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TRUSTEESHIP COUNCil OFFICIAl RECORDS SEVENTEENTH SPECIAL SESSION 20-26 November 1986 FIFTY-FOURTH SESSION 11 May-16 December 1987 EIGHTEENTH SPECIAL SESSION 13 August 1987 SESSIONAL FASCICLE UNITED NATIONS TRUSTEESHIP COUNCIL OFFICIAL RECORDS SEVENTEENTH SPECIAL SESSION 20-26 November 1986 FIFTY-FOURTH SESSION 11 May-16 December 1987 EIGHTEENTH SPECIAL SESSION 13 August 1987 SESSIONAL FASCICLE UNITED NATIONS New York, 1989 INTRODUCTORY NOTE The official records of the Trusteeship Council include the records of the meetings, issued in final offset, the annexes to those records and the supplements. The present volume contains prefatory matter and the annexes of the seventeenth special session, the fifty-fourth session and the eighteenth special session. * * * 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. CONTENTS Seventeenth special session Agenda • . • • • • . • • . • . • • . • • • . • • • . • • . • . • . • . • • . • . • . • • • • • . • • . • . • • . • . • . • . • • 2 Contents of the meetings . • . • . • . • • • • . • • . • • . • • • • • . • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 5 List of delegations . • . • • • . • • . • . • • . • • . • . • • • . • • . • . • • . • • . • . • • 7 Officers of the Council 9 Check~list of documents 10 Symbol T/1904 Letter dated 11 November 1986 from the Permanent Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General ..••..•....•.••.•................•....•• 12 Fifty-fourth session Agenda . • • • • • . • . • • • . • • . • • . • . • . • . • . • . • . • . • • . • . • • • . • . • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 14 Contents of the meetings . 27 List of delegations . 34 Officers of the Council 37 Check-list of documents 38 Annexes Symbol T/1902 Letter dated 30 September 1986 from the Permanent Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General •.••.•.•.•..•.••...••..•...•.••.••.••.•• 42 T/1903 Letter dated 23 October 1986 from the Permanent Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General •••••.••.•....••.•.••.....•....•.••••..• 42 T/1910 Letter dated 4 May 1987 from the Acting Permanent Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General •..•.•.••.•••.••.•••..•...•..•••.....••. 43 -iii- CONTENTS (continued) T/1911 and Offers by Member States of study and training facilities for A.dd.l and inhabitants of Trust Territories: Report of the A.dd.l/ Secretary-General .............................................. 44 Corr.1 T/1912 Dissemination of information on the United Nations and the International Trusteeship System in the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands: report of the Secretary-General •.••••••••••••• 45 T/1917 Letter dated 8 October 1987 from the Permanent Representative of the United States of .America to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General . • • • • . • • • • . • • • • • • • • • . • • • • . • • . • • • . • . • • • • 48 T/L.l260 Report of the Drafting Committee on the Trust Territory of the and Pacific Islands ................................................ 52 Corr.l Eighteenth special session Agenda • • • • • • • • • • • • . • • • . • • . • . • • . • • • . • • . • . • • • • • • . • • • • • • • • • . • . • . • • • . • • • • • • . • 54 Contents of the meetings . 58 List of delegations . 59 Officers of the Council ..................................................... 60 Check-list of documents ..................................................... 61 Annexes Symbol T/1914 Letter dated 24 July 1987 from the Deputy Representative of the United States of .America on the Security Council addressed to the President of the Trusteeship Council •••••••.••••••••••••••.• 63 T/1915 Letter dated 7 August 1987 from the Acting Permanent Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General ••••.••••.•••••••••••• 63 -iv- SEVENTEENTH SPECIAL SESSION -1- AGENDA adopted by the Council at its 1622nd meeting, on 20 November 1986 1. Adoption of the agenda. 2. Report of the Secretary-General on credentials. 3. Election of the Vice-President. 4. Letter dated 11 November 1986 from the Permanent Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General, containing a request for a special session of the Trusteeship Council to consider the dispatch of a mission to observe a plebiscite on 2 December 1986 in Palau on the Compact of Free Association. 5. Examination of petitions listed in the annex to the agenda [see below] and related to item 4 of the agenda. List of communications and petitions concerning the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands received by the Secretary-General and circulated to members of the Trusteeship Council Observations by the Administering Petitioner Symbol Authority Airai State Legislature T/COM.l0/L.365 Not required [A decision was taken on T/COM.10/L.366 at the fifty-fourth session] Anne E. Simon, Staff Attorney, T/COM.10/L.367 Not required Center for Constitutional Rights House of Delegates, Second T/COM.10/L.368 Not required Olbiil Era Kelulau (Palau National Congress) J. Roman Bedor T/PET.l0/462 Not required David Scott-Holte T/PET.l0/463 Required Irene M. Giles T/PET.l0/464 Required Christine A. Higgott, T/PET.l0/465 Required Bristol Greenham Women's Support Group -2- Observations by the Administering Petitioner Symbol Authority Trudi Pilkington T/PET.l0/466 Required and nine others Beverly J. T. Delong T/PET.l0/467 Required Janet Csoti T/PET.l0/468 Required E. Williams T/PET.l0/469 Required Jean Johnson T/PET.l0/470 Required S. Rawson, T/PET.l0/471 Required Eastern Suburbs Peace Group 0. Bracey T/PET.l0/472 Required Tony Newman T/PET.l0/473 Required S. A. White T/PET.l0/474 Required M. Sayers T/PET.l0/475 Required [A decision was taken on T/PET.l0/476 at the fifty-fourth session] Graham Stringer, T/PET.l0/477 Required Office of the Leader of the Council, City of Manchester Elizabeth Rouse, T/PET.l0/478 Required Ideas Centre, Resource Centre for International Co-operation J. T. McNally, T/PET.l0/479 Required Chief Executive and Administrative Officer, Clydebank District Council F. Rodman T/PET.l0/480 Required Werkgroep Pacific T/PET.l0/481 Required Richard Eng T/PET.l0/482 Required Members of the European T/PET.l0/483 Required Parliament -3- Observations by the Administering Petitioner Symbol Authority Susan Quass, Resource T/PET.l0/484 Required Co-ordinator for Asia and Pacific, United Methodist Office for the United Nations James Orak for the Palauan T/PET.l0/485 Required Club of Portland B. Mackenzie T/PET.l0/486 Required Marion Cole, Braintree and T/PET.l0/487 Required District United Nations International Year of Peace Group Takato Yamamoto T/PET.l0/488 Required Andrew Wells T/PET.l0/489 Required Alan H. Brett T/PET.l0/490 Required Takako Harada T/PET.l0/491 Required Judy Norton T/PET.l0/492 Required Takeda Asako T/PET.l0/493 Required Hirako Harada T/PET.l0/494 Required -4- CONTENTS OF THE MEETINGS Note: The number in brackets after the title of the item indicates the number of the item on the agenda. 1622nd (opening} meeting Thursday, 20 November 1986, at 10.45 a.m. Opening of the seventeenth special session Adoption of the agenda [1] Report of the Secretary-General on credentials [2] Letter dated 11 November 1986 from the Permanent Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General, containing a request for a special session of the Trusteeship Council to consider the dispatch of a mission to observe a plebiscite on 2 December 1986 in Palau on the Compact of Free Association [4] Examination of petitions listed in the annex to the agenda and related to item 4 of the agenda [5) Programme of work 1623rd meeting Friday, 21 November 1986, at 10.50 a.m. Election of the Vice-President [3] Examination of petitions listed in the annex to the agenda and related to item 4 of the agenda [5] (continued} Letter dated 11 November 1986 from the Permanent Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General, containing a request for a special session of the Trusteeship Council to consider the dispatch of a mission to observe a plebiscite on 2 December 1986 in Palau on the Compact of Free Association [4] (continued) 1624th meeting Wednesday, 26 November 1986, at 5.25 p.m. Report of the Secretary-General on credentials [2] (concluded) Examination of petitions listed in the annex to the agenda and related to item 4 of the agenda [5] (concluded) -5- Letter dated 11 November 1986 from the Permanent Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General, containing a request for a special session of the Trusteeship Council to consider the dispatch of a mission to observe a plebiscite on 2 December 1986 in Palau on the Compact of Free Association '[4] (concluded) Closure of the seventeenth special session -6- LIST OF DELEGATIONS Members of the Council CHINA [Did not participate in the session.] FRANCE Head of delegation Mr. Laurent Rapin, First Counsellor, Permanent Mission Representatives Mr. Jean-Pierre Guinhut, Counsellor, Permanent Mission Mr. Gilles Richard, Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS Representative Mr. Yevgeniy Georgiyevich Kutovoy, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister