Unilateral Declaration of Independence

British

noun

UDI. a declaration of independence made by a dependent state without the assent of the protecting state

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Still, the consequences of Rhodesia's long threatened "Unilateral Declaration of Independence" were so potentially grave that the game of bluff went on.

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His plan calls for the Muzorewa government to repeal the 1965 Unilateral Declaration of Independence, dissolve the Salisbury Parliament and relinquish its own power.

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Naturally endowed with fertile soil and abundant mineral resources, the country also has a strong manufacturing sector, developed after international sanctions were imposed following the 1965 Unilateral Declaration of Independence.

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The Kissinger formula, claims Smith, says nothing about a role for the British, who have never recognized Rhodesia's 1965 Unilateral Declaration of Independence.

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