The Role of Municipal Rules in International Law. Other Possible Sources of International Law. Protest, Acquiescence and Change in Customary Law. The Expanding Legal Scope of International Concern. Communist Approaches to International Law. The Founders of Modern International Law.
1 The Nature and Development of International Law. Table of Treaties and Selected Other International Instruments. Renamed Upper Volta in Burkina-Faso, the “land of upright men”.Table of contents : Cover. He will remain at the head of the country for nearly 15 years. General Sangoulé Lamizana becomes president. In January 1966, a popular uprising under the impetus of the unions was born, the army took power. However, most of the decisions taken, especially as regards budgetary questions, economic questions, remain very influenced by the decisions of the French technical assistants. Maurice Yaméogo does not wish to permanently jeopardize his external security by explicit or implicit integration into a military bloc. And the one who had thanked General de Gaulle for his “ĭistances himself by refusing to grant military bases to France. In April 1961, Maurice Yaméogo went to France to sign the cooperation agreements. The people do not see the benefits of independence coming. His way of life (expensive travel), his private life (repudiation of his first wife) and his austerity policy (reduction in civil servants' salaries, increase in taxes, etc.) are causing ever-greater turmoil. Many opponents are arrested, the competitors dismissed thanks to appointments to prestigious positions. Maurice Yaméogo is gradually building up personal power. The country was admitted to the UN in September 1960.Īt independence, the opposition is silenced in the country. In December 1960, he was confirmed at the head of power by a National Assembly composed mainly of members of the Rassemblement Démocratique Africain (RDA), a single party.
Maurice Yaméogo, 39, makes history forever. In the name of this morality from which we want to build our nation, I express my deep gratitude to all the architects of our national independence Nine centuries of history have revealed to the world the moral value of the Voltaic man. Today, August 5, 1960, at midnight, in the name of the natural human right to liberty, equality and fraternity, I solemnly proclaim the independence of the Republic of Upper Volta. On August 5, 1960, surrounded by the presidents of Dahomey, Hubert Maga, Niger, Hamani Diori and Ivory Coast, with Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Maurice Yaméogo, on the airwaves of the national radio address his fellow citizens: “ On December 11, 1959, one year after the birth of the Republic of Upper Volta, Maurice Yaméogo in a speech, marked his attachment to the symbols and emblems of the young Republic and in particular to the three colors of its flag (black, white, red ) which are those of the three tributaries of the Volta river, the black, white and red Volta. ► To (re) listen: Memory of a continent: August 5, 1960: independence of Upper Volta Two months later, she joined the Council of the Entente (Niger, current Dahomey Benin, Ivory Coast) led by the Ivorian Félix Houphouët-Boigny. In March 1959, the country withdrew from the Mali Federation project which brought together Upper Volta, French Sudan, Dahomey and Senegal. Maurice Yaméogo stands out as the head of government. It therefore became an autonomous Republic on December 11, 1958, within the Community founded by de Gaulle. On September 28, 1958, Upper Volta replied "yes" to the referendum proposed by General de Gaulle. It designates a government of twelve members chaired by Ouezzin Coulibaly, one of the great African leaders, who died in 1958. In March 1957, the new Territorial Assembly was elected by universal suffrage. Upper Volta, a poor territory, did not benefit from any development policy. The population which does not benefit from the same rights as the French colonists welcomes this day with relief.ĭismantled in 1932 to provide labor to neighboring colonies (current French Sudan, Mali, Niger, Ivory Coast), Upper Volta was reconstituted in 1947 with the acquired rights of the French colonies in Africa, including national representation. On August 5, 1960, Maurice Yaméogo proclaimed the independence of Upper Volta on national broadcasting. The ratification of the independence of Upper Volta between Louis Jacquinot and Maurice Yaméogo on August 4, 1960. On August 5, 1960, Upper Volta, future Burkina Faso, became independent
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