Approves the chapter of the report of the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples relating to American Samoa;10 2.
Reaffirms the inalienable right of the people of American Samoa to self-determination and independence in accordance with the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples;
3
Reaffirms its conviction that questions of territorial size, geographical location and limited resources should in no way delay the implementation of the Declaration with respect to American Samoa;
4
Calls uponthe Government of the United States of America, as the administering Power, in consultation with the freely elected representatives of the people of American Samoa, to continue to take all the necessary steps to ensure the full and speedy attainment of the goals set forth in the Declaration with respect to the Territory;
5
Urgesthe administering Power to continue its efforts to ensure that the culture and identity of the people of the Territory shall continue to be reflected in the Government and administration of the Territory and preserved to the fullest extent;
6
Calls uponthe administering Power to continue to take all possible steps to strengthen and diversify the economy of American Samoa and to work out concrete programmes of assistance and economic development for the Territory;
7
Requeststhe administering Power to continue to enlist the assistance of the specialized agencies and other organizations within the United Nations system in accelerating progress in all sectors of the national life of American Samoa;
14 Ibid., chaps. IV and XIX.
u Ibid., Thirty-fourth Session, Fourth Committee, 22nd meet-
Urgesthe administering Power, with the cooperation of the freely elected authorities and representatives of the people of American Samoa, to safeguard the inalienable right of the people of the Territory to the enjoyment of their natural resources by taking effective measures which guarantee the right of the people to own and dispose of those natural resources and to establish and maintain control of their future development;
9
Urgesthe administering Power to continue to foster close relations and co-operation between the people of the Territory and the neighbouring island communities;
10
Requeststhe Special Committee to continue to seek the best ways and means for the implementation of the Declaration with respect to American Samoa, including the dispatch of a visiting mission to the Territory in consultation with the administering Power, and to report to the General Assembly at its thirty-fifth session on the implementation of the present resolution.
VD. Resolutlom adopted on tbe reports of the Fourth Committee
