislaus Ajong (Author), 2016, Southern Cameroons and The United Nations Organisation, Munich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/497465
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