A/RES/31/58 GA

128 General Assembly-Thirty-first Session economy as a matter of priority, in order to reduce its dependence on fluctuating economic activities, l. Approves the chapter of the report of the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Imple- mentation of the Declaration on the Granting of Inde- pendence to Colonial Countries and Peoples relating to the United States Virgin Islands;57 2. Reaffirms the inalienable right of the people of the United States Virgin Islands to self-determination and independence in accordance with the Declaration; 3. Reaffirms its conviction that questions of ter- ritorial size, geographical location and limited resources should in no way delay the implementation of the Declaration with respect to the Territory; 4. Calls upon the Government of the United States of America, as the administering Power, in consulta- tion with the freely elected representatives of the people, to continue to take all the necessary steps to ensure the full and speedy attainment of the goals set forth in the Declaration with respect to the United States Virgin Islands; 5. Calls upon the administering Power to take all possible steps to diversify the economy of the Territory and to work out concrete programmes of assistance and economic development for the United States Virgin Islands; 6. Requests the administering Power to consider favourably inviting a United Nations mission to visit the United States Virgin Islands for the purpose of observing conditions in the Territory and learning first- hand of the aspirations of the people concerning their political status; 7. Urges the administering Power, with the co- operation of the Government of the Territory, to safe- guard the inalienable right of the people of the Ter- ritory to the enjoyment of its natural resources by taking effective measures which guarantee the rights of the people to own and dispose of those natural resources and to establish and maintain control of their future development; 8. Requests the administering Power to continue to enlist the assistance of the specialized agencies and other organizations within the United Nations system in accelerating progress in all sectors of the national life of the United States Virgin Islands; 9. Requests the Special Committee to continue to seek the best ways and means for the implementation of the Declaration with respect to the United States Virgin Islands, including the possible dispatch of a visiting mission in consultation with the administering Power, and to report to the General Assembly at its thirty-second session on the implementation of the present resolution. 85th plenary meeting I December 1976 31/58. Question of Guam The General Assembly, Having considered the question of Guam, Having examined the relevant chapters of the report of the Special Committee on the Situation with regard 57 Ibid., chap. XXXI. to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Grant- ing of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peo- ples, 58 Recalling its resolution 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960, containing the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, and all other resolutions and decisions of the United Nations relating to Guam, in particular General Assembly resolutions 3429 (XXX) of 8 December 1975 and 3481 (XXX) of 11 December 1975, Conscious of the need to accelerate progress towards the full implementation of the Declaration with respect to Guam, Deploring the policy of the administering Power in continuing to maintain military installations on Guam, in contravention of the relevant resolutions of the General Assembly, Bearing in mind the constructive results achieved as a consequence of previous visiting missions to colonial Territories and reiterating its conviction that the dis- patch of such missions is essential for securing adequate and first-hand information in regard to the conditions prevailing in those Territories and to the views, wishes and aspirations of the peoples therein with respect to their future status, Mindful that Guam requires the continued attention and assistance of the United Nations in the achievement by its people of the objectives embodied in the Charter of the United Nations and in the Declaration, A ware of the special circumstances of the geograph- ical location and economic conditions of Guam, and stressing the necessity of diversifying its economy as a matter of priority in order to reduce its dependence on fluctuating economic activities, l. Approves the chapter of the report of the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Imple- mentation of the Declaration on the Granting of Inde- pendence to Colonial Countries and Peoples relating to Guam;59 2. Reaffirms the inalienable right of the people of Guam to self-determination and independence in ac- cordance with the Declaration; 3. Reaffirms its conviction that questions of ter- ritorial size, geographical location and limited resources should in no way delay the implementation of the Dec- laration with respect to the Territory; 4. Calls upon the Government of the United States of America, as the administering Power, in consultation with_ the freely elected representatives of the people, to contmue to take all the necessary steps to ensure the full and speedy attainment of the goals set forth in the Declaration with respect to Guam; . 5. ~trongly deprecates the establishment of military mstallations on Guam as being incompatible with the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations and of General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV); 6. Calls upon the administering Power to take all possible steps to diversify the economy of the Territory and to work out concrete programmes of assistance and economic development for Guam; 7. Calls upon the administering Power to reconsider its attitude towards receiving United Nations visiting 58 Jbid., chap. III, chap. V, annex IV, and chap. XXIII. 59 Jbid., chap. XXIII. VII, Resolutions adopted on the reports of the Fourth Committee 129 missions and to permit access by such a mission to the Taking note of the solemn declarations of the leaders of the delegations of Ethiopia and Somalia before the Territory; Council 0 ( Ministers of the Organization of African 8. Urges the administering Power, with the co- Unity at its twcnty-,eventh ordinary session, held at operation of the Government of Guam, to sa_feguard Port Louis from 24 June to 3 Julv 1976, and before the inalienable right of the people of the ~erntory. to the Fourth Committee of the General Assembly,68 the enjoyment of its natural resources by takmg effective affirming that their respective Governments would measures which guarantee the rights of the people to recognize, respect and honour the independence, sov- own and dispose of those natural resources and to ereignty and territorial intcg_rity of S?-called_ French establish and maintain control of their future develop- Somaliland (Djibouti) after its accession to mdepen- ment; dence, 9. Requests the administering Power to continue to Taking note also of the resolution on the question enlist the assistance of the specialized agencies and of so-called French Somaliland (Djibouti) adopted by other organizations within the United Nations ~ystem _in the Conference of Ministers for Foreign Affairs of Non- accelerating progress in all sectors of the national life Aligned Countries, held at Lima from 25 to 30 August of Guam; 1975,69 and of that part of the Political Declaration 10. Requests the Special Committee to continue to adopted by the Fifth Conference of Heads of State or seek the best ways and means for the impleme!ltation Government of Non-Aligned Countries, held at Co- of the Declaration with respect to Guam, mcludmg the lomho from 16 to 19 August 1976, regarding the ques- possible dispatch of a visiting mission in consultation tion,70 with the administering Power, and to report to the Having heard the statement of the representative of General Assembly at its thirty-second session on the France, as the administering Power, 71 in particular the implementation of the present resolution. expressed commitment of his Government to lead the 85th plenary meeting Territory to independence in 1977, J December 1976 1. Reaffirms the inalienable right of the people of so-called French Somaliland (Djibouti) to self-determi- 31/59. Question of French Somaliland The General Assembly, Having considered the question of so-called French Somaliland (Djibouti), Having examined the relevant chapter of the report of the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Grant- ing of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peo- ples,60 Recalling its resolution 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960 containing the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, Recalling also its resolutions 222,8 (XXI) of 20 December 1966, 2356 (XXII) of 19 December 1967 and 3480 (XXX) of 11 December 1975 on so-called French Somaliland (Djibouti), Having heard the statements of the representatives of the liberation movements, the Front de liberation de la Cote des Somalis61 and the Mouvement de liberation de Djibouti, 62 Having also heard the statements of the President of the Government Council of the Territory,63 as well as those of the representatives of the political parties, namely, the Ligue populaire africaine pour l'indepen- dance,64 the Union nationale pour l'independance65 and the Mouvement populaire de liberation,66 and of a petitioner, 67 so Ibid., chap. XIV. 61 Ibid., Thirty-first Session, Fourth Committee, 14th meet- ing, paras. 60-109, 17th meeting, paras. 44-49, and 21st meet- ing, paras. 22-34; and ibid., Fourth Committee, Sessional Fas- cicle, corrigendum. 62 Ibid., 17th meeting, paras 18-43. 63 Ibid., 14th meeting, paras. 22-58, and 20th meeting, paras. 5-15. 64 Ibid., 17th meeting, paras. 72-94. 65 Ibid., 20th meeting, paras. 35-60. 66 Ibid., 17th meeting, paras. 52-69. 67 Ibid., 20th meeting, paras. 63, 64, 68-70, 78, 79 and 84-87. nation and independence; 2. Reaffirms also its unqualified support of the right of the people of so-called French Somaliland (Djibouti) to immediate and unconditional independence in ac- cordance with the Declaration on the Granting of Inde- pendence to Colonial Countries and Peoples; 3. Calls upon the Government of France to imple- ment scrupulously and equitably, under democratic conditions, the programme for the independence of so- called French Somaliland (Djibouti), as outlined by the representative of France in his statement before the Fourth Committee of the General Assembly, 71 within the indicated time frame, namely, the summer of 1977; 4. Urges the leaders of the Government Council of the Territory, as well as the representatives of the liberation movements. the Front de liberation de la Cote des Somalis and the Mouvement de liberation de Djibouti, and of the political parties and groups to enter into the broadest possible discussions on neutral grounds, under the auspices of the Organization of African Unity, with a view to resolving their differences, and to agree on a common political platform before the holding of a referendum, in conformity with the resolution adopted by the Council of Ministers at its twenty-seventh ordinary session72 and subsequently ap- proved by the Assembly of Heads of State and Govern- ment of the Organization of African Unity at its thir- teenth ordinary session; 5. Also calls upon the Government of France to co-operate fully with the Organization of African Unity in its effort to convene. in accordance with the decision of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government, a round-table conference for the speedy implementation of the request contained in paragraph 4 above; 68 / bid .. 20th meeting, paras. 92-146 (Ethiopia); 14th meet- ing, paras. 110-130, and 17th meeting, paras. 13-17 (Somalia); and ibid., Fourth Committee, Sessional Fascicle, corrigendum. 69 A/10217 and Corr.I, annex I. resolution I. 70 A/31/197, annex I, para. 37. 71 Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-first Ses- sion, Fourth Committee, 14th meeting, paras. 1-20. 72 A/31/196 and Corr.], annex, resolution CM/Res.480 (XXVII).

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