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Cameroon: Politics and Government

Asked by Tonia AntoniazziLabourForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled Answered 12 June 2026UIN 6472

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what her Department's policy is on the status of Southern Cameroon following the 2009 African Commission ruling in Gunme v Cameroon.

Answered by Chris Elmore

The UK has historically recognised the outcome of the 1961 UN-organised plebiscite, in which the territories now forming the North-West and South-West regions voted to join the Republic of Cameroon, as endorsed by the United Nations General Assembly Resolution 1608(XV).

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