text: Council requested the Miss~on to submit to it as soon as practicable A report on its observations of the plebiscite, containing such conclusions and recommendations as it might wish to make. 3. After holding the necessary consultations with members of t:he Trusteeship Council and the Administering Authority, the following were designated as members of the Mission: Mr. Louis Amigues (France) (Chairman) Mr. J. Stephen Smith (United Kingdom) (Vice-Chairman) Mr. Lu Yongshou (China) Mr. Isikia Rabici Savua (Fiji) Mr. Samuel Pulup (Papua New Guinea) 4. The Mission was accompanied by the following members of the United Nations Secretariat: Mr. Wilfrid De Souza, Principal Secretary; Mr. Ozdinch Mustafa, Senior Political Affairs Officer; Ms. Lesley Wilkinson, Political Affairs Of[Jcer; and Mrs. Patricia Jimenez-Perez, Administrative Officer and Secretary. The ~1Jssion was escorted in Palau by Mr. Robert Grey of the United States Missi0n to the Hnitecl Nations, and Mr. Samuel McPhetres of the Office of Transition, the Trust Terd tory of the Pacific Islands. -1-CHAPTER II PALAU AND THE COMPACT OF FREE ASSOCIATION 5. Palau is part of the United Nations Trust Territory of the P~l:i[Jc lslon~s. The report of the United Nations Visiting Mission to Palau in 1989 l/ contains relevant background information on Palau and on the Compact of Free l\ssoclation. It also contains a brief account of the referendums on the Compact. IJel l1 in P;~Jau since 1982. -2-CHAPTER III BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE OF THE 6 JANUARY PLEBISCITE 6. Mr. Ngiratke1 Etpison was elected President of Palau on 2 November 1980. In February 1989, the leadership of Palau formed the Commission on Future Pnlau/United States Relations with Mr. Kuniwo Nakamura, Vice-President of Palau, as Chairman. The Commission was charged with the responsibility of addressing and negotiating for the improvement of the future relationship between the United States and 
analysis: The text appears to be a report on a plebiscite held in Palau, a Pacific island nation, and its relationship with the United States. The content focuses on the political and diplomatic aspects of the situation, including the formation of a commission to negotiate with the US and the holding of a referendum. There is no direct mention of economic development, natural resources, or environmental issues, which suggests that this report is not primarily concerned with these topics.