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?

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.

US Resolution Condemns la Republique du Cameroun's Brutal Colonial Actions in the Southern Cameroons

109TH CONGRESS - 1ST SESSION

H. RES. 503

Condemning the actions taken by the Government of Cameroon against Henry
Fossung and others, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OCTOBER 19, 2005

Mr. MCCOTTER submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on International Relations

RESOLUTION

Condemning the actions taken by the Government of Cameroon against Henry Fossung and others, and for other purposes.

Whereas Henry Fossung is a highly regarded statesman and national chairman of the Southern Cameroons National Council, the motto of which is ‘‘The Force of Argument, Not the Argument of Force’’;

Whereas Henry Fossung served as Cameroon’s ambassador to the Central Africa Republic, Chad Republic, Liberia, Guinea, and Sierra Leone;

Whereas Ambassador Fossung is highly educated, with a masters degree in international law/relations from the American University in Washington, D.C. and degrees from Blackstone School of Law, Johns Hopkins University, and the Institute of Higher Overseas Studies, and has lectured at Brown University, among other notable institutions;

Whereas Ambassador Fossung has served on numerous international committees and conferences, including the United Nations Committee on Disarmament and Law of the Sea, has countless decorations and honors to his credit, and has authored several books and articles;

Whereas on January 15, 2005, under the direction of the Divisional Officer for Buea and the Provincial Delegate for National Security, more than 200 members of the Government of the Republic of Cameroon’s militia and police surrounded, fired their weapons at, and invaded the residence of Ambassador Fossung and arrested Ambassador Fossung and his houseguests, including women who were cooking food at the time, a 2-year-old toddler, and elderly and disabled individuals;

Whereas Ambassador Fossung and his guests were taken into custody and detained in a government facility for up to 2 days;

Whereas the Divisional Officer told Ambassador Fossung that he was arrested for hosting a gathering of more than 2 people without permission from the Government of the Republic of Cameroon;

Whereas there was no warrant of criminal charges issued to Ambassador Fossung or the others arrested;

Whereas 6 members of the militia knocked Ambassador Fossung to the ground, stripped him naked, and dragged and kicked him, causing severe injury, including a permanent injury to his left eye, a fractured ankle, and head and groin injuries;

Whereas several of the other detainees were also beaten or mistreated;

Whereas Ambassador Fossung and his guests were held in 2 small cells with over 50 other prisoners, with no drinking water and no toilet, and were denied medical treatment and food for up to 11⁄2 days;

Whereas Ambassador Fossung’s residence was vandalized and looted by the militia and police and thousands of copies of books and other writings were seized and destroyed, while Ambassador Fossung and his family were held against their will;

Whereas the militia and police confiscated money, jewelry, and ball-point pens belonging to the detainees, and extorted bribes from visitors attempting to bring food to the detainees;

Whereas Ambassador Fossung’s dog also fell victim to the brutality of the militia and police;

Whereas these actions of the Government of the Republic of Cameroon constitute gross and reprehensible violations of international law and basic human rights;

Whereas the Government of the Republic of Cameroon continues to harass and intimidate Ambassador Fossung and members of the Southern Cameroons National Council and to purge the country of all political dissent;

Whereas any citizen of the Republic of Cameroon who dares to speak critically of the reigning government lives in fear of persecution, torture, and assassination; and

Whereas there are numerous documented accounts of citizens of the Republic of Cameroon being imprisoned, beaten, and murdered for political reasons: Now, therefore, be it

Resolved, That the House of Representatives—