the signature on 26 May 1989 of an agreement between the two sides. The Council hoped that that agreement would help to achieve an early completion of the process of approval of the Compact of Free Association, in accordance with the wishes of the people of Palau.~/ 127. In its current annual report, the Administering Authority states that it has been informed that the Commission was dissolved and reconstituted as a política! education commission mandated to educate the people of Palau on the Compact of Free Association in anticipation of the next plebiscite. The Administering Authority states that it is prepared to assist the Government of Palau, if it so requests, in any appropriate endeavour leading to the final determination of a political status chosen by the people. 128. The current annual report also states that the Olbiil Era Kelulau enacted legislation in August 1989 mandating a seventh plebiscite on the Compact of Free Association between 1 January and 30 June 1990. / ... T/L.1274 English Page 23 129. In a letter dated 19 December 1989 addressed to the Secretary-General (T/1940), the Permanent Representative of the United States requested the holding of a special session of the Trusteeship Council to consider the dispatch of a visiting mission to observe a plebiscite in Palau on the Compact of Free Association, to be held on 6 February 1990. 130. At its twentieth special session, held on 8 January 1990, the Council adopted resolution 2192 (S-XX), whereby it decided to send the above visiting mission. 131. The report of the United Nations Visiting Mission to Observe the Plebiscite in Palau, Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, February 1990 has been transmitted to the current (fifty-seventh) session of the Trusteeship Council. Of a total of 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing the political process and governance of Palau, specifically the process of approval of the Compact of Free Association and the holding of plebiscites. It also mentions the involvement of the United Nations and the Administering Authority. Based on this, it seems likely that the text falls under the category of governance or politics.

**Category**
Politics, Governance