Sources: Comoros
Every source cited on this case’s published pages, with where it is used. Organisation and government sources are labelled as perspectives.
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Reference work · Independent publication
Ahmed Abdallah (Wikipedia) link
General-reference encyclopedia article, consulted via citation, on President Ahmed Abdallah's overthrow on 3 August 1975, 27 days after independence, by French mercenary Bob Denard acting for Said Mohamed Jaffar and Ali Soilih.
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Reference work · Scholarly work
Nohlen, Dieter; Krennerich, Michael and Thibaut, Bernhard, Elections in Africa: A Data Handbook (Oxford University Press, 1999)
Scholarly reference handbook giving the island-by-island results of the 22 December 1974 Comorian referendum; consulted via its citation on the referendum's Wikipedia summary rather than the book itself, since the book text was not directly available to this research pass.
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Reference work · Scholarly work
Shillington, Kevin, Encyclopedia of African History (Fitzroy Dearborn, 2005)
Scholarly reference encyclopedia giving the 6 July 1975 unilateral declaration of independence by the Comorian Chamber of Deputies; consulted via its citation rather than the book itself, since the book text was not directly available to this research pass.
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Intergovernmental document · Intergovernmental organisation
United Nations General Assembly, General Assembly resolution 3291 (XXIX): Question of the Comoro Archipelago (United Nations, 13 December 1974) link
Adopted before the December 1974 referendum; reaffirms the unity and territorial integrity of the Comoro Archipelago, records France's statement that the popular consultation would be organised "archipelago-wide," and requests France to preserve the archipelago's unity.
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Intergovernmental document · Intergovernmental organisation
United Nations General Assembly, General Assembly resolution 3385 (XXX): Admission of the Comoros to membership in the United Nations (United Nations, 12 November 1975) link
Admits the Comoros to UN membership while reaffirming the necessity of respecting the unity and territorial integrity of the Comoro Archipelago, "composed of the islands of Anjouan, Grande-Comore, Mayotte and Moheli."
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Intergovernmental document · Intergovernmental organisation
United Nations Security Council, Security Council resolution 376 (1975) (United Nations, 17 October 1975) link
Recommends the Comoros' admission to UN membership, adopted 14 votes to none; France did not participate in the vote.
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