Calls upon the administering Power to continue to ensure that the presence of military bases and installations in the Territory does not constitute an obstacle to the implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples nor hinder the population of the Territory from exercising its right to self-determination; also calls upon the administering Power, in cooperation with the territorial Government, to continue to expedite the transfer of land to the people of the Territory and to take the necessary steps to safeguard their property rights; notes that discussions held since 1988 between the Government of the United States and the Guam Commission on Self-Determination have resulted in qualified agreements on the provisions of the Guam Commonwealth Act, including agreements to disagree on several substantive portions of the Guam proposal, and that the new Administration of the administering Power has been requested by Guam to conduct expeditiously its review of the Guam Commonwealth Act in concert with the Guam Commission on Self-Determination; requests the administering Power to take all necessary measures to respond to the concerns of the territorial Government with regard to the immigration issue; reiterates its request to the administering Power to continue to recognize and respect the cultural and ethnic identity of the Chamorro people, the indigenous inhabitants of Guam; notes that a period of 14 years has elapsed since a UN mission visited the Territory and again calls upon the administering Power to facilitate the dispatch of such a mission.

Adopted without vote, 75th meeting

Adopted at the 75th plenary meeting, 10 Dec. 1993.