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 oflndependence to Colonial Countries and Peoples relating to American Samoa;9
2
Reaffirms the inalienable right of the people of American Samoa to self-determination and independence in conformity with the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, con tained in General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV);
3
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 exer cise by the people of the Territory of their inalienable right to self-determination and independence in conformity with the Declaration contained in General Assembly reso lution 1514 (XV), which fully applies to American Samoa;
4
Calls uponthe 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 decolonization of the Territory in accordance with the rel evant provisions of the Charter of the United Nations and the Declaration;
5
Reaffirms that it is the responsibility of the adminis tering Power to carry out a thorough programme of politi cal education so as to ensure that the people of American Samoa are kept fully aware of their inalienable right to self-determination and independence;
6
Takes note of the fact that a constitutional conven tion was held in American Samoa and that the convention
adopted, on 16 February 1984, a revised draft constitution for the Territory, which was transmitted to the Congress of the United States;
6 Ibid., sect. VI.
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.
