Dated events associated with this case. Each event is a shared record: the same event appears identically wherever it is relevant.
· Referendum or popular consultation
A referendum held on 19 March 1967, ordered by President Charles de Gaulle after 1966 rioting during his visit, saw 60.60% vote to remain French; France had deported roughly 6,000 ethnic Somalis before the vote.
Significance here: An earlier referendum, a decade before independence, whose contested conduct fed into the UN's continued pressure on France.
· Declaration
The General Assembly reaffirmed the right of the people of French Somaliland (Djibouti) to immediate and unconditional independence and called on France to grant it.
Significance here: International pressure that preceded the 1977 referendum and independence.
· Referendum or popular consultation
Voters in the French Territory of the Afars and the Issas voted for independence in a referendum held on 8 May 1977, alongside an election for a Constituent Assembly.
Significance here: The vote that led directly to Djibouti's independence seven weeks later.
· Declaration
Djibouti became independent from France on 27 June 1977.
Significance here: The formal end of French rule following the referendum.
· Recognition
Following the Security Council's recommendation, the General Assembly admitted the Republic of Djibouti as a member of the United Nations.
Significance here: Formal international recognition of Djiboutian statehood following independence.
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