在过去几年中，世界各地普遍出现了以全民公决的方式和平解决国内和国际上的重大政治问题的趋势。前苏联和东欧某些国家解体后，陆续以全民公决的方式决定国家独立和创制新宪法；欧洲共同体各国分别举行全民投票决定是否加入马斯特利赫特条约，非洲和拉丁美洲的一些国家纷纷举 Over the past few years, there has been a general trend toward peaceful settlement of major political issues, both nationally and internationally, in a referendum. After the disintegration of certain countries in the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, they successively decided by means of a referendum on the independence of the country and on the creation of a new constitution. The countries of the European Community held separate referendums to decide whether or not to join the Treaty of Maastricht. Some countries in Africa and Latin America successively Give