A/RES/50/38 Page 8 Recalling the statement by the Special Representative of the United States of America for Guam Commonwealth Issues on 12 December 1993 that the Administration hoped to have comments on the Commonwealth Bill before Congress by the end of 1994, Cognizant that the administering Power continues to implement its programme of transferring surplus federal land to the Government of Guam, Noting that the people of the Territory have called for reform in the programme of the administering Power with respect to the thorough and expeditious transfer of land property to the people of Guam, Conscious that immigration into Guam has resulted in the indigenous Chamorros becoming a minority in their homeland, Aware of the potential for diversifying and developing the economy of Guam through commercial fishing and agriculture and other viable activities, Recalling the dispatch in 1979 of a United Nations visiting mission to the Territory, 1. Calls upon the administering Power and the territorial Government to expedite the early conclusion of the negotiations on the draft Guam Commonwealth Act and on the future status of the Territory; 2. Requests the administering Power to continue to assist the elected territorial Government in achieving its political, economic and social goals; 3. Also requests the administering Power, in cooperation with the territorial Government, to continue the transfer of land to the people of the Territory and to take the necessary steps to safeguard their property rights; 4. Further requests the administering Power to continue to recognize and respect the political rights and the cultural and ethnic identity of the Chamorro people and to take all necessary measures to respond to the concerns of the territorial Government with regard to the immigration issue; 5. Requests the administering Power to continue to support appropriate measures by the territorial Government aimed at promoting growth in commercial fishing and agriculture and other viable activities. VII. Montserrat The General Assembly, Referring to resolution A above, Noting the functioning of a democratic process in Montserrat, Taking note of the reported statement of the Chief Minister that his preference was for independence within a political union with the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States and that self-reliance was more of a priority than independence, /...