Joining Ghana
In 1954, the British government informed the UN that it would be unable to administer the Trust Territory after Ghanaian independence. In response, in December 1955, the UN General Assembly passed a resolution advising the British government to hold a plebiscite on the future of British Togoland.
On 9 May 1956, this referendum was held under UN supervision with the choice between formal integration with the future independent Gold Coast or continuation as a Trust Territory. The Convention People's Party campaigned for integration; the Togoland Congress against. 58% of votes opted for integration, with support stronger in the north than the south.
On 13 December 1956, this unification was put into effect, creating a single entity that became the new independent nation of Ghana on 6 March of the following year.
The southern part of the territory is now the Volta Region of Ghana.
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