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	referendum
		A referendum (plural: referendums or referenda) or plebiscite is a direct vote in which an entire electorate is asked to either accept or reject a particular proposal.
		The franchise in a referendum is not necessarily the same as that for elections.
		A further perceived flaw of the referendum is that in some circumstances the democratic spirit of the referendum may be flouted by the repeated submission to the referendum of a proposal until it is eventually endorsed, perhaps due to a low turn-out or public fatigue with the issue.
	en.mcfly.org /referendum (2346 words)

	United Kingdom
		A 1979 referendum rejected, 4-1, the creation of an elected Welsh assembly; a similar proposal passed by a thin margin on Sept. 18, 1997.
		A 1979 referendum on the creation of an elected Scottish assembly was defeated, but a proposal to create a regional legislature with limited taxing authority passed by a landslide Sept. 11, 1997.
		On June 2, 1953, Queen Elizabeth II is formally crowned monarch of the United Kingdom in a lavish ceremony steeped in traditions that date back a millennium.
	www.history.com /encyclopedia.do?articleId=227058 (4278 words)

	Britain.tv Wikipedia - Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
		Apart from the United Kingdom, Elizabeth II is also Queen of Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, and Saint Kitts and Nevis, where she is represented by Governors-General.
		Her reign of over half a century has seen ten different Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom and numerous Prime Ministers in the Commonwealth Realms of which she is (or was) also Head of State; between them she has had a total of 138 Prime Ministers during her reign.
		The Queen, or her Governors-General, in the Realms outside the United Kingdom, also gives a speech at the annual State Opening of Parliament, outlining the government's legislative agenda for the year, but the speech is written by government ministers and reflects the view of the elected government.
	www.britain.tv /wikipedia.php?title=Elizabeth_II_of_the_United_Kingdom (8261 words)

	United_Kingdom - The real meaning from Timesharetalk wikipedia
		The United Kingdom is bounded by the Atlantic Ocean, and its ancillary bodies of water, including the North Sea, the English Channel, the Celtic Sea, and the Irish Sea.
		At the April 2001 UK Census, the United Kingdom's population was 58,789,194, the third-largest in the European Union (behind Germany and France) and the twenty-first largest in the world.
		The 36,320-member Royal Navy operates the United Kingdom's nuclear deterrent, which consists of four Trident missile-armed submarines, while the Royal Marines are the Royal Navy's Light Infantry units for amphibious operations and for specialist reinforcement forces in and beyond the NATO area.
	www.timesharetalk.co.uk /wiki.asp?k=United_Kingdom (6423 words)

	United Kingdom referendum, 1975 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The United Kingdom referendum of 1975 was a post-legislative referendum held on 5 June 1975 in the whole of the United Kingdom over whether there was support for it to stay in the European Economic Community, which it had entered in 1973, under the Conservative government of Edward Heath.
		Despite this comment, no referendum was held when UK entered into the Common Market into 1973, by entering into an accession treaty in 22 January 1972 (with Denmark, Ireland, Norway) and passing the European Communities Act 1972 in on October 16, 1972.
		On 9 April 1975, the House of Commons voted 396 (70%) to 170 (30%) in favour of retaining the Common Market on the new terms negotiated by Wilson's government between April 1974 and March 1974.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/United_Kingdom_referendum,_1975 (1369 words)

	Referendums: The Canadian experience in an international context (BP-271E)
		Finally, referendums can be used to solve a political problem, such as an issue which causes intra-party splits (the United Kingdom EEC referendum in 1975), or where a government needs to resolve a difficult political dilemma (the Canadian conscription referendum of 1942, or the Scottish and Welsh devolution referendums of 1979).
		Referendums were held in 1976, when the province of Andalusia was dissatisfied with the pace of its talks with the central government, and in 1986 on whether Spain should remain a member of NATO.
		The EEC referendums in Norway and Britain, the Leopold III referendum in Belgium, the divorce referendum in Italy, and the various prohibition referendums in Scandinavia and Australasia exemplified this.
	dsp-psd.communication.gc.ca /Collection-R/LoPBdP/BP/bp271-e.htm (11876 words)

	1975 Referendum pamphlet
		In 1975 a referendum was held in the United Kingdom, asking whether the electorate wished to remain part of what was then the Common Market.
		It is a common misconception that this referendum was on whether Britain should join - this is not the case, as Britain was already a member.
		The referendum was a manifesto commitment of the Labour party under the leadership of Harold Wilson.
	www.harvard-digital.co.uk /euro/index.html (365 words)

	The United Nations and Western Sahara: A Never-ending Affair by Anna Theofilopoulou: Special Reports: U.S. Institute of ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		A crucial element in the implementation of the plan was the identification of voters for the referendum, which both sides considered the key to producing an outcome in their favor.
		Although the king's statement was viewed by some as a breakthrough in that he accepted the idea of a referendum, statements before and after the speech should have left no doubt that he had a restrictive interpretation of the referendum plan as a "confirmative" one for Morocco.
		The case of the United Nations' efforts to mediate an end to the seemingly intractable conflict in the Western Sahara is particularly instructive.
	www.usip.org /pubs/specialreports/sr166_united_nations_sahara.html (2840 words)

	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Emirates Human Rights Practices, 1995 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK) is a longstanding, constitutional monarchy with a democratic, parliamentary government elected in periodic, multiparty elections and an independent judiciary.
		Throughout the United Kingdom, police forces are responsive to, and under the effective control of, civilian officials.
		The 1975 Sex Discrimination Act as amended in 1986 prohibits indirect as well as direct discrimination in training, education, housing, and provision of goods and services, as well as in employment.
	www.usemb.se /human/human95/unitedki.htm (6993 words)

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		That the islands acquired by the United States of America under an Act of Congress entitled "Joint resolution to provide for annexing the Hawaiian Islands to the United States," approved July seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, shall be known as the Territory of Hawaii.
		And all citizens of the United States resident in the Hawaiian Islands who were resident there on or since August twelfth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight and all the citizens of the United States who shall hereafter reside in the Territory of Hawaii for one year shall be citizens of the Territory of Hawaii.
		This section is a law giving rise to original jurisdiction of a United States district court, and pursuant to it, the court may adjudicate plaintiff's claims for the equal protection of the law arising from a statute of the United States.
	www.pixi.com /~kingdom/organic.html (9615 words)

	Referendums in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Referendums (or referenda) are only occasionally held by the government of the United Kingdom.
		Referendums are not legally binding, so legally the government can ignore the results; for example even if the result of a pre-legislative referendum was a majority of ‘No' for a proposed law, Parliament could pass it anyway.
		Under the terms of the Licensing Act 1961, on the application of 500 local electors a referendum could be held in each local government area at seven-year intervals on whether that district should be "wet" or "dry" on the Sabbath.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Referendums_in_the_United_Kingdom (1039 words)

	A bad rule bites the dust
		Remember, this is a law passed by the Parti Québécois government in 1978, applied by that same government for its referendum in 1980, a law kept by the Quebec Liberal Party after it came to power in 1985 and applied in its Charlottetown Referendum in 1992.
		Before the Charlottetown Referendum, Le Devoir denounced in violent terms the "fraud" that was to be perpetuated in the rest of Canada because the referendum would not be held under the same restrictive rules that applied in Quebec and nowhere else in the world.
		Something has been rotten in the state of Quebec since 1977 when the PQ proposed this iniquitous law, camouflaging it in lies, such as pretending that it was modeled on the United Kingdom's 1975 referendum law on membership in the European Community.
	www.efc.ca /pages/media/gazette.10oct97b.html (627 words)

	CrisisCongo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		kingdom, the clan was the governing unit that controls the land.
		The kingdom of the Kuba was reorganized in the mid seventeenth century and exercised
		The height of the Kingdom was during the mid-19th century.
	www.unitedafricaorganization.org /CrisisCongo.html (17328 words)

	History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The international trading tradition created a feeling that the United Kingdom was separate from 'mainland Europe' and there was opposition from many people who thought that conceding power to any outside body meant loss of national sovereignty.
		As a consequence, the United Kingdom was initially more interested in creating a European free trade area which would involve no sacrifice of national sovereignty, with the result that in 1959 the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) was created by Britain, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Austria, Portugal, Iceland and Switzerland, with Finland as an associate member.
		In 1975 a referendum is held in the United Kingdom and confirms our membership.
	europa.eu.int /unitedkingdom/about_us/history_en.htm (252 words)

	Letting Western Sahara Settle Its Future - Security Council - Global Policy Forum
		The referendum was earlier meant to be held in January 1992.
		The structure of the referendum was agreed at the time: the voter list would be based on an updated version of the Spanish census tabulated in 1974.
		On 29 January this year, the Under Secretary General for Legal Affairs to the United Nations, Hans Corell wrote to the President of the Security Council, reaffirming that the question of Western Sahara is an issue of decolonisation.
	www.globalpolicy.org /security/issues/wsahara/2002/0325ws.htm (1707 words)

	SUMMARY: Western Sahara, Avisory Opinion - 16 October 1975 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The Court first recalls that the General Assembly of the United Nations decided to submit two questions for the Court's advisory opinion by resolution 3292 (XXIX) adopted on 13 December 1974 and received in the Registry on 21 December.
		The Court notes that the General Assembly of the United Nations is suitably authorized by Article 96, paragraph 1, of the Charter and that the two questions submitted are framed in terms of law and raise problems of international law.
		According to Mauritania, that entity, at the relevant period, was the Bilad Shinguitti or Shinguitti country, a distinct human unit, characterized by a common language, way of life, religion and system of laws, featuring two types of political authority: emirates and tribal groups.
	www.icj-cij.org /icjwww/idecisions/isummaries/isasummary751016.htm (2164 words)

	engelandkunde
		The United Kingdom has 87 seats in the European parliament, 84 seats for Great-Britain and 3 seats for Northern Ireland.
		The economy of the United Kingdom is the fifth largest of the OECD-countries.
		The United Kingdom was a founding member of EFTA, along with Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Austria, Switzerland and Portugal.
	home.12move.nl /~sh829487/engelandkunde/vk.htm (1859 words)

	The Referendums of 1973 and 1975
		The 1998 referendum on the Good Friday Agreement was in fact the third referendum to be held in Northern Ireland.
		The first, held in 1973, was on the question of continued participation in the UK versus a united Ireland; the second, held in 1975, was part of a UK-wide referendum on continued participation in the European Economic Community.
		As is clear from the 1998 referendum results, a referendum rather than an election will pull out many more voters in areas which are not really hotbeds of support for a united Ireland.
	www.ark.ac.uk /elections/fref70s.htm (858 words)

	United Kingdom: history (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		After the crushing of a nationalist rebellion in Ireland in 1798, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was created in 1801 with the dissolution of the Irish Parliament.
		In February 1990, the United Kingdom and Argentina renewed diplomatic relations and their representatives met in Madrid to negotiate the issue of the return of the Malvinas/Falklands.
		Alongside this, a referendum in Ireland brought 95 per cent support for ending any territorial claim over Northern Ireland, leaving the way clear for the people of Ulster to decide on their own.
	gbgm-umc.org /country_profiles/country_history.cfm?Id=178 (4444 words)

	News from Congressman Pitts
		The fact that the Sahrawis have opted for non-violence in the affirmation of their identity and have respected the terms of the cease-fire signed in 1991 between their representative the Polisario Front and Morocco, is telling in terms of who is committed to settlement of the conflict.
		We feel that the United States should use its unique influence in that region to press the Moroccan Government and the Polisario Front to agree to the Peace Plan and to implement it under the supervision of the United Nations.
		In addition, the delay has caused terrible suffering for the Sahrawi refugees who have lived in refugee camps since 1975, continuing to hope for the actualization of the 1991 promise of a referendum for self-determination held by the United Nations.
	www.house.gov /pitts/press/releases/040706r-wsahara.htm (977 words)

	Commanding Heights : United Kingdom \| on PBS
		1910-1913: A long-standing parliamentary democracy with a constitutional monarchy, the United Kingdom is held up as a classic laissez-faire system based on rule of law.
		Referendums establish "devolved" regional assemblies in Wales and Scotland.
		A national referendum is called in 1975, causing a great split in government.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/commandingheights/lo/countries/uk/uk_full.html (7350 words)

	Speeches by Congressman Joe Pitts
		It is vital that neither the United States nor any other nation or international body pre-judge the results of the referendum - a referendum to which both Morocco and the Polisario have agreed and which the United States taxpayers and others have invested over $530 million.
		The failure of the United Nations to hold this referendum regarding the Western Sahara would lead to instability and insecurity in North Africa and the blame would fall squarely on the shoulders of the United Nations, the Administration of the United States, and the French government.
		The very foundation of the United Nations would be called into question, particularly since the definition of MINURSO, the U.N. implementing body in the region, is the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara.
	www.house.gov /pitts/press/speeches/091300s-wsaharatestimony.htm (868 words)

	BBC NEWS \| UK \| UK Politics \| EU referendum vote backed by MPs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		A UK referendum on the EU constitution moved a step closer after MPs backed a bill paving the way for the vote.
		The Tories tried to block the proposed law saying there should have been two bills, one for the referendum and one adopting the treaty into UK law.
		The referendum question will be: "Should the United Kingdom approve the treaty establishing a constitution for the European Union?"
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/uk_news/politics/4248471.stm (554 words)

	1975 - Free net encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		February 11 - Margaret Thatcher defeats Edward Heath for the leadership of the UK Conservative Party in the United Kingdom.
		November 10 - United Nations Resolution 3379: With a vote of 72 to 35 (with 32 abstentions), the United Nations General Assembly approves a resolution equating Zionism with racism.
		Some members of Jehovah's Witnesses thought that Armageddon would happen in 1975 and a few of them sold their houses and businesses to prepare for the new world paradise which they believe will exist when Jesus sets up God's Kingdom on earth.
	www.netipedia.com /index.php/1975 (3288 words)

	The WWW Virtual Library: West European Studies; United Kingdom. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Therefore, the United Kingdom decided to opt out and instead create a European free trade area that would serve as a competing force to the European Economic Community.
		In 1967 Britain under the new leadership of the Labour government applied once again but the French repudiated negotiations on grounds that the United Kingdom was not really committed to Europe and that the EEC's Common Agriculture Policy (CAP) was incompatible with Britain's relations with the Commonwealth.
		In Britain's first ever referendum in June 1975 the government posed the question whether the UK should stay in the European Community.
	www.library.pitt.edu /subject_guides/westeuropean/wwwes/mspr-uk.html (2087 words)

	Cyprus, Larnaka, Nicosia, Famagusta, Limassol, Kyrenia, Paphos
		Talks in Geneva involving Greece, Turkey, the United Kingdom and the two Cypriot factions failed in mid-August, and the Turks subsequently moved to gain control of 37% of the island's territory.
		The area occupied by Turkey proclaimed its independence in 1975, and the self-styled Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus was established in 1983.
		On the referendum, the proposed plan was favoured by the Turkish Cypriots by a majority of 2 to 1, but was overwhelmingly rejected by the Greek Cypriots by a 3 to 1 margin (see the Annan Plan for reasons).
	cyprus.world-guide.info (4363 words)

	East Timor
		The former Portuguese colony of East Timor was invaded and annexed by Indonesia in 1975, in a move which was never accepted by the United Kingdom or the United Nations.
		On 30 August 1999, the United Nations-organised referendum recorded an overwhelming 78.5% vote in favour of independence.
		The United Nations is now fully engaged in reconstructing East Timor and assisting with its transformation to statehood.
	www.army.mod.uk /aroundtheworld/e_tim (207 words)

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