A/RES/64/104 A–B constitution modernization initiative, which comprises four phases with regard to constitutional reform, including research and publicity, consultation and public education, a referendum on reform proposals, and negotiations between the administering Power and the territorial Government, Welcoming the participation of the Territory as a new associate member of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, Acknowledging the indication by the territorial Government that certain cost-ofliving issues, such as inflation, continue to be cause for concern, Welcomes the finalization of a new draft constitution in February 2009 and 1. its subsequent acceptance by referendum in May 2009; Requests the administering Power to assist the Territory by facilitating its 2. work concerning public awareness outreach efforts, consistent with Article 73 b of the Charter of the United Nations, and, in this regard, calls upon the relevant United Nations organizations to provide assistance to the Territory, if requested; Welcomes the efforts made by the territorial Government to address cost-of3. living issues in various economic sectors; VI Guam Taking note of the working paper prepared by the Secretariat on Guam 13 and other relevant information, 12F Aware that under United States law the relations between the territorial Government and the federal Government in all matters that are not the programme responsibility of another federal department or agency are under the general administrative supervision of the Secretary of the Interior, 14 13F 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 the previously expressed 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 is concerned, pending the self-determination of the Chamorro people and taking into account their legitimate rights and interests, Aware that negotiations between the administering Power and the territorial Government on the draft Guam Commonwealth Act ended in 1997 and that Guam has subsequently established a non-binding plebiscite process for a self-determination vote by the eligible Chamorro voters, Cognizant of the importance that the administering Power continues to implement its programme of transferring surplus federal land to the Government of Guam, _______________ 13 14 10 A/AC.109/2009/16. United States Congress, Organic Act of Guam, 1950, as amended.