Unireo Srares Mission to THE Unirep Nations 407896 L, 799 UNITED NATIONS PLAZA PRESS RELEASE New Yors,N. ¥. 10017 FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY CHECK TEXT AGAINST DELIVERY Press Release USUN-55(73) June 8, 1973 STATEMENT BY THE HONORABLE JOAB SIGRAH, CONGRESS OF MICRONESIA, SPECIAL ADVISER TO THE UNITED STATES DELEGATION TO THE TRUSTEESHIP COUNCIL, JUNE 8, 1973. ee Mr. President and Distinguished Council Members: Senator Amaraich and I appreciate this opportunity to appear before you today as Special Advisors to the United States Delegation. As our High Commissioner has already stated, the people and our Government in Micronesia were most privileged in February and March of this year to host the tour of the 1973 Visiting Mission whose candid and comprehensive report on the Administration of Micronesia is now before this Council. We commend the members of the 1973 Mission for the report and trust that the views expressed in the report together with our presentations and the deliberations of this Council and of the Adminis-— tering Authority will bring about a consensus of what appears to be critical areas of concerns and issues in Micronesia. We also hope that with the assistance of this Council and of the Administering Authcrity, we can begin to resolve these problems, not the least of which is a satisfactory resolution of the Trusteeship itself. One of the things that the report of the 1973 United Nations Visiting Mission to the Trust Territory makes clear is the fact that Micronesia is very much affected by public issues and inter- national problems which transcend its political boundaries and go beyond the ken or competence of its powers and authority to control and influence. It is safe to say that some of the problems to be found in Micronesia are influenced to a great adegpree by the geo-political location of the Micronesian islands in the context of the greater Pacific region. Other problems arise because by history and political alignment our island nation is strongly linked to the administrative apparatus of the Adminis-— tering Authority. Still other problems exist due to the socioeconomic fabrics of the people and the island community that is Micronesia. BEST COPY AVAILABLE ~more- DOE ARCH.