cil, in full accord with the framework document, to elect the Chairman of the Council as soon as possible, so as to implement the agreement referred to in paragraph 4 above;
6. Notes that the Supreme National Council will therefore represent Cambodia externally and it is to designate its representatives to occupy the seat of Cambodia at the United Nations, in the United Nations specialized agencies and in other international institutions and international conferences;
7. Urges all parties to the conflict to exercise maximum self-restraint so as to create the peaceful climate required to facilitate the achievement and the implementation of a comprehensive political settlement;
8. Calls upon the eo-Presidents of the Paris Conference to intensify their consultations with a view to reconvening the Conference, whose task will be to elaborate and adopt the comprehensive political settlement and to draw

up a detailed plan of implementation in accord with the above-mentioned framework;
9. Urges the Supreme National Council, all Cambodians and all parties to the conflict to co-operate fully in this process;
10. Encourages the Secretary-General to continue, within the context of preparations for reconvening the Paris Conference and on the basis ofthe present resolution, preparatory studies to assess the resource implications, timing and other considerations relevant to the United Nations role;
11. Calls upon all States to support the achievement of a comprehensive political settlement as outlined in the above-mentioned framework.
Adopted unanimously at the 249/st meeting.

LETTER DATED 7 DECEMBER 1990 FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE TRUSTEESHIP COUNCIL ADDRESSED TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE SECURITY COUNCIL

Decision
At its 2972nd meeting, on 22 December 1990, the Council decided to invite the representative of New Zealand to participate, without vote, in the discussion of the item entitled "Letter dated 7 December 1990 from the President of the Trusteeship Council addressed to the President of the Security Council (S/22008)". 117
Resolution 683 (1990)
of22 December 1990
The Security Council,
Recalling Chapter XII of the Charter of the United Nations, which established an international trusteeship system,
Conscious of its responsibility relating to strategic areas as set forth in Article 83, paragraph 1, of the Charter,
Recalling its resolution 21 (1947) of 2 April 1947, by which it approved the Trusteeship Agreement for the former Japanese Mandated Islands, 118 since known as the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands,
Noting that the Trusteeship Agreement designated the United States of America as Administering Authority of the Trust Territory,
Mindful that article 6 of the Trusteeship Agreement, in conformity with Article 76 of the Charter, obligated the Administering Authority, inter alia, to promote the development of the inhabitants of the Trust Territory toward self-government or independence as may be appropriate to
117 See Official Records of the Security Council. Forty-fifth Year, Suf~lementfor October, November and December 1990.
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the particular circumstances of the Trust Territory and its peoples and the freely expressed wishes of the peoples concerned,
Aware that, towards this end, negotiations between the Administering Authority and representatives of the Trust Territory began in 1969 and resulted in the conclusion of a Compact of Free Association in the case of the Federated States of Micronesia and the Marshall Islands, and a Corn·· monwealth Covenant in the case of the Northern Mariana Islands,
Satisfied that the peoples of the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands and the Northern Mari·· ana Islands have freely exercised their right to self-determination in approving their respective new status agreements in plebiscites observed by visiting missions of the Trusteeship Council and that, in addition to these plebiscites, the duly constituted legislatures of these entities have adopted resolutions approving the respective new status agreements, thereby freely expressing their wish to terminate the status of these entities as parts of the Trust Territory,
Hoping that the people of Palau will be able in due course to complete the process of freely exercising their right to self-determination,
Taking note of Trusteeship Council resolution 2183 (LIII) of 28 May 1986 and of subsequent reports of the Trusteeship Council to the Security Council,
Determines, in the light of the entry into force of the new status agreements for the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands and the Northern Mariana Islands, that the objectives of the Trusteeship Agreement have been fully attained, and that the applicability ofthe Trusteeship Agreement has terminated, with respect to those entities.
Adopted at tile 2972nd meeting by 14 votes to I (Cuba).

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