[1] Also known as the Union pour la Défense des Interêts de la Haute Volta (UDIHV), it was an alliance of young Catholic-trained Voltans and traditional chiefs opposed to domination by the Ivory Coast.
[2] In 1948 the party joined Senghor's parliamentary initiative, Indépendants d'Outre-Mer (IOM).
In the 1951 elections UV sent four members to the National Assembly: Dr. Joseph Conombo, Henri Guissou, Nazi Boni and Mamadou Ouédraogo.
However, when its main backer, Governor Mouragues, left Upper Volta in 1953, the unity of UV became fragile.
Similarly Nazi Boni founded the African Popular Movement (MPA) the same year.