FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF AMBAZONIA: Admission Into The United Nations And France's Influence At The S

Dear All,

The issue of the Federal Republic of Ambazonia being admitted to the United Nations as a sovereign state is in the minds of many Ambazonians after the formal restoration of its independence. Arguendo, let us assume that the Federal Republic of Ambazonia can, vide pity emanating from the genocide being carried out there or vide the understanding of its history by other nations, it can garner enough votes at the General Assembly to be voted in as a member. The question still remains whether with such a successful vote, can it be admitted as a member of the United Nations without the prior recommendation of the all powerful Security Council where France holds sway and where France is likely to block any recommendation in that regard. The question of the admission of a State such as the Federal Republic of Ambazonia to the UN without Security Council recommendation was brought in front of the Court when it was asked for an Advisory Opinion on the following question: "Can the admission of a State to membership in the United Nations, pursuant to Article 4, paragraph 2, of the Charter, be effected by a decision of the General Assembly when the Security Council has made no recommendation for admission by reason of the candidate failing to obtain the requisite majority or of the negative vote of a permanent Member upon a resolution so to recommend?.” Article 4, paragraph 2, of the UN Charter states "The admission of any such State to membership in the United Nations will be effected by a decision of the General Assembly upon the recommendation of the Security Council." The Court held that “…It requires two things to effect admission: a "recommendation" of the Security Council and a "decision" of the General Assembly. It is in the nature of things that the recommendation should come before the decision. The word "recommendation", and the word "upon" preceding it, imply the idea that the recommendation is the foundation of the decision to admit, and that the latter rests upon the recommendation. Both these acts are indispensable to form the judgment of the Organization to which the previous paragraph of Article 4 refers. The text under consideration means that the General Assembly can only decide to admit upon the recommendation of the Security Council ; it determines the respective roles of the two organs whose combined action is required before admission can be effected : in other words, the recommendation of the Security Council is the condition precedent to the decision of the Assembly by which the admission is effected.” The Court went further to say “Nowhere has the General Assembly received the power to change, to the point of reversing, the meaning of a vote of the Security Council. In consequence, it is impossible to admit that the General Assembly has the power to attribute to a vote of the Security Council the character of a recommendation when the Council itself considers that no such recommendation has been made. The court is of the opinion that the admission of a State to membership in the United Nations, pursuant to paragraph 2 of Article 4 of the Charter, cannot be effected by a decision of the General Assembly when the Security Council has made no recommendation for admission, by reason of the candidate failing to obtain the requisite majority or of the negative vote of a permanent Member upon a resolution so to recommend." The implication of the above is that we have restored our independence by proclamation, we try to make La Republique du Cameroun to vacate the territory by persuasion, force, pressure from other nations etc. BUT WE SHOULD NOT MAKE OURSELVES A PERMANENT ENEMY OF FRANCE. WE SHOULD AVOID OVER ANTAGONIZING FRANCE IN THIS STRUGGLE. OUR FATE MIGHT ONE DAY HANG IN THE BALANCE IN THE SECURITY COUNCIL AND FRANCE MIGHT BE IN A POSITION TO DETERMINE THAT FATE. WE TRY TO VACATE LA REPUBLIQUE DU CAMEROUN FROM OUR TERRITORY BUT WE ENGAGE WITH FRANCE AND REASSURE THEM THAT THEIR INVESTMENTS IN THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF AMBAZONIA ARE SAFE FOR IT IS NOT A ZERO SUM GAME. Barrister Tumasang Martin

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