Unilateral declaration of independence Katanga's declaration of independence by Moise Tshombe in July 1960, the attempted secession of Biafra from Nigeria in 1967, the Bangladeshi declaration of independence from Pakistan in 1970, the (internationally unrecognized) secession of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus from Cyprus in 1983, the Palestinian Declaration of Independence from the Palestinian territories in 1988, and that of the Republic of Kosovo in 2008. During the break up of the Soviet Union throughout 1991, many of its republics declared their independence unilaterally without agreement and were thus not recognised as legitimate by the Soviet central government. During the breakup of Yugoslavia,
Cabinet of the State of East Indonesia resigned. The pro-republican J. Poetoehena cabinet was tasked with making preparations for the integration of the State of Indonesia into a unitary Republic of Indonesia. Its composition was as follows: On 19 May 1950, following negotiations between the United States of Indonesia (representing the State of East Indonesia and the State of East Sumatra) and the Republic of Indonesia, agreement was reached to create a unitary Indonesian state.. This state was formed on 15 August 1950, and given that this meant the State of East Indonesia no longer existed, Poetoehena and his cabinet resigned on 16 August. Cabinet of the