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Location of New Caledonia in Oceania. New Caledonia is a French overseas territory in the southwest Pacific. [28] It has a population of about 270,000; with the indigenous Kanak people constituting, according to the 2019 census, 41% of the population, the Europeans (Caldoche and metropolitan French) 28%, those of mixed race 11%, with other ethnic minorities (including Wallisians, Tahitians ...
May 13 – 2024 New Caledonia unrest: The High Commissioner of New Caledonia imposes a curfew and mobilizes security forces after a general strike and violent protests over proposed constitutional changes in the capital city Nouméa.
Since 1986, the United Nations Committee on Decolonization has included New Caledonia on the United Nations list of non-self-governing territories. [7] The 1987 New Caledonia independence referendum, the first independence referendum, was held the following year on 13 September 1987. However, independence was rejected by a large majority, with ...
May 26, 2024 at 5:07 PM. PARIS/SYDNEY (Reuters) - Seven more mobile force units will soon arrive as reinforcements in New Caledonia, the Elysée said in a statement on Monday, also indicating a ...
In a referendum, Future with Confidence, Générations NC, Tous Calédoniens, and the National Rally have decided to choose "The Loyalists" as its name and the slogan "Mon non est Nouvelle-Calédonie" ("My no is New Caledonia"). [2] In December 2021, in the following referendum, they took the name "Les Voix du Non". [3]
New Caledonia has a multi-party system, with multiple strong parties. 2019 election Party ... This page was last edited on 10 June 2024, at 21:46 (UTC).
Following the first round of the 2024 French legislative election on 30 June 2024, runoff elections in each constituency where no candidate received a vote share greater than 50 percent were scheduled for 7 July. Candidates permitted to stand in the runoff elections needed to either come in first or second place in the first round or achieve ...
In the 2018 referendum, voters narrowly chose to remain a part of France. ... See 2024 New Caledonia unrest. Executive branch. Main office-holders Office Name