REPORT OF THE TRUSTEESHIP COUNCIL TO THE SECURlTY COUNCIL ON THE TRUST TERRITORY OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS 9June 1978 - 15June 1979 THIRTY-FOURTH YEAR SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT No. 1 lJNlTED NATIONS sii376n REPORT OF THE TRUSTEESHIP COUNCIL TO THE SECURITY COUNClL ON THE TRUST TERRITORY OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS 9 June 1978 - 15 June 1979 THIRTY-FOURTH YEAR SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT No. ? UNITED NATIONS New York, 1980 NOTE Symbols of United Nations documents are composed of capital letters combined with figures. Mention of such a symbol indicates a reference to a llnited Nations document. Documents of the Security Council (symbol S/...) are normally published in quarterly Supplements of the Official Records of the Security Council. The date of the document indicates the supplement in which it appears or in which information about it is given. The resolutions of the Security Council, numbered in accordance with a system adopted in 1964, are published in yearl.y volumes of Resolutions and Decisions of the Security Council.-- The new system, which has been applied rewively to resolutions adopted before I. January 1965, became fully operative on that date. CONTENTS Paragraphs Page INTRODUCTION . , , , . , . 1 1 PART I. ORGANIZATION AND ACTIVITIES OF THE TRUSTEESHIP COUNCIL . 2 - 146 1 A. Organization of the Council . , . 2 - 7 1 B. Examination of the annual report of the Administering Authority for the year ended 30 September 1978: Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands . , . 8 - 30 2 C. Examination of petitions . a . 31 - 34 7 3. United Nations Visiting Mission to observe the referendum in the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, July 1978 . 35 - 49 13 E. United Nations Visiting Mission to observe the referendum in the Marshall Islands, Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, March 1979 . 50 - 75 16 F. United Nations Visiting Mission to observe the referendum in Palau, Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands,July1979 . 76-83 21 G. United Nations Visiting Mission to the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, 1980 . 84 - 89 23 H. Attainment of self-government or independence by Trust Territories and the situation in Trust Territories . with regard to the implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples; Co-operation with the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Feoples . ; . 90 - 100 24 I. Co-operation with the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination: Decade for Action to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination . 101 - 116 26 J. Dissemination of information on the United Nations and the International Trusteeship System in Trust Territories . 117 - 138 28 IL Offers by Member States of study and training facilities for inhabitants of Trust Territories . 139 - 146 31 -iii- CONTENTS ( continued 1 Paragraphs PART II. CONDITIONS IN THE TRUST TERRITORY OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS..................... l 0 147 - 751 33 A. General ..................... 147 - 194 33 B. Political advancement .............. .‘. 195 - 261 42 C. Economic advancement .............. 262 - 444 52 D. Social advancement ............... 445 - 490 80 E. Educational advancement ............. 491 - 542 88 F. Constitutional developments and progress towards self-government or independence ......... 543 - 648 95 0. Conclusions and recommendations ......... 649 - 7% 114 -iv- INTRODUCTION 1. In accordance with Article 83 of the Charter of the United Nations, with resolution 70 (1949) adopted by the Security Council at its 415th meeting, on 7 March 1949, and with its own resolution 46 (IV) of 24 March 1949, the Trusteeship Council has carried out on behalf of the Security Council those functions of the United Nations under the International Trusteeship System rekting to the political, economic, social and educational advancement of the inhabitants of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, designated as a strategic area. PART I. ORGANIZATIOIV AND ACTIVITIES OF THE THUSTEESHIP COUNCIL A. ORGANIZATION OF THE COUNCIL Membership 2. The composition of the Trusteeship Council on 1 January 1979 was as follows: Member administering a Trust Territory United States of America Members mentioned by name in Article 23 of the Charter of the United Nations and not administering Trust Territories China France Union of Soviet Socialist Republics United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Officers 3. Mr. Jean-Claude Brochenin (France) was elected President at the beginning of the fourteenth special session, on 12 February 1979. Ms. Sheila Harden (United Kingdom), who served as Vice-President during ti e forty-fifth session of the Council, continued to act in that capacity during the fourteenth special Session. 4. Ms. Harden and Mr, Brochenin were clzctcd President and Vice-President, respectively, at the beginning of the forty-sixth session, on 21 May 1979. Meetings 5. During the period covered by t,his report, the Cour.cil lleld 14 lllectings, as follows: (a) Fourteenth special session (148&d and 148?rd mcc-?t.inc:: ), 12 end 15 February 1379; -l- . ._ I‘ B , . 7,. ._ ,,., .T I ,n I lI*,r, r..., I ., . ‘b . ,.... (b) Forty-sixth session (1484th to 1495th meetings), 21 May to 15 June 1979. All meetings took place at United Nations Headquarters, New York, Procedure 6. NO change affecting the procedure for the examination of conditions in the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands was made by the Council during the period under review. Relations with the specialized agencies 7. Representatives of the International Labour Organisation (ILO), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the United Nations Educationai, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) participated in the work of the Council at its fourteenth special session. Representatives of UNESCO and WHO participated in the work of the Council at its forty-sixth session. B. EXAMINATION OF THE ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ADMINISTERING AUTHORITY FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 1978: TRUST TERRITORY OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS 8. The report of the Government of the United States on the administration of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands for the year ending 30 September 1978 A/ was transmitted to members of the Trusteeship Council on 23 April 1979 by a note of the Secretary-General (T/1803) and placed on the agenda of the Council at its forty-sixth session. 9. The Trusteeship Council began its examination of the annual report at its 1484th meeting, on 21 May 1979. At the same meeting, and at the 1485th meeting, on the same dsy, the representatives of the United States and the Special Representatives of the Administering Authority, Mr. Juan A. Sablan, Deputy High Commissioner of the Trust Territory, and Mr. Carlos S. &macho, Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands, made opening statements. Speaker Sadang Silmai, of the Palau Legislature, Senator Benjamin T. Manglona of the Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Legislature and Mr. Anton DeBrum of the Government of the Marshall Islands, Special Advisers to the United States delegation, also made statements. Senator Bailey Olter of the Congress of the Federated States of Micronesia, who also served as Special Adviser to the IJnited States delegation, made a statement at the 1486tkl meeting, on 22 May 1979. &I 1978 Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, October 1, 1977 to September 30, 1978, Thirty-first annual report to the United Nations on the administration of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. Transmitted by the Uni-ted States of America to the United Nations pursuant to Article 88 of the Charter of the United Nations (Department of State Publication 8972, Guam). -2". 10. At the 1488th and 1489th meetings, on 24 and 25 May, and the 1490th meeting on 29 May, questions were put to the representatives of the United States, the Special Representatives, the special advisers and advisers by members of the Trusteeship Council, At its 1490th and 14glst meetings, on 29 and 30 May, the Council held a general debate on conditions in the Trust Territory, 11. At the 1492nd meeting, on 30 May, the Council appointed a Drafting Committee, composed of the representatives of Prance and the United Kingdom, to propose, on the basis of the discussion which had taken place in the Council, conclusions and recommendations on conditions in the Trust Territory and to noke recommendations concerning the chapter on conditions in that Territory for inclusion in the Council's report to the Security Council. 12. At its 1494th and 1495th meetings , on 13 and 15 June, the Council considered the report of the Drafting Committee. 2/ At the 1494th meeting, the representative of France, on behalf of the Drafting Committee , introduced the following revisions to the draft conclusions and recommendations annexed to the report: (a) The text of paragraph 16 was inserted after par-lgraph 36; (b) Paragraph 34, lrhich read: "The Council notes with satisfaction that the Administering Authority has extended to the Territory a generalized system of tariff preferences, as have Canada and Japan. However, it urges that coconut oil should be included in that tariff, as requested by the High Commissioner himself, and it requests the Administering Authority to continue its efforts to obtain similar benefits from other countries." was replaced by: "The Council notes with satisfaction that the Administering Authority has extended to the Territory a generalized system of tariff preferences, as have Canada