1967 Gibraltar sovereignty referendum

none June 2025 June 2025 1967 09 10 y Gibraltar ensign1939 "A) To pass under SPANISH sovereignty in accordance with the terms proposed by the SPANISH GOVERNMENT to the Government of the United Kingdom on 18th May, 1966 (which terms are set out in the Schedule to the Gibraltar (Referendum) Order 1967).B) Voluntarily to retain their link with the UNITED KINGDOM with democratic local institutions and with the UNITED KINGDOM retaining its present responsibilities." Spain United Kingdom 44 12,138 55 12,672 Gibraltar Constitution Order 1969 2002 2002 Gibraltar sovereignty referendum The Gibraltar sovereignty referendum of 1967 was held on 10 September 1967, in which Gibraltarian citizens were asked whether they wished to pass under Spanish sovereignty, with Gibraltarians keeping their British citizenship and a special status for Gibraltar within Spain; or remain under British sovereignty, with its own self-governing institutions.Joseph Garcia Joseph Garcia (Gibraltarian politician) 1994 Gibraltar – The Making of a People Medsun Gibraltar Overview Further to resolution 2070 of the United Nations General Assembly that was approved on 16 December 1965, the governments of Spain and the United Kingdom started talks on Gibraltar in 1966. On 18 May 1966, the Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs, Fernando Castiella made a formal proposal to Britain comprising three clauses: George Hills George Hills (historian) 1974 Rock of Contention. A History of Gibraltar Robert Hale London 0-7091-4352-4 456Gibraltar talks with Spain (May–October 1966). Presented to Parliament by the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs by Command of Her Majesty United Kingdom Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Her Majesty's Stationery Office 1966 London 36 The cancellation of the Treaty of Utrecht and the subsequent return of Gibraltar to Spain. The presence of the British in the Royal Navy base in Gibraltar, its use being subject to a specific Anglo-Spanish agreement. A "Personal Statute" for Gibraltarians, under United Nations guarantee, protecting their cultural, social and economic interest in Gibraltar or anywhere else in Spain, including their British nationality. "(An) appropriate [..] administrative formula" should also be agreed on. The options presented to Gibraltarians in a referendum were:Antonio Cassese (1998) Self-Determination of Peoples: A Legal Reappraisal Cambridge University Press, p. 208 To pass under Spanish sovereignty in accordance with the terms proposed by the Spanish Government; or Retain their link with Britain, with democratic local institutions. Britain retaining its present responsibilities. Result Gibraltar sovereignty referendum, 1967 44 12182 12138 12672 55 Spanish sovereignty British sovereignty Aftermath A new constitution was passed in 1969. Gibraltar National Day has been celebrated annually on 10 September since 1992 to commemorate Gibraltar's first sovereignty referendum of 1967. In 1969, the Spanish government closed the border between Spain and Gibraltar, cutting off all contacts and severely restricting movement. The border was not fully reopened until February 1985. The Special Committee on Decolonization was informed in advance of the referendum and invited to observe.George Hills Rock of contention: a history of Gibraltar https://books.google.com/books?id=KEFpAAAAMAAJ 7 February 2011 1974 Hale Hills1974 464 9780709143529 The invitation was declined and instead the UN General Assembly passed Resolution 2353, which requested that the United Kingdom enter negotiations with Spain (then under the dictatorship of General Franco) and criticised the United Kingdom for holding a referendum. Resolution 2353 (XXII) was supported by seventy-three countries (mainly Latin American, Arab, African and Eastern European countries),William Godfrey Fothergill Jackson The Rock of the Gibraltarians: A History of Gibraltar https://books.google.com/books?id=zmKTPwAACAAJ 4 February 2011 1990 Gibraltar Books 9780948466144 Jackson_1990 314 rejected by nineteen (United Kingdom and the countries of the Commonwealth of Nations), while twenty-seven countries abstained (Western Europe and the United States). Gallery Related images 300 center File:Devil's Gap Road.jpg Devil's Gap Road in Gibraltar's Upper Town. The steps have been painted with the Union Flag ever since the referendum File:Gibraltar referendum Nov 1967.jpg A car painted to celebrate the results of the referendum File:Referendum Gate.jpg Referendum Gate at Southport Gates in Charles V Wall, Gibraltar. Named to commemorate the referendum See also 2002 Gibraltar sovereignty referendum References See also Gibraltar Constitution Order 1969 History of Gibraltar Sovereignty referendum Gibraltar sovereignty referendum Category:Referendums in Gibraltar Category:Sovereignty referendums Category:September 1967 in Europe Category:Spain–United Kingdom relations