# Admission to the United Nations (12 November 1975)

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Following the Security Council's recommendation, the Comorian application came before the General Assembly in the autumn of 1975, a period when the Assembly was dominated by newly independent African and Asian states strongly opposed to any partition of former colonies. The Comorian delegation insisted that the country's territory comprised all four islands, including Mayotte, which was still administered by France. On 12 November 1975 the General Assembly adopted resolution 3385 (XXX) admitting the Comoros to the United Nations. The resolution referred to the need to respect the unity and territorial integrity of the Comoro Archipelago, composed of the islands of Anjouan, Grande Comore, Mayotte and Mohéli. Said Mohamed Jaffar, head of the National Executive Council, addressed the Assembly. The day after, the Comoros also established diplomatic relations with North Korea, one of many new ties formed in these months. UN membership gave the Comoros a lasting forum for its claim to Mayotte. From 1976 onwards the General Assembly adopted a series of resolutions, under the agenda item on the 'question of the Comorian island of Mayotte', calling on France to negotiate its return. France rejected them, and the dispute remains unresolved. At this point in the timeline (12 November 1975), the acting Chairman of the National Executive Council was Said Mohamed Jaffar (3 August 1975 – 3 January 1976).

## Why it matters
UN admission confirmed Comorian statehood and international recognition of the archipelago's unity, the legal basis of the claim to Mayotte.

Ruler at the Time: [Said Mohamed Jaffar](https://allhistories.com/comoros/rulers/said-mohamed-jaffar)

## Sources
- [Wikipedia — Comoros](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comoros)
- [Wikipedia — State of the Comoros](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_of_the_Comoros)
- [United Nations — Member States: Comoros](https://www.un.org/en/about-us/member-states)
- [Encyclopaedia Britannica — Comoros](https://www.britannica.com/place/Comoros)
- [Wikipedia — Independence, Soilih And The Mercenaries (period overview)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Comoros_(1978%E2%80%932001))