A/RES/59/134 A-B
11. Invites the administering Powers to participate fully in the work of the
Special Committee in order to implement the provisions of Article 73 e of the
Charter and the Declaration;
12. Urges Member States to contribute to the efforts of the United Nations to
usher in a world free of colonialism within the Second International Decade for the
Eradication of Colonialism, and calls upon them to continue to give their full
support to the Special Committee in its endeavours towards that noble goal;
13. Notes that some Non-Self-Governing Territories have expressed concern
at the procedure followed by one administering Power, contrary to the wishes of the
Territories themselves, namely, of amending or enacting legislation for the
Territories through Orders in Council, in order to apply to the Territories the
international treaty obligations of the administering Power;
14. Takes note of the constitutional reviews in the Territories administered by
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and led by the territorial
Governments;
15. Reiterates its requests to the Secretary-General to report to the General
Assembly on the implementation of decolonization resolutions since the
proclamation of the Second International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism
for the purpose of a midterm review in 2005;
16. Requests the Special Committee to continue to examine the question of
the Non-Self-Governing Territories and to report thereon to the General Assembly at
its sixtieth session with recommendations on appropriate ways to assist the peoples
of the Territories in exercising their right to self-determination.
71st plenary meeting
10 December 2004
B
INDIVIDUAL TERRITORIES
The General Assembly,
Referring to resolution A above,
I
American Samoa
Taking note of the report by the administering Power that most American
Samoan leaders express satisfaction with the Territory’s present relationship with
the United States of America, as reflected in statements made by those leaders in the
regional seminars held in Havana, Cuba, Nadi, Fiji, and Madang, Papua
New Guinea, in 2001, 2002 and 2004, respectively,
Noting that the Government of the Territory continues to take steps to increase
revenue and decrease government expenditure,
Noting also that the Territory, similar to isolated communities with limited
funds, continues to experience a lack of adequate medical and other infrastructural
facilities,
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