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dec 15, 1955 - Resolution 944 (X) (Plebiscite)

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On 15 December 1955, the UN General Assembly recommended, by resolution 944(X), that Britain take steps, in consultation with a UN plebiscite commissioner, to conduct a plebiscite to find out what the people of the area wanted. The UN appointed a staff under Plebiscite Commissioner Eduardo Espinosa y Prieto to supervise all the stages of the voting.
Sir John Dring = Plebiscite Administrator.
Robert Edgar = Ass. Plebiscite Administrator
D. Braithwaite = Ass. Registration Officer (in Ahamansu)

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dec 15, 1955
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~ 70 years ago