Nouméa Accord
1998 AGREEMENT BETWEEN FRANCE AND NEW CALEDONIA
Noumea Accord; 1998 Noumea Accord
The Nouméa Accord of 1998 is a promise by the French Republic to grant increased political power to New Caledonia and its original population, the Kanaks, over a twenty-year transition period. It was signed 5 May 1998 by Lionel Jospin, and approved in a referendum in New Caledonia on 8 November, with 72% voting in favour.