opment of the inhabitants of the Trust Territory toward self-government or independence as may be appropriate to 117 See Official Records of the Security Council. Forty-fifth Year, Suffilementfor October, November and December 1990. 8 United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 8, No. 123 29 the particular circumstances of the Trust Territory and its peoples and the freely expressed wishes of the peoples concerned, Aware that, towards this end, negotiations between the Administering Authority and representatives of the Trust Territory began in 1969 and resulted in the conclusion of a Compact of Free Association in the case of the Federated States of Micronesia and the Marshall Islands, and a Com-­ monwea lth Covenant in the case of the Northern Mariana Islands, Satisfied that the peoples of the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands and the Northern Mari-­ ana Islands have freely exercised their right to self-deter­ mination in approving their respective new status agree­ ments in plebiscites observed by visiting missions of the Trusteeship Council and that, in addition to these plebi­ scites, the duly constituted legislatures of these entities have adopted resolutions approving the respective new status agreements, thereby freely expressing their wish to terminate the status of these entities as parts of the Trust Territory, Hoping that the people of Palau will be able in due course to complete the process of freely exercising their right to self-determination, Taking note of Trusteeship Council resolution 2183 (LIII) of 28 May 1986 and of subsequent reports of the Trusteeship Council to the Security Council, Determines, in the light of the entry into force of the new status agreements for the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands and the Northern Mariana Islands, that the objectives of the Trusteeship Agreement have been fully attained, and that the applicability of the Trusteeship 
**Analysis**
This text appears to be a resolution or agreement related to the self-determination and governance of a specific region, the Trust Territory. The text mentions negotiations, plebiscites, and the adoption of new status agreements, suggesting a focus on political development and international relations rather than economic or social development.

**Category**
International relations, Politics