Office
of the Assistant Secretary for Insular Areas
Interior Approves $1.5 Million in FY 2016 Funds
for Guam
For
Self-Determination Educational Outreach, Climate Change Projects, Public Safety,
Emergency and Facility Assessments, Natural and Cultural Resource Preservation,
and Leadership Building for Non-Governmental Organizations
WASHINGTON, D.C. (March
14, 2016) – Today the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Assistant Secretary
for Insular Areas Esther Kia’aina approved $1.5
million in grant assistance for fiscal year 2016 to the Government of Guam and
non-profit organizations from the Office of Insular Affairs’ (OIA) Technical
Assistance Program and the Maintenance Assistance Program.
“This year’s funding reflects the
priorities and issues of importance to the people of Guam including
self-determination, public safety, climate change, natural and cultural
resources, and capacity building for non-governmental
organizations,” said Assistant Secretary Kia’aina. “I am especially pleased with the leadership
and collaborative working relationships among Governor Eddie Calvo, Guam
Legislature Speaker Judith Won Pat, and Congresswoman Madeleine Bordallo on the
advancement of a community educational outreach plan in preparation for a 2018
plebiscite on self-determination.”
The various Technical Assistance Program grants, including
one Maintenance Assistance Program grant awarded for 2016 are as follow:
Guam
Self-Determination Community Education Outreach Program – $300,000 to the
Commission on Decolonization to implement a comprehensive community educational
outreach program in preparation for a planned 2018 plebiscite.
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Non-Self-Governing Territories
TERRITORY
| LISTING AS NSGT | ADMINISTERING POWER | LAND AREA (sq.km.)1 | POPULATION1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Western Sahara  | Since 1963 | 2 | 266,000 | 586,000 |
| Anguilla | Since 1946 | United Kingdom | 96 | 15,700 |
| Bermuda | Since 1946 | United Kingdom | 53.35 | 61,777 |
| British Virgin Islands | Since 1946 | United Kingdom | 153 | 28,200 |
| Cayman Islands | Since 1946 | United Kingdom | 264 | 55,691 |
| Falkland Islands (Malvinas)3 | Since 1946 | United Kingdom | 12,173 | 2,500 |
| Montserrat | Since 1946 | United Kingdom | 103 | 5,000 |
| Saint Helena | Since 1946 | United Kingdom | 310 | 5,777 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | Since 1946 | United Kingdom | 948.2 | 31,458 |
| United States Virgin Islands | Since 1946 | United States | 352 | 107,343 |
| Gibraltar | Since 1946 | United Kingdom | 5.8 | 32,700 |
| American Samoa | Since 1946 | United States | 200 | 55,170 |
| French Polynesia |
1946-1947 and
since 2013 | France | 3,600 | 268,207 |
| Guam | Since 1946 | United States | 540 | 159,358 |
| New Caledonia |
1946-1947 and
since 1986 | France | 18,575 | 268,767 |
| Pitcairn | Since 1946 | United Kingdom | 35.5 | 37 |
| Tokelau | Since 1946 | New Zealand | 12.2 | 1,411 |
1. All data is from United Nations Secretariat 2015 Working Papers on NSGTs, and for Western Sahara, from UNdata (http://data.un.org), a database by the United Nations Statistics Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations.
2. On 26 February 1976, Spain informed the Secretary-General that as of that date it had terminated its presence in the Territory of the Sahara and deemed it necessary to place on record that Spain considered itself thenceforth exempt from any responsibility of any international nature in connection with the administration of the Territory, in view of the cessation of its participation in the temporary administration established for the Territory. In 1990, the General Assembly reaffirmed that the question of Western Sahara was a question of decolonization which remained to be completed by the people of Western Sahara.
3. A dispute exists between the Governments of Argentina and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland concerning sovereignty over the Falkland Islands (Malvinas) (see ST/CS/SER.A/42).
