Palau fails on autonomy move

autonomy move

First move by the Palau Legisla ture to form a separate and sovereign state has been upset by the District Administrator there, Mr Thomas O.

Remengesau, who has rejected a bill passed in the April session setting up a convention to draft a constitution for the future government of the district.

Mr Remengesau explained that there was no Trust Territory law which allowed for the formation of a separate sovereign government and that to form a nation-state of Palau would need alteration to the Trustee ship Agreement, which could not be done without the consent of the USA as the administering authority and the United Nations Security Council.