patterned after the United Nations publication world Statistics in Brief. 36. The High Commissioner informed the Council that as a result of the growing competence of the constitutional Governments to run their own affairs, since October 1984 the number of employees at Trust Territory headquarters had decreased from 160 to about 120, and was still dropping. 37. The High Commissioner further reported that the Administration was providing training and counselling to the constitutional Governments in a variety of functions yet to be turned over, including management of federal programmes, financial affairs and the administration of the Trust Territory archives. Management of the capital improvement programmes in several areas had been turned over to the new Governments earlier in 1985. -6- 38. If the United States Congress acted expeditiously on the compacts, the Administration envisaged coming to the Trusteeship Council at the appropriate time to start the process of termination. The Administration was confident that with the experience gained over the past few years, each of the new Governments was capable of managing its own affairs. In 1985 alone there had been substantial growth in the economic sector. 39. Tourism was one of the fastest growing industries in Micronesia, although the lack of adequate hotel space had been a severely limiting factor. In the past year, however, two hotels had been opened in Palau and one each in Kosrae and Pohnpei. There had been a massive expansion of hotel rooms in the Northern Mariana Islands and construction was continuing on new hotels in MajUrO, with one havinq been completed. 40. Each Of the major centres now had airports fully certified by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the construction of terminals was to begin in early 1986. When the paving of Kosrae's new airport was completed, it would have 
**Analysis**
The text discusses the progress of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, specifically the decrease in employees at the headquarters, training and counseling of constitutional governments, and economic growth, including tourism and infrastructure development. These topics suggest a focus on the administrative and economic aspects of the territory's development.

**Category**
Economic development, Transport and communication