... REPORT OF THE UNITED NATIONS VISITING MISSION TO OBSERVE THE PLEBISCITE IN PALAU, TRUST TERRITORY OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS, FEBRUARY 1990 TRUSTEESHIP COUNCIL OFFICIAL RECORDS: FJF'T¥.SEVEN1H SESSION (May-June 1990) SUPPLEMENT No. 1 UNITED NATIONS T/1942 v c. I REPORT OF THE UNITED NATIONS VISITING MISSION TO OBSERVE THE PLEBISCITE IN PALAU, TRUST TERRITORY OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS, FEBRUARY 1990 TRUSTEESHIP COUNCIL OFFICIAL RECORDS: FIFTY-SEVENTH SESSION (May-June 1990) SUPPLEl\fENT No. 1 UNITED NATIONS New York, 1990 T/1942 NOTE Symbols of United Nations documents are composed of capital letters combined with figures. Mention of such a symbol indicates a reference to a United Nations document. T/1942 ISSN 0252-8002 I !ldqin;o.l: F.nqlish] CONTENTS Chapter Letter of transmittal V I. TERt1S OF REFERENCE AND COMPOSITION OF THE VISITING MISSION 1 II. PALAU AND THE COMPACT OF FREE ASSOCIATION s 2 III. BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE OF THE 6 JANUARY PLEBISCITE ...... . li 1.2 3 IV. ACTIVITIES OF THE VISITING MISSION ...................... . l.l 1"1 4 V. POLITICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMME ........................... . I.H n ') VI. THE POLITICAL CAMPAIGN .................................. . /.4 /;tl G VII. OTHER ISSUES ............................................ . 10 l I 7 VIII. THE POLL l'' /. .l7 n IX. COUNTING AND TABULATION OF VOTES ........................ . lfl lj() ~) X. RESULTS OF THE PLEBISCITE ............................... . 11 17. J.O XI. CONCLUSIONS Ill !i?. J.J. Annexes I. STATEMENT BY MR. LOUIS AMIGUES, CHAIRMAN OF THE VISITING HISSION, ON 31 JANUARY 1990 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 