BACKGROUND SUDAN - CHRONOLOGY AND AGREEMENT FOR SELF-GOVERNMENT

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BACKGROUND
SUDAN - CHRONOLOGY AND AGREEMENT FOR SELF-
GOVERNMENT
1899 - Anglo-Egyptian Condominium Agreement on
joint sovereignty over Sudan following
reoccupation of country by British and
Egyptian forces.
1924 - As result of murder of General Lee Stack
in Cairo, Egyptian participation in
administration of Sudan severely
restricted. This status maintained up
to present.
1951 - In October 1951 nationalist Wafd-
dominated Egyptian parliament
"abrogated" 1899 Sudan Condominium
Agreement and amended Egyptian
constitution to provide for unity of
Sudan with Egypt under Egyptian crown.
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Nov 1952-Feb 1953 - Arduous Anglo-Egyptian
negotiations to provide for Sudanese
self-government and eventual self-
determination. Terms of agreement
signed 12 Feburary 1953 to provide for:
1. A five-man commission (composed of
2 Sudanese, 1 Britisher, 1 Egyptian,
and a Pakistani chairman) to'advise
governor general of Sudan, tradi-
tionally a British official.
Governor general retains certain
"reserve powers" for internal
security matters and is responsible
to Britain and. Egypt for foreign
affairs.
2. Agreement called for "early"
elections to provide a 97-seat
house of representatives and to
elect 30 members of 50-member senate.
Remaining 20 members being appointed
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3. Elections were to be carried out
under supervision of an international
Election Commission composed of 3
Sudanese, 1 Britisher, 1 Egyptian,
1 American and an Indian chairman.
4. Following establishment of Sudanese
parliament, country will enter a
"transitional period" of self=
government not to exceed three years.
"Transitional period" will be ended
by Sudanese parliament passing a
resolution calling for "self-
determination." Elections will
then be held for a Constituent
Assembly which will decide future
of Sudan -- union with Egypt or
independence -- and will draft a
constitution for Sudan.
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