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Resolution of the WEU Council on the implementation of the referendum on the Saar (Paris, 11 May 1955)
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| Document type |
Text
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Western European Union - Information Service. London: Western European Union, [s.d.], pp. 1-5.
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| Keywords |
referendum, Saar issue, WEU
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| Copyright |
© WEU Secretariat General - Secrétariat Général UEO
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On 11 May 1955, in Paris, the Council of Western European Union (WEU) adopts a resolution on the organisation of the referendum on the Saar Statute.
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| Location in the digital library |
SPECIAL FILES >> From the origins of the Schuman Plan to the ECSC Treaty >> The origins of the Schuman Plan >> Franco-German problems >> The Saar question
EUROPEAN ORGANISATIONS >> Western European Union >> Origin and development >> The development of WEU
HISTORICAL EVENTS >> 1950–1956 The formation of the community of Europe >> The birth of the community of Europe >> The origins of the Schuman Plan >> Franco-German problems >> The Saar question
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Resolution of the Council of Western European Union on the implementation of the referendum referred to in Article 1 of the Agreement on the Saar Statute (Paris, 11th May, 1955)
I – Commission
Article 1 - Composition and rules of procedure.
1 - A commission is to be set up consisting of representatives of the Governments of Belgium, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, responsible to the Council of Western European Union. 2 - The Commission will nominate its Chairman. 3 - The Commission's decisions will be taken by a majority vote. In any division of votes the Chairman will have a casting vote. 4 - The Commission will nominate delegates to whom certain powers will be attributed for limited and renewable periods, whenever it deems it necessary for the execution of its task. In particular, it may entrust them with missions in the different districts for the purpose of the referendum, and with the supervision of meetings and voting operations. The delegates must be nationals of the States whose Governments are represented on the Commission. The Commission will itself appoint the staff it requires. The staff entrusted with technical work may be recruited on the spot.
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| See also |
Billboard for the referendum on the Saar Statute (1955)
Posters for the referendum on the Saar Statute (Saarbrücken, 1955)
First results of the referendum on the European Statute of the Saar (24 October 1955)
Cartoon on the referendum on the Saar Statute (18 October 1955)
Poster against the Saar Statute (1955)
The Saar referendum (23 October 1955)
Counting of votes in the referendum on the European Statute of the Saar (23 October 1955)
Cartoon on the consequences of the referendum on the Saar (4 October 1955)
The Saar question
Ballot paper for the referendum on the Saar Statute (23 October 1955)
Eurofor staff declared operational (Florence, 28 November 1997)
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