Question of Guam

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Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 19Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, published in 1982.

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25 versions · 1977–2025

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4 topics

Decolonization Guam Guam Question Military Bases

What does this mandate say?

12 operative paragraphs

Approves the chapter of the report of the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implemen-

tation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples relating to Guam;52 Reaffirms the inalienable right of the people of Guam to self-detennination and independence in accordance with the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples;

Reaffirms its conviction that questions of territorial size, geographical location, size of population and limited natural resources should in no way delay the implementation of the Declaration contained in General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV) in respect of the Territory;

Recalls that the United States of America, as the administering Power, has the responsibility to ensure that the people of the Territory are kept fully infonned of their inalienable right to self-detennination and independence, in accordance with the Declaration;

Reiterates that it is the responsibility of the administering Power to create such conditions in the Territory as will enable the people of Guam to exercise freely and without any interference their inalienable right to self-detennination and independence in accordance with General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV);

Calls upon the administering Power to take all necessary steps, takin__g into account the freely expressed wishes of tne people of Guam, to expedite the process of decolonization of the Territory in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Charter of the United Nations and the Declaration and other appropriate resolutions of the General Assembly;

Recalls its relevant resolutions concerning military bases in colonial and Non-Self-Governing Territories, recognizes that the presence of military bases could constitute a factor impeding the implementation of the Declaration and

XVI. reaffinns its strong conviction that the presence of military bases in Guam should not prevent the people of tbe Territory from exercising their inalienable right to selt-detennination and independence in accordance with the Declaration and the purposes and principles of the Charter;

Reaffirms the responsibility of the administering Power, under the Charter, for the economic and social development of Guam, including the adoption of all possible measures to strengthen and diversify the economy of the Territory;

Calls upon the administering Power, in co-operation with the territorial Government and bearing in mind that an obstacle to economic development has been the uncertainty concerning land held by the federal authorities, to facilitate the transfer of land to the people of the Territory and to protect their property rights;

Urges the administering Power, in co-operation with the territorial Government, to continue to take effective measures to safeguard and guarantee the right of the people of Guam to their natural resources and to establish and maintain control over their future development;

Urges the administering Power to continue its efforts to develop and promote the language and culture of the Chamorro people;

Calls upon the administering Power to take the necessary action to enable the people of Guam to regain possession of unutilized land held at present by the federal authorities and by the military;

Requests the Special Committee to continue the consideration of this question at its next session, including the possible dispatch of a further visiting mission to Guam at an appropriate time and in consultation with the administering Power, and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its thirty-seventh session.

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