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 Guam;34 2.
Reaffirms the inalienable right of the people of Guam 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 the Territory;
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 Guam, 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 and to
81 Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-fourth Session, Supplement No. 23 (A/34/23/Rev. l), chaps. IV and XXVII.
82 Ibid., Thirty-fourth Session, Fourth Committee, 22nd meeting, paras. 17-21, and 27th meeting, paras. 64 and 6S.
take such additional measures as will ensure preservation of the identity and cultural heritage of the people of Guam;
5
Expresses its appreciation to the members of the United Nations Visiting Mission dispatched to the Territory in )uly 1979 for the constructive work accomplished and to the administering Power and to the Government and people of Guam for the co-operation and assistance extended to the Mission;
6
Takes note of the report of the Visiting Mission and the observations, conclusions and recommendations coptained therein;88 7.
Calls uponthe administering Power to take all possible steps to strengthen and diversify the economy of Guam and to work out concrete programmes of assistance and economic development for the Territory;
8
Recalls that the administering Power has the responsibility to ensure that the people of Guam are kept fully informed of their inahenable right to selfdetermination and independence, in accordance with the Declaration;
9
Further calls uponthe administering Power to take the necessary action to enable the inhabitants of Guam to regain possession of unutilized land held at present by the federal authorities and by the military;
10
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 reaffirms its strong conviction that the presence of military bases in Guam should not prevent the people of the Territory from exercising their inalienable right to self-determination and independence in accordance with the Declaration and the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations;
11
Urgesthe administering Power, in co-operation with the freely elected authorities and representatives of the people of Guam, 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;
12
Requeststhe administering Power to continue to enlist the assistance of the specialized agencies and other organizations of the United Nations system in accelerating progress in all sectors of the national life of Guam;
13
Requeststhe Special Committee to continue the examination 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 administenng Power, and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its thirty-fifth session.
