Southern Cameroons Interim Government

ON THE BAKASSI ISSUE AND RULING

THE GROSS ILLEGALITY AND MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE ON THE BAKASSI ISSUE AND RULING

All United Nations Declarations forbid the illegal acquisition of territory. This means that no territory can be accepted as belonging to a country unless it was acquired through internationally recognized norms. The African Union’s Constitutive Act in Article 4(c) (to which la République du Cameroun has acceded) also entrenches the principle of the immutability of frontiers that were acquired at independence. Article 102 (1) of the UN Charter obliges all UN members to deposit any treaties into which they enter, at the secretariat of the United Nations, as soon as possible; and Article 102(2) bars any member of the UN from invoking any treaty to its aid that does not conform to the provisions of Article 102(1).

La République du Cameroun achieved its independence on January 1 1960 within a clearly defined frontier which does not include the Southern Cameroons; that frontier being to the East of the River Mungo which marks the international boundary, as per the 1931 Anglo-French border Treaty, between la République du Cameroun and Southern Cameroons. All maps presented in the Bakassi case between la République du Cameroun and Nigeria show the disputed Bakassi peninsular to be located indisputably within the territory of the Southern Cameroons. The question is this: By what Treaty, international legal instrument or UN Resolution, has the boundary of la République du Cameroun been purportedly recognized, within the United Nations system, as having moved from what it was at the attainment of its independence on January 1 1960, to Bakassi?

THE DAWN OF A NEW DAY

"The Dawn of a New Day" documentary, produced by the Media & Communications Department of the Southen Cameroons Interim Government is now available in ALL REGIONS DVD format.

For more information about obtaining a copy, please send an email to: medcom@southerncameroonsig.org.

BEYOND "THE FORCE OF ARGUMENT"

This discussion is addressed particularly to the soldiers of Southern Cameroons, and in general to all of us. The Force of Argument corresponds only to one arm of the international doctrine about the settlement of disputes. It corresponds to the settling of conflicts by peaceful or non-violent means. The other arm of the international doctrine, which for some reason the people of Southern Cameroons have not discussed seriously, is the right to self-defense or the use of force against aggressors. We may say that The Force of Argument is a political weapon, and the Argument of Force or Right to Self-Defense is a military weapon. Every people have a right to avail itself of the two. If you preach the Force of Argument without also preparing for Self-defense, you are looking only at one side of the coin. The adage goes that “if you want peace, prepare for war”. The people of Southern Cameroons seem to be doing themselves the disfavor of believing that there is a coin that has only one side when they say “The Force of Argument and Not the Argument of Force”. The one-sided preaching of the Force of Argument is paralyzing even our own soldiers. By soldiers I mean those who by their own natural disposition, act like the white blood cells in the human body. Obviously, the people of Southern Cameroons must have their own soldiers, for nature never creates an organism without its own mechanism of self-defense. This is an additional proof that it is no sin to wage war in self-defense.

SOUTHERN CAMEROONS 11 FEBRUARY, 2006 PETITION TO THE UK GOVERNMENT

SOUTHERN CAMEROONS DE-COLONISATION STRUGGLE

PETITION TO THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN & NORTHERN IRELAND BY THE SCYL, THE SCNC AND THE SOUTHERN CAMEROONS INTERIM GOVERNMENT (IG)

11 February, 2006

The Rt. Hon. Tony Blair, MP
Prime Minister of Great Britain
No. 10 Downing Street
London

Mr. Prime Minister,

Today, the bruised and tormented people of the former UN trust territory of the Southern Cameroons under UK administration hold a peaceful demonstration at Downing Street. We do so to call attention to the historical wrong that was done to the Southern Cameroons, when the UK transferred the territory to the French-controlled State of Cameroun Republic. As administering authority, the UK's legal obligation under the UN Charter was to lead the Southern Cameroons to self-government/independence, not to hand it over to another State for colonization. We legitimately expect the UK along with her friends and in concert with the concerned parties to take necessary measures, without further delay, to correct the injustice that was done to the Southern Cameroons over forty-six years ago.

Mr. Prime Minister, Sir, we wish to recall the background to this vexed question, show briefly in what ways the UK betrayed the "trust" that was conferred on her, and reiterate what we have said several times before, namely, that we have nothing to gain by remaining a colonized people and that we are fully committed and determined to be a free people, come what may, like all other people of the world.

DEMONSTRATION AT No. 10 DOWNING STREET: 11 February, 2006

The Southern Cameroons Youth League (SCYL) and the Southern Cameroons National Council (SCNC) in partnership with the Southern Cameroons Interim Government-In-Exile, invites all Southern Cameroonians and friends of the Southern Cameroons to a demonstration on the 11th of February at No. 10 Downing Street in London.

This demonstration is to highlight the role of Britain in the continuous brutal colonization of the Southern Cameroons by France, masquerading as la République du Cameroun.

Contact:
SCYL International Secretariat:
Tel: 00492344140660 / 00491756759322