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Notes with satisfaction the observations and recom mendations of the United Nations Visiting Mission to Observe the Act of Self-Determination in the Cocos (Keel ing) Islands, 1984;6
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Takes note that the people of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands voted by a substantial majority for integration with Australia;
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Endorses the view of the Visiting Mission that, in so doing, the people of the Territory have exercised their right to self-determination in accordance with the princi ples of the Charter of the United Nations and the Declara tion on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, contained in General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV);
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Considers it appropriate that, in view of the decision of the people of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, the transmis sion of information in respect of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands under Article 73 e of the Charter should cease;
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Takes note of the actions taken by the Government of Australia to transfer ownership of land to the Cocos
Keeling
Islands community and to extend relevant legis lation to the community so that it may enjoy the same benefits as those available to the Australian community at large, as well as the Government's assurances that the unique cultural identity, heritage and traditions of the Cocos community will be preserved;
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Expresses its appreciation to the Government of Australia, as the administering Power concerned, and to the Cocos (Keeling) Islands Council for the co-operation extended to the United Nations;
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Expresses its appreciation to the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples for the work it has accomplished, in close co-operation with the administering Power, in respect of the Territory.
Reso/,aion Title No. 39/30 Question of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands (A/39/696) .......... . 39/31 Question of American Samoa (A/39/696)....
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Question of Guam (A/39/696) ........................ . 39/32 Question of Bermuda (A/39/696) ................... . 39/33 39/34 Question of the British Virgin Islands (A/39/696) ............ . 39/35 Question of the Cayman Islands (A/39/696) ................. . 39/36 Question of Montserrat (A/39/696) ........................ . 39/37 Question of the Turks and Caicos Islands (A/39/696) ......... . 39/38 Question of the United States Virgin Islands (A/39/696) .. 39/39 Question of Anguilla (A/39/696) .......................... . 39/40 Question of Western Sahara (A/39/696) .................... . 39/41 Information from Non-Self-Governing Territories transmitted under Article 73 e of the Charter of the United Nations (A/39/6 76) .............. . 39/42 Activities of foreign economic and other interests which are impeding the implemen tation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial 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/39/663) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . 39/43 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/39/690) . . . . . . . . . . . .
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United Nations Educational and Training Programme for Southern Africa (A/39/6 77)
Offers by Member States of study and training facilities for inhabitants of Non-Self- Governing Territories (A/39/6 78) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1 For the decisions adopted on the reports of the Fourth Committee, see sect. X.B.5
8 /hid., Thmy-ninth Sernon. Fourth Committee. 17th meeting, paras. 1 Official Records of the General Assembly, Thmv-mnth Session, Supple- 7 3-82. ment No. 23 (A/39/23), chaps. IV and XVII.
q /hid., Thm1·-mnth Se11wn, Supp/emem No. 2J (A/39123). chap. XVII.
