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GA/SPD/159
6 October 1999


Press Release
GA/SPD/159


FOURTH COMMITTEE HEARS PETITIONERS ON GUAM, WESTERN SAHARA, NEW CALEDONIA AND EAST TIMOR

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The colonized people of Guam would vote on its status by 4 July 2000, a representative of that Territory’s Governor told the Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) this afternoon, as the Committee continued consideration of decolonization issues and heard petitioners.