Having examined the relcvant chapters of the report of the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the lmplementation of the Declaration on the Granting of lndependence to Colonial Countnc~ and Peoples, 7 Resolutions adoptcd on the reports of the Fourth C'ommítk<· ZB
Rccalling its resolu11011 1) 14 (X V) ,)r 14 1 kcember 1960, containing the Dcclarat1on on thc (ira11ti11g of 111dcpendence to Colonial Countrics and Pcoplcs. ami ali other resolutions and deeisions of thc 1 lnitcd Nations rclat1ng to (iuam.
llarmg hcard thc statement of the I cprescntat I H' <'I the administering Power,' Notlllg 11·ith apprcna/1011 thc rnntinucd active partKipation of the administering Power in the work of tlw Spccial Comm11tee in regard to (iuam. therchy enabling it to conducta more informed and meaningful cxammation of thL' situation in thc Tcrritory with a view to accclerating the process of dccoloni;,ation towards the f'ull and spccdy 1mplementation of thc Dcdaration,
,Vot111g that a referendum on politirnl status was organ- 1zcd in the Territory, thc l1nal phasc of which was hcld on 4 Septembcr 1982,
Recafling ali relcvant rcsolutions of thc l lnited Nat1,ms relating to mílitary bases and 111stallat1ons in eolo111al ami Non-Self-( ioverning T erritorics,
Not111g the grcat potential for di, er~1fyi11g and dn dop 111g thc cconomy of Guam olli::rcd h} romnwr.-ial lishmg. agriculture and thc dcvclopmcnt ol tlw transportation industry,
Bcar111s: 111 mind that an ohstaclc to the econom1c devt>lopment ofthe Territon has heen thc uncertainty concernmg land held by the federal authorit1es.
-l1mrc of the spccial nrcumstanccs or thc geograph1eal location and cconomie conditions of(iuam and the Tll'LTS· sity of diversifying the ccnnomy of thc Tcrri11iry as a malter ofpriority and noting thc great potcntial for d1vl'fsilication offered by commcrcial fishing, agriculture and the devclopment of the transportation industry,
M111dfúl that United Nat1ons vi!>iting missions providc an effective means or asccrtaining the situatinn in the small Territories and exprcs~ing its ~atisfaction at the w11lingness ofthe administering Power to rcceivc visiting missions in the Terntories under its administration,
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Arprovcs the chapter or thc report or the Special Committee on the Situation with rcgard to tlw lmplementation of the Dcclaration ,m the ( ,ranting of I ndcpcndcnre to Colonial Countries and Pcoplcs rclating to ( ,uam: s Rcaftinm the inalienable right of thc peopk of Ciuam to self-dctermination and indepcrHknce in ,·,mformity with the Dedaration on thc < ,ranting of lndq,cndence to Colonial Countrics and Pcopks, contained in General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV):
.t Rcaf!inns it.1· co11rict1011 that surh foctors as terntorial si;,e, geographiral location, size of population and lim - ited natural resourccs should in no way delay tlw 1mplemcntation of the Declarat1011 contained in Grncral Assembly rcsolution IS 14 (XV). which fully applies to Guam:
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lakl's note of thc fact that 111 thc rl'fcrendum on political status, hcld on 4 Scptember 1982, 75 pcr cent of thc voters voted in favour of Commonwealth status in association with the lJnited States of America and. in that connection. mindful of the principies contained in the Charter of the ll nited Nations and in tht' Declaration. ca lis upon the administering Power, in co-operation with the territorial Governmenl, to cxpcdite the proccss of decoloni;ration in accordance with tht' expre\sed wishl's of the people of thc Territnry:
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Reaf/irms its strong e, 11/l'll'//011 t hat thc admmistering Power must ensure th.it 1111litary bases and installations do not hinder the population ,,f tlw Tl'fri1,11 \ from ,·x,·1ris-
ing its right to sclf-dctermination and indcpcndcncc in conformity with thc purposcs and principies of thc Charter and urges the administ<.'ring Powcr to takc ali neccssary measures to comply fully with thc rclcvant rcsolutions:
6
Reajfirm.1 thc rl.'spons1bility of thc admini~tering Power, undcr the Chartcr. frir the economic and social devclopment of Guam and calls upon thc administering Powcr to take ali necessary stcps to strengthen and divcrsify the economy of the Tcrritory. with a view to reducing thc Territory's cconomic dcpendence on the administering Power:
7
Rt'iterates it.1 cal/ upon the administcring Power. in co-operation with the territorial Govcrnmcnt. to rcmovc the constraints which limit growth in the rconomic development of the Terntory, part1cularly with rcgard to commercial fishing. agriculturc and thc transportation industry:
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Cal/s upo11 thc adrninistcring Powcr. in co-operation with the local authoritics. to accclcratc the transfer of land to thc people of the Tcrritory.
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Urgesthc adrninistning Power, in co-operation with the territorial Governmcnt. to continuc to takc effcctivc measures to safeguard and guarantee the right of the people ofGuarn to thcir natural rcsources and to establish and maintain control ovcr their future dcvclopment and requests the administering Power to take ali necessarv steps to protect the propcrty rights of the pcoplc of thc Territory;
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Takes no/e of thc steps taken by the administering Power to strengthen its efforts to develop and promote thc language and culture of the ( 'hamorro people. who cornprise more than hatr of thc population of the Territory. and reaffirms the importance of further efforts in that ficld:
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Considers that thc possibility of sending a further visiting mission to Guam atan appropriate time should he kept under rcview:
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Requeststhe Special Committee to continue thc consideration of this question at its next session. including the possihle dispatch of a fu11her visiting mission to Guam at an appropriate time aml in consultation with thc administcring Power, and to report thereon to the ( ieneral Assembly at its thirty-ninth ~ession.
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