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85 events.
· Declaration
Suriname became independent from the Netherlands on 25 November 1975, at a ceremony in Paramaribo attended by Princess Beatrix, at which Queen Juliana signed the declaration of independence and Johan Ferrier was named the country's first President.
In: Suriname
· Declaration
After Portugal’s administration withdrew, FRETILIN declared East Timor independent; Indonesia invaded nine days later.
In: Timor-Leste
· Recognition
Following the Security Council's unanimous recommendation, the General Assembly admitted the Republic of Surinam as a member of the United Nations, nine days after independence.
In: Suriname
· Conflict episode
Indonesian forces invaded East Timor, beginning an occupation that lasted until 1999.
In: Timor-Leste
· 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.
In: Djibouti
· International resolution
The Security Council recognised East Timor’s right to self-determination and independence and called on Indonesia to withdraw its forces.
In: Timor-Leste
· Administrative change
Indonesia made East Timor its 27th province; the United Nations never recognised the integration.
In: Timor-Leste
· Agreement
A Marcos-era agreement formalized autonomy for Muslim Mindanao and precipitated the MILF's split from the MNLF.
· Administrative change
Spain formally ended its presence and disclaimed further international responsibility for administering the Territory.
In: Western Sahara
· Declaration
The first formal Sri Lankan Tamil political demand for an independent state.
In: Tamil Eelam
· Declaration
Following the end of the Vietnam War in 1975, a new National Assembly formally reunified the country as the Socialist Republic of Vietnam on 2 July 1976.
In: Vietnam
· Recognition
After the Security Council failed to recommend Angola for membership in June 1976, it did so in November 1976, and the General Assembly admitted the People's Republic of Angola in December.
In: Angola
· Declaration
Hasan di Tiro declared Aceh-Sumatra's independence, launching a decades-long insurgency.
In: Aceh
· Recognition
The Security Council recommended Western Samoa's admission to the United Nations on 1 December 1976, and the General Assembly admitted it on 15 December 1976, nearly fifteen years after independence.
In: Samoa
· Conflict episode
RENAMO, founded in May 1977 by the Rhodesian Central Intelligence Organisation and later sponsored by South African Military Intelligence, waged a fifteen-year civil war against the FRELIMO government.
In: Mozambique
· Other
A two-decade armed conflict over Jumma autonomy and land rights, fuelled by state-sponsored Bengali settlement, ended with a negotiated peace accord.
· 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.
In: Djibouti
· Declaration
Djibouti became independent from France on 27 June 1977.
In: Djibouti
· Protest
A general strike shut down the island as part of the campaign for secession from the Netherlands Antilles.
· Legislation
Quebec’s Charter of the French Language affirmed French as the official language of Quebec.
In: Quebec
· Recognition
Following the Security Council's recommendation, the General Assembly admitted the Republic of Djibouti as a member of the United Nations.
In: Djibouti
· Recognition
The Security Council recommended the Socialist Republic of Vietnam's admission to the United Nations on 20 July 1977, and the General Assembly admitted it that September.
In: Vietnam
· Constitutional change
A Spanish decree-law provisionally re-established the Generalitat of Catalonia before the new Constitution.
In: Catalonia
· Election
The party reached its highest vote share in the 1978 New Brunswick provincial election.
· Organisation founded
The lead organisation of the Guadeloupean independence movement was founded.
· Other
Kurdish students led by Abdullah Öcalan founded the PKK, citing repression of Kurdish identity in Turkey.
In: Kurdish self-determination, Kurdish self-determination in Türkiye
· Organisation founded
The lead organisation of the Martinican independence movement was formally established.
· Agreement
The Security Council approved a UN plan for Namibian independence and established the UN Transition Assistance Group (UNTAG) to supervise a transition to independence through free elections.
In: Namibia
· Other
Kurdish autonomy demands were rejected by the new Islamic Republic, leading to a war reported to have killed around 10,000 Iranian Kurds.
· Referendum or popular consultation
A majority of voters backed the Scotland Act 1978, but the Yes vote fell short of the 40% of the electorate the Act required, and the Act was repealed.
In: Scotland
· Referendum or popular consultation
Voters rejected a Welsh Assembly proposed under the Wales Act 1978 by a large margin.
In: Wales
· Other
ULFA was founded at a historic Ahom-kingdom site to campaign for an independent, sovereign Assam.
· Other
The Assyrian Democratic Movement was founded, later becoming the leading Assyrian political organization in Iraq and the parent of the Nineveh Plain Protection Units.
· Referendum or popular consultation
A referendum approved the current Statute of Autonomy establishing the Basque Country as an autonomous community of Spain.
In: Basque Country
· Agreement
A conference at Lancaster House in London produced agreement on a constitution, ceasefire and transitional arrangements for an independent Zimbabwe, with Britain resuming direct administration pending elections.
In: Zimbabwe