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Territories to which the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples Continues to Apply (as of 2001) Territory Administering Authority Africa Western Sahara 1 Asia and the Pacific American Samoa United States East Timor 2 Guam United States New Caledonia 3 France Pitcairn United Kingdom Tokelau New Zealand Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean and Mediterranean Anguilla United Kingdom Bermuda United Kingdom British Virgin Islands United Kingdom Cayman Islands United Kingdom Falkland Islands (Malvinas) United Kingdom Gibraltar United Kingdom Montserrat United Kingdom St. Helena United Kingdom Turks and Caicos Islands United Kingdom United States Virgin Islands United States 1- 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 international responsibility in connection with its administration, 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 that remained to be completed by the people of Western Sahara. 2- Formerly administered by Portugal, and under Indonesian control between 1975 and 1999, East Timor is now administered by the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor, established by Security Council resolution 1272 (1999) and endowed with overall responsibility for administering the Territory until it achieves independence. 3- On 2 December 1986, the General Assembly determined that New Caledonia was a Non-Self-Governing Territory.