Question of American Samoa

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 18 Implementation 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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1 subject

American Samoa Question

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15 operative paragraphs

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VII.RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ON THE REPORTS OF THE FOURTH COMMITTEE•

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 American Samoa;4

Reaffirms the inalienable right of the people of Amer ican Samoa to self-determination and independence in con formity with the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, contained in General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV);

Reiterates the view that such factors as territorial size, geographical location, size of population and limited natural resources should in no way delay the speedy im plementation of the Declaration contained in General As sembly resolution 1514 (XV), which fully applies to American Samoa;

Calls upon the Government of the United States of America, as the administering Power, to take all necessary steps, taking into account the freely expressed wishes of the people of American Samoa, to expedite the process of de colonization of the Territory in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Charter of the United Nations and the Declaration;

Reaffirms that it is the responsibility of the admin istering Power to ensure that the people of American Samoa are kept fully informed of their inalienable right to self determination and independence in accordance with General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV);

Recommends that, in accordance with the wishes of the people of American Samoa, the Chief Justice and As sociate Justices should be appointed by the Governor and approved by the Legislature, a procedure now facilitated by the growing number of American Samoans who are qualified lawyers, and that the recommendation of the second tem porary Political Status Commission for a change in the ju dicial system should be acted upon;

Reaffirms the responsibility of the administering Power, under the Charter, for the economic and social de velopment of the Territory;

Calls upon the administering Power, in co-operation with the territorial Government and within the framework of the five-year economic development plan, to continue to help to strengthen and diversify the economy of the Territory in order to achieve self-sufficiency;

Urges the administering Power to continue to facil 9. itate close relations and co-operation between the people of the Territory and the neighbouring island communities and the regional institutions in order to enhance further their economic welfare;

Urges the administering Power, in c<H>peration with 10. the freely elected representatives of American Samoa, to safeguard the inalienable right of the people of the Territory to the enjoyment of their natural resources by taking effec tive measures to ensure their right to own and dispose of those resources and to establish and maintain control of their future development;

Considers that the possibility of sending a further 11. visiting mission to American Samoa at an appropriate time should be kept under review;

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

37/21. Question of Guam

Reaffirms the inalienable right of the people of Guam to self-determination and independence in conformity with the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, contained in General Assembly res olution 1514 (XV);

Reaffirms its conviction that such factors as 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), which fully applies to Guam;

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Tille 37/20 Question of American Samoa (A/37/621) 37/21 Question of Guam (A/37/621) ....... . 37/22 Question of Bermuda (A/37/621) ...... .

Question of the British Virgin Islands (A/37/621) . 37/23 37/24 Question of the Cayman Islands (A/37/621) .. 37/25 Question of the Turks and Caicos Islands (A/37/621) . 37/26 Question of the United States Virgin Islands (A/37/621) 37/27 Question of Montserrat (A/37/621) ........... . 37/28 Question of Western Sahara (A/37/621) ........... . 37/29 Information from Non-Self-Governing Territories transmitted under Article 73 e of the Charter of the United Nations (A/37/622) .. 37/30 Question of East Timor (A/37/623) ................. . 37/31 Activities of foreign economic and other interests which are impeding the implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Co lonial Countries and Peoples in Namibia and in all other Territories under colonial domination and efforts to eliminate colonialism, apartheid and racial discrimination in southern Africa (A/37/624)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37/32 Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples by the specialized agencies and the international institutions associated with the United Nations (A/37/625) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37/33 United Nations Educational and Training Programme for Southern Africa (A/37/626) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37/34 Offers by Member States of study and training facilities for inhabitants of Non-Self-Governing Territories (A/37/627) . . . .

1 For the decisions adopted on the reports of the Fourth Committee, see sect. X.B.6.

2 Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-seventh Session, Sup plement No. 23 (A/37/23/Rev.l), chaps. III and XVII.

'Ibid., Thirty-seventh Session, Fourth Committee, 20th meeting, paras. 13-18. Item Darr of adoption Pagr 18

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4 Ibid., Thirty-seventh Session, Supplement No. 23 (N37/23/Rev. I),

'Ibid., chaps. III, IV and XVIII. ':·n. XVII.

" Ibid .. chap. XVIII.