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3. Calls upon the administering Power and the territorial Government to continue to cooperate to
counter problems related to money laundering, smuggling of funds and other related crimes, as well as
drug trafficking;
4. Requests the administering Power, in consultation with the territorial Government, to continue
to facilitate the expansion of the current programme of securing employment for the local population, in
particular at the decision-making level;
5. Welcomes the implementation of the country cooperation framework of the United Nations
Development Programme for the Territory, which is designed to ascertain national development priorities
and United Nations assistance needs;
VI. Guam
Recalling that, in a referendum held in 1987, the registered and eligible voters of Guam endorsed a
draft Guam Commonwealth Act that would establish a new framework for relations between the Territory
and the administering Power, providing for a greater measure of internal self-government for Guam and
recognition of the right of the Chamorro people of Guam to self-determination for the Territory,
Recalling also its resolution 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960, containing the Declaration on the
Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, and all resolutions and decisions of the
United Nations relating to the Non-Self-Governing Territories, in particular General Assembly resolutions
52/77 A and B of 10 December 1997,
Recalling further the requests by the elected representatives and non-governmental organizations of
the Territory that Guam not be removed from the list of the Non-Self-Governing Territories with which
the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the
Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples is concerned, pending the self-determination
of the Chamorro people and taking into account their legitimate rights and interests,
Aware of the continuing negotiations between the administering Power and the territorial Government
on the draft Guam Commonwealth Act and on the future status of the Territory, with particular emphasis
on the question of the evolution of the relationship between the United States of America and Guam,
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, unconditional 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,
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