Arrangements for the dispatch of a Visiting Mission to Observe the Plebiscite in Palau, Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands : resolution / adopted by the Trusteeship Council.

Decides to send to Palau a visiting mission to begin on or about 17 August 1987 and to end as soon as practicable after the declaration of the results of the plebiscite; further decides that the Visiting Mission to palau should be composed of 4 members, the members to be representatives of Fiji, France, Papua New Guinea and the United Kingdom; directs the Visiting Mission to observe the plebiscite, specifically the polling arrangements, the casting of votes, the closure of voting, the counting of ballots and the declaration of results; requests the Visiting Mission to submit to the Trusteeship Council as soon as practicable a report on its observation of the plebiscite, containing such conclusions and recommendations as it may wish to make; requests the Secretary-General to provide the necessary staff and facilities to assist the Visiting Mission in the performance of its functions.

Adopted 3-1-0, 1642nd meeting

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