Political status and decolonisation
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
Tokelauans voted 60% in favour of free association, short of the required two-thirds majority.
Significance here: The first UN-supervised test of Tokelau's proposed free-association status.
· Referendum or popular consultation
A second referendum again fell short of the two-thirds threshold, by just 16 votes.
Significance here: The second and, to date, final UN-supervised test of Tokelau's proposed free-association status.
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