 Rambai muchinyora ndima iyi - Chimwe chiitiko chakapokana pamwe chakanyanya kukosha chaive chekuti maBritish akatanga kubuda kwavo kubva kuBritish Malaya. Chimwe chiitiko chakanga chine chokuita nezvakawanwa neUnited Nations Assessment Team iyo yakatungamirira nzvimbo dzeBritain dzeNorth Borneo neSarawak muna 1963 kuti vaone kana vanhu vacho vaida kuva rutivi rweMalaysia Federation itsva. Basa reUnited Nations Team rakatevera kubva pakuongororwa kwekare neBritish-yakagadzwa Cobbold Commission iyo yakanga yasvika munzvimbo muna 1962 uye yakaita kunzwa kuti ione maonero evanhu. Rakaongororawo tsamba 1600 nemamemorandamu zvakatumirwa nevanhu, masangano nemapato ezvematongerwo enyika. Cobbold akagumisa kuti anenge zvikamu zviviri kubva muzvitatu zvevanhu vaida kuumbwa kweMalaysia nepo chikamu chimwe muzvitatu chakasara chaida kuzvimiririra kana kuramba chichitongwa neUnited Kingdom. Chikwata cheUnited Nations chakasimbisa zvikuru izvi zvakawanikwa, izvo zvakazogamuchirwa neGeneral Assembly, uye nzvimbo mbiri idzi dzinoda kuumba Federation itsva yeMalaysia. Mhedziso dzose dziri mbiri dzeCobbold Commission neboka reUnited Nations dzakasvikwa pasina referendamu dzokuzvisarudzira dzakaitwa. Kusiyana neSingapore, zvisinei, hapana referendamu yakamboitwa muSarawak neNorth Borneo. ivo vakatsvaga kubatanidza akati wandei ezvakange zvambotongwa masangano ipapo pakanga paine Chibvumirano cheManila, chibvumirano pakati pePhilippines, Federation of Malaya neIndonesia musi wa31 Chikunguru 1963 kutevedzera zvido zvevanhu veNorth Borneo neSarawak mukati meUnited Nations General Assembly Resolution 1541 XV, Nheyo 9 yeAnnex ichitarisa referendamu muNorth Borneo neSarawak iyo yaizove yakasununguka uye isina kumanikidzwa. Ikokuwo kwakaparira kurwisana kweIndonesianokuti Indonesia yakanga isingadi kuputsa zvibvumirano. 