1. The Pathway to the
Independence of the State of Southern Cameroons
The territory known as Southern Cameroons is the Southern part of the former UN Trust Territory of
British Cameroons. Following the 11/12 February 1961 Plebiscite, the United Nations, at its General
Assembly meeting of 21 Apr 1961, reviewed the results of the plebiscite and decided by Res. 1608(XV)
that Southern Cameroons was to be deemed to attain independence on 1 Oct 1961, upon joining the
neighbouring state of La Republique du Cameroun. A similar arrangement was made for Northern
Cameroons that was the other half of British Cameroons, to join Nigeria on 1 June, 1961. By this
division, the UN would appear to have accorded separate international status to the Peoples of the
Territory of Southern Cameroons as well as those of Northern Cameroons.
2. The United Nations has a written constitution known as the Charter, whose provisions bind all states
that become members of that Organization. The Charter provides in Art. 102 that if any member state
of the UN wishes to join another territory, the parties concerned must evidence their Union by a
written Agreement, a copy of which must be filed at the United Nations Secretariat, but that failure to
follow this procedure attracts the penalty that such a union would be invalid. La Republique du
Cameroun (LRC) gained independence on 1 Jan 1960 and was admitted a member of the UN on 20 Sept
1960, as from which date it was mandatorily bound to respect the provisions of the UN Charter.
3. The joining of LRC with Southern Cameroons is stated to have occurred on 1 st October, 1961
following the termination of the British trust mandate over Southern Cameroons at midnight on 30
September 1961. The terms of this association were not reduced into writing, and accordingly a copy of
the terms of Agreement was not signed and duly filed at the UN Secretariat. It can therefore be
confidently stated that in the absence of a Union Treaty signed jointly by LRC and Southern Cameroons,
the alleged union between the parties on 1st October 1961 amounts to no more than political
concubinage, but certainly not political wedlock.
4. The above defect notwithstanding, LRC had amended its Constitution on 1 Sept 1961, (at a time
when Southern Cameroons was still a UN trust territory that was firmly under British colonial
administration), changing its name to La Republique Federale du Cameroun, and used this to lure
Southern Cameroons representatives to the mistaken belief that the unilateral change in name of LRC
amounted to the creation of a 2-state federation of equal partners.
5. The relationship between LRC and Southern Cameroons has, over the past 50 years, not been a
partnership of equals, but that of master and servant. The terms of the UN General Assembly Res.
1541(XV) which defined joining to be a power-sharing arrangement, have never been respected by LRC
which has assumed the role of a colonizing power in Southern Cameroons. Its citizens are excluded
from certain ministerial positions and those holding other legal and public appointments hold office at
the pleasure of the President of LRC. Southern Cameroons has been stripped of its status as a State, and
converted and assimilated to two regions of La Republique du Cameroun.

2. 6. Under these circumstances, the People of Southern Cameroons, represented by SCNC/SCAPO, in the
celebrated Communication 266 (Dr Kevin Ngwang Gumne & Ors vs LRC) cited LRC before the African
Commission on Human & Peoples’ Rights, alleging abuse of fundamental human rights, including the
right to self-determination that is unquestionable and inalienable.
7. Among other things, the Commission held :
• that Southern Cameroonians are a People. (As such they are entitled to unconditional
independence in accordance with the Universal Declaration of Independence for all colonized
Peoples as per UN General Assembly Res. 1514(XV) of 14 December 1960);
• Cameroon’s Judiciary is under the control of the Executive arm of the State, and therefore not
one of the three powers of state that should be independent of each other. Cameroon therefore
fails the test as a democratic state;
• LRC enters into constructive dialogue with Southern Cameroonians, in parti-
cular the Complainnts SCNC/SCAPO, in an attempt to resolve Constitutional grievances of
Southern Cameroonians.
(A time limit of six months within which parties were to comply with the above, extended at LRC's request by a
further 6 months, has longsince expired, and LRC is showing no inclination or willingness to comply).
8. In the face of such blatant intransigence by LRC to abide by international law and order, the frontline
nationalist groups in Southern Cameroons, comprising the SCNC, SCAPO, RG, the SCYL and the Civil
Society have, in meetings held in Oslo, Norway, and in Washington DC, United States of America,
created the Patriotic Coalition Alliance as a joint platform from which, henceforth, they will become
allied partners in the quest for the emancipation of Southern Cameroons from the clutches of LRC’s
imperialism.
9. Southern Cameroons has a most compelling case for sovereign independence, but it is necessary to
proceed vigorously with a major diplomatic onslaught to have the matter listed before the African Union
and/or the United Nations Assembly. It is therefore Urgent that Southern Cameroonians and their
friends and sympathizers donate sufficient funds to ensure early accomplishment of this task. It would
be the cheapest way of gaining independence for our fatherland.
10. I have been designated by Conclave as Leader of the Civil Society and as Chairman of the Ways and
Means Committee to make this special Appeal and to ensure stringent accounting for the money to be
collected. I would be assisted by Rtd Governor George Achu Mofor, Esq., LL.M., a leading Human Rights
Advocate based in the United States of America.
11. My dear Contrymen and Contrywomen:
Please donate generously, bend low and pray to God, and see what the Lord will do for you!
(Particulars of the bank accounts into which deposits are to be made are attached hereto)

3. Portsea Hall, Marble Arch
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24 Aug 2011 Mola NJOH LITUMBE