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Recalling also the requests by the elected representatives and
non-governmental organizations of the Territory, including at the 2011 Caribbean
regional seminar, that Guam not be removed from the list of the Non-SelfGoverning 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 selfdetermination 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,
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,
Aware of the deep concerns expressed by civil society and others, including at
the meetings of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth
Committee) of the General Assembly in October 2009 and 2010, at the Pacific
regional seminar held in Nouméa from 18 to 20 May 2010, and at the 2011
Caribbean regional seminar, regarding the potential social, cultural, economic and
environmental impacts of the planned transfer of additional military personnel of the
administering Power to the Territory,
Conscious that immigration into Guam has resulted in the indigenous
Chamorros becoming a minority in their homeland,
1.
Calls once again upon the administering Power to take into consideration
the expressed will of the Chamorro people as supported by Guam voters in the
referendum of 1987 and as subsequently provided for in Guam law regarding
Chamorro self-determination efforts, encourages the administering Power and the
territorial Government to enter into negotiations on the matter, and stresses the need
for continued close monitoring of the overall situation in the Territory;
Requests the administering Power, in cooperation with the territorial
2.
Government, to continue to transfer land to the original landowners of the Territory,
to continue to recognize and to respect the political rights and the cultural and
ethnic identity of the Chamorro people of Guam and to take all measures necessary
to address the concerns of the territorial Government with regard to the question of
immigration;
Also requests the administering Power to assist the Territory by
3.
facilitating public 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, and welcomes the
recent outreach work by the territorial Government, including the convening in 2011
of a Chamorro forum;
Further requests the administering Power to cooperate in establishing
4.
programmes for the sustainable development of the economic activities and
enterprises of the Territory, noting the special role of the Chamorro people in the
development of Guam;
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