Proclamation of Singapore

Proclamation of Singapore
Documents of Proclamation of Singapore
Created	7 August 1965
Location	Secretary-General of the United Nations [1] (English) and (French), Registered Nr. I-8206
Author(s)	Edmund W. Barker
Signatories	Lee Kuan Yew and Tunku Abdul Rahman

The Proclamation of Singapore is an annex of the Independence of Singapore Agreement 1965 dated 7 August 1965 between the governments of Malaysia and Singapore, and an act to amend the Constitution of Malaysia and the Malaysia Act on 9 August 1965 signed by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, and read on the day of separation from Malaysia, which was 9 August 1965, by Lee Kuan Yew, the first Prime Minister of Singapore.

See also

• Proclamation of Malaysia
• Singapore in Malaysia
• Independence of Singapore Agreement 1965
• Succession of states
• Vienna Convention on Succession of States in respect of Treaties

References

This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain : Proclamation of Singapore

1. See : United Nations General Assembly Resolution 97 (1)

External links

• United Nations Treaty Series (UNTS): Agreement relating to the separation of Singapore from Malaysia as an independent and sovereign state