Economic Community andtheNon-Aligned Movement, withthePeople's Republic of China,Japan, theUnitedStatesofAmerica andtheRepublic ofKorea.JSM/ve A/40/PV.28 6 (Mr.Giheno, PapuaNewGuinea) PapuaNewGuinea's relationswiththeislanddeveloping countriesoftheSOUth Pacific arebasedonculture, ethnicity andsharedinterests. Co-operation with thesecountries isgenerally conducted through tworegional organizations. aretheSouthPacific ForumandtheSouthPacific Conference. Inrecentyears,leaders oftheSouthPacific islandcountries haveThey increasingly becomeconcerned withcertain £egional issueswhichhavenotbeen giventhenecessary attention andthepublicity theydeserve. Pacific leaders realize thatoneofthebestwaysoftackling pressing issuesofcrucial importance tothepeople andcountries oftheregionisbyprolOOting regional consultation and co-operation. Ourrelations withtheindependent islandcountries oftheSouthPacific are amongthoseofprimary concern tous.Wewelcome increased, constructive participation inregional affairs bymetropolitan countries withtraditional ties totheregion, aswellasbyJapan,ChinaandSouthKorea. Wearecritical of Governments whichdenytherights andindependence ofisland Governments~ PapuaNewGuinea, togetherwith0therSouthPacificForumcountries,haslong advocated anuclear-free zoneinourregion. Forseveral yearsnowwehave protested inthestrongest termspossible attheFrenchGovernment's nuclear-weapon-testing programme onMururoa Atoll. However, despite those protests, theFrench Government continues toconduct nuclear testsonMururoa. PapuaNewGuineastrongly condemns thisarrogant attitudeandcallsuponFranceto complywiththewishesofthepeopleoftheregion. Wewelcome PrimeMinister Nakasone's pledgethatJapanwillnotdumpnuclear wastesinthePacific•JSM/ve A/40/PV.28 7 (Mr.Giheno, PapuaNewGUin~a) Recently, withothermembercoftheregion, PapuaNewGuineahassigneda treatythatwouldmaketheSouthPacific anuclea~-free zone. Ashasbeenexpressed hereonnumerous occasions byPapuaNewGuinea representatives, weconsider colonialism ananachronism ofourtime. Wetherefore finditdisturbing thataslongas25yearsaftertheadoption ofthehistoric 1960 Declaration ontheGranting ofIndependence toColonial Countries andPeoples, 19Non-Self-Governing Territories andoneTrustTerritory continue tolanguish underthissystemofthepast.PapuaNewGuineabelieves thatthepeopleof dependent andNon-Self-Governing Territories mustbegiventheopportunity to exercise theirinalienable righttogenuine self-determination. Withregardtothespecial problems ofsmalldependent Territories, theymust notbedeniedself-determination simplybecause oftheirsize,geographic location, population orlimited natural resources, anditisforthem,andthemalone,freely toexpress theformtheywishtoadoptinordertoachieve theobjectives of resolution1514(XV). Ifdependent peoples aretobeabletomakeaninformed andreasoned decision ontheirpoliticalstatus, adequatepoUticaleducationmustbeconductedbythe administering Powerconcerned toenable themfullytounderstand theoptions available tothem,aswellasthelikelyimplicationsofthoseoptions. There mustbeagreater andmoremeaningful participation bytheindigenous peoples in theaffairs oftheirrespective dependent Territories. Appropriate Administering Authorities shouldpromote investment inself-help projects appropriate tothe needsandresources of~osedependent Territories. Inthisrespect,itis essential thattheyreviewtileuseoftransnational corporations intheeconomic development ofthesedependent Territories. ,JSM/ve A/40/PV.28 8 (Mr.Giheno, PapuaNewGuinea) Whilecolon.ialism isgradually beingphasedout,certain partsandpeoples of theworldcontinue tobesaddled Wialtheburdenofconflicting territorial claims bymetropolitan Powers~ PapuaNewGuinea hopesthattheanguish anduncertainty of thesepeoples cansoon'beende4~ Weurgethoseresponsible toresolve the difficulties inamannerthatavoidsafurther impasse. Inthisregard, weremindthosestatesdisputing eachother's-territorial claimsthattheyhaveanobligation torespect thewishes andwell-being ofthe peoples ofthosedependent Territor ies. Likeotherindependent Pacific islandcountries, PapuaNewGuineais particularly concerned abouttheremaining dependent Territories ofthePacific region. Weareindeedhappytonotethatafteryearsofpainstaking negotiations between theUnitedStatesandtheMarshal! Islands andt:heFederated Statesof Micronesia, acompact offreeassociation, agreedtobetween theparties, is pending before theUnitedStatesCongress forratification. Weurgetheunited