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UK endorses one and indivisible Cameroon!
UK endorses one and indivisible Cameroon!
Minister for Africa says Britain recognizes outcome of 1961 Plebiscite endorsed by UNGA Resolution 1608(XV); but urges Cameroon government to remain engaged in Swiss talks.
In what was seen as a setback for Anglophone Separatists campaigning for the creation of a putative state called Ambazonia, Britain has pledged its support for a one an indivisible Cameroon and recognized the territorial integrity of Cameroon.
In a letter addressed to Saquib Bhatti, MP, House of Commons, on 14 May, in reply to a query by the latter on the British government’s official stance on the Anglophone crisis, James Duddridge MP, Minister for Africa, said;
“…the UK Government recognizes the outcome of the 1961 plebiscite, organized by the United Nations, in which what are now the modern Anglophone regions voted to join La Republiques du Cameroun”.
Duddridge said “The United Nations General Assembly Resolution 1608 (XV) endorsed the result of this plebiscite and the UK Government respects the territorial integrity of Cameroon”.
Anglophone separatists have often referred to Resolution 1608 (XV) as evidence to deny the existence of a union treaty between La Republique du Cameroun and Southern Cameroons (English-speaking regions of North West and South West. But by confirming that the said resolution endorsed the results of the 11 February 1961, Britain has made their case for separation or restoration of independence untenable.
The British Minister for Africa, however, did not give the Cameroonian government a blank cheque in the management of the Anglophone crisis that has so far left some 3000 people dead and led to the destruction of property, infrastructure and overall economy of the two regions.
Duddridge “reiterates the importance of all sides coming together to work towards a solution to the conflict that benefits all Cameroonians”.
He urged “the Government of Cameroon to remain engaged in ongoing Swiss-led mediation efforts and to accept offers of assistance from the wider regional and international community”.
The Cameroon government has so far not responded favourably to the Swiss offer for mediation, insisting that the Major National Dialogue held from September 30 to October 4, 2019 whose resolutions are currently being implemented, offered ‘the last chance for peace’.