Mission 3/totheGovernment ofNewZealand, astheadministering Power,andtothepeopleofTokelau fOl'theirconsideration. TheGeneral Assemblyreaffirms th~inalienable rightofthepeopleofTokelau toself-determinationinconformity withtheDeclaration ontheGranting ofIndependence toColonialCountries andPeoples, contained inAssembly resolution 1514(XV)of14December 1960,andreaffirms further thatitistheresponsibility oftheadministering POlo1crtokeepthepeopleofTokelau fullyinformed ofthisright. Inthisregard, theGeneral Assembly notesthatthepeopleoftheTerritory haveexpressed theview-that,atthepresent time,theydonotwishtoreviewthenatureoftheexistin,.v. relationship between Tokelau andNewZealand. TheGeneral Assembly welcomes theadministering Power's assurancesthatitwillcontinue tobeguidedsolelyb:{the'toTishesofthepeopleofTokelau astothefuturestatusoftheTerritol'--Y_ TheGeneral Assembly alsonotesthattheadministering Powerhasassured thepeopleofTokelau ofitscontinuing assistance intheeventthattheyshoulddesiretochangetheirstatus. TheGeneral Assembly callsupontheadministering Powertocontinueitsprogramme ofpolitical education withintbecontext ofitseffortstoensurethepreservation oftheidentity andcultural heritage ofthepeopleofTokelau. TheGeneral Assembly recogniz(~S thattheeconomic developnent ofTokelauisanimportant element intheproc:ess ofself-determination. TheGeneral Assembly notes'theC!ontinuing effoJ:'ts oftheadministering Powertopromote theeconomic developnent oftheTe:r'ritoryandthemeasuresithastakentosafeguard andguarantee therightsefthepeoples ofTokelau toalltheirnatural resources andthebenefits deriVed therefrom. Inthisregard,theGeneral Assembly notesthat,inaccordance withthewishesofthepeopleofTokelau, legislation cameintoforceon1April1980establishing a200-mile exclusive economic zonefortheTerriwry_TheGeneral Assembly- isoftheopinion thattheadministering Powershouldcontinue toexpanditsprosrsmme ofbudgetary support anddevelopnent aidtotheTerritory_ TheGeneral Assembly requests theSpecial Committee tocontinue toexaminethisquestion atitsnextsessioninthelightofthefindings oftheVisi'tingMission, including thepossible dispatch ofafurthervisiting mission toTokelau, asappropriate andinconsultation withtheadministering Power,andtorep:>rtthereon totheGeneral Assembly atitsthirty-seventh session. E: 1/~.,paras. 336~398. -167-r \: I 1·' (- !:'r i 1 iL I'1 I: I r: i- t, r:lhCHAPTER XXVIII* AMERICAN SAMOA A.Consideration bytheSpecial Committee 1.Atits1184thmeeting, on21January 1981,byadopting thesuggestions relating totl;eorganization ofitsworkput-forward bytheChairman (A/AC.I09/L.1385 andCorr.l) ~theSpecial Committee decided, interalia,torefer thequestion ofAmerican SamoatotheSub-Committee onSmallTerritories for consideration andreport. 2.TheSpecial Committee considered theTerritory atits1202ndto 1204thmeetings, between 21Augustand11November 1981. I 3.Initsconsideration oftheiteIi1,theSpecial Committee tookintoaccount the provisions oftherelevant General Assembly resolutions, including inparticular resolution 35/119of11Decanber 1980ontheimplementation oftheDeclaration on theGranting ofIndependence toColonial Countries andPeoples. Byparagraph 12 ofthatresolution, theAssembly requested theComnittee "tocontinue toseek suitable meansfortheimmediate andfullimplementation ofGeneral Assembly resolution 1514(XV)inallTerritories whichhavenotyetattained independence and,inparticular: •.•toformulate specific proposals fortheelimination of theremaining manifestations ofcolonialism andtoreportthereon totheGeneral Assembly atitsthirty-sixth session". TheSpecial Committee alsotookinto account General Assembly resolution 35/23of11November 1980~byparagraph 10of whichtheAssembly requested theCommittee "tocontinue theexamination ofthis question atitsnextsession, including thedispatch ofavisiting mission to American Samoa,inconsultation withtheadministering Power•••".Further, the Committee tookintoaccount therelevant provisions ofGeneral Assembly resolution 35/118of11December 1980containing thePlanofActionfortheFull Implementation oftheDeclaration ontheGranting ofIndependence toColonial Countries andPeoples. 4.On12June1981,,theChairman oftheSpecial CoIllltli.ttee informed themembers oftheCommittee that,inaccordance withtherelevant provisions ofGeneral Assembly resolution 35/23andonthebasisoftherelated consultations, hehad appointed India,SierraLeoneandTrinidad andTobagoasmembers oftheUnited Nations Visiting Mission toAmerican Samoa,1981,andthatMr.AbdulG.Koroma (Sierra Leone)hadagreedtoserv~asChairman oftheMission. 5.Atitsl202ndmeeting, on21August, theSpecial Committee, inmodification ofthedecision referred toinparagraph 1above,decided tota.1teupthequestion ofAmerican Samoadirectly inplenary meetings whenthereportoftheVisiting, Mission becameavailable. 6.Atits1203rdmeeting, on10November, therepresentative ofSierraLeone,in hiscapacity astheChai~An oftheVisiting }1ission, introduced thereportofthe ~ussion (A/AC.109/679 andAdd.l). •Previously issuedaspartofA/36/23 (PartVII). -168-7. reso 8. 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