EVENT INFORMATION

2
December
1950

UN assigns Eritrea to a federation with Ethiopia

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📅 2 December 1950 📍 Eritrea, Ethiopië

The UN General Assembly voted to federate Eritrea with Ethiopia under the Ethiopian Crown, after Italian colonial rule and British military administration. Eritrean communities’ preferences were debated by outside powers, and the arrangement restricted full sovereignty. The decision became a contested foundation for later Eritrean resistance and independence.

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Personen in deze gebeurtenis

Eritrean political representatives

UN Commission for Eritrea

Organisaties in dit Evenement

United Nations General Assembly

Ethiopia

Eritrea