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Internal Memorandum - Guaranteeing the Preservation of National Unity

This UNAMI memorandum presents different sets of guarantees for the preservation of the constitutionally established territorial structure of a country. It provides examples of 1) constitutional guarantees; 2) international guarantees for the preservation of an agreement; and 3) best practices of workable arrangements in the constitutional text that facilitate and encourage accommodation of all territorial units.
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Keywords  Decentralization,  Autonomy/Autonomous,  Subnational Units,  Territory,  Amendment Procedure,  Power-sharing,  Minority/Minorities,  Proportional Representation,  Monitoring,  Dispute Resolution Mechanism,  Constitutional Court,  Note to File/Internal Memorandum (UN),  Special Political Missions/SPMs,  UNAMI