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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2018-12-05more like thismore than 2018-12-05
answering body
Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
answering dept id 16 more like this
answering dept short name Foreign and Commonwealth Office more like this
answering dept sort name Foreign and Commonwealth Office remove filter
hansard heading Cameroon: Armed Conflict more like this
house id 2 more like this
legislature
25277
pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have made an assessment of the impact of the independence referendum held in Cameroon in 1961 on the current conflict between anglophone and francophone groups in that country. more like this
tabling member printed
Viscount Waverley more like this
uin HL12098 more like this
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answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2018-12-12more like thismore than 2018-12-12
answer text <p>The UK recognises the outcome of the 1961 referendum organised by the UN in which British Southern Cameroons (the modern Anglophone regions) voted to join La Republique du Cameroun. UNGA Resolution 1608(XV) endorsed the result of the plebiscite in Southern Cameroons. The UK respects the territorial integrity of Cameroon. The causes of the current crisis are deep-rooted and historically complex. We recognise that the history of this conflict includes the impact of constitutional changes following independence, particularly on the cultural and political status of the Anglophone minority.</p> more like this
answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon more like this
question first answered
less than 2018-12-12T14:42:03.173Zmore like thismore than 2018-12-12T14:42:03.173Z
answering member
4210
label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon more like this
tabling member
1744
label Biography information for Viscount Waverley more like this