The International Community, and the People of the Southern Cameroons in particular, are informed that the Southern Cameroons Restoration Government (in exile) has served Notice to the African Union Border Programme, its Director, Partners, Academics, Facilitators and all stakeholders.
The Notice calls the AU Border Programme’s attention to the fact that there is an international boundary between the former UN trust territory of French Cameroon that attained independence on 1 January, 1960 as la République du Cameroun, and the former UN trust territory of Southern Cameroons, presently under colonial occupation by la République du Cameroun.
The Notice in question was served on 12 February 2009 (reference African Union Registry: No. 533 of 12 February 2009), and copies sent to the United Nations, the Peace and Security Council of the AU, the Conflict Management Department of the AU, as well as to Embassies of African countries accredited to the AU in Addis Ababa.
The Restoration Government in doing so also placed before the AU Border Programme, copies of the International Treaties by which the boundaries of the Southern Cameroons were established. It called on the AU to take all necessary measures to ensure that the AU Border Programme complies with Article 4(b) of the African Union Constitutive Act and all international principles on territorial acquisition and claims, and also with the Charter of the United Nations.
The Southern Cameroons Restoration Government hopes that African Governments will receive this document as an early warning signal aimed at averting another genocide and bloodshed in Africa. The world and the African Union were caught unawares when previous slaughters and genocides occurred in Africa. The African Union and its organs, having learnt from past mistakes and failures to act, are duty-bound to see to it that its border principles are respected by Member States, so as to ensure a peaceful resolution of border claims, thereby averting simmering and potential bloody conflicts in Africa.
Signed: Carlson Anyangwe
Head of Government
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