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    The Governor of Puerto Rico wrote to the UN Secretary-General regarding Puerto Rico's status under Article 73 of the UN Charter. In 1953, the then-Governor of Puerto Rico had suggested to the US President that Puerto Rico should no longer be considered a non-self-governing territory after establishing a commonwealth relationship with the US. The US accepted this and notified the UN that it would stop transmitting information about Puerto Rico under Article 73. The US explained that a 1950 law had recognized Puerto Rico's self-government through a compact, and the Puerto Rican people had then adopted their own constitution.

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    The Governor of Puerto Rico wrote to the UN Secretary-General regarding Puerto Rico's status under Article 73 of the UN Charter. In 1953, the then-Governor of Puerto Rico had suggested to the US President that Puerto Rico should no longer be considered a non-self-governing territory after establishing a commonwealth relationship with the US. The US accepted this and notified the UN that it would stop transmitting information about Puerto Rico under Article 73. The US explained that a 1950 law had recognized Puerto Rico's self-government through a compact, and the Puerto Rican people had then adopted their own constitution.

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    The Governor of Puerto Rico wrote to the UN Secretary-General regarding Puerto Rico's status under Article 73 of the UN Charter. In 1953, the then-Governor of Puerto Rico had suggested to the US President that Puerto Rico should no longer be considered a non-self-governing territory after establishing a commonwealth relationship with the US. The US accepted this and notified the UN that it would stop transmitting information about Puerto Rico under Article 73. The US explained that a 1950 law had recognized Puerto Rico's self-government through a compact, and the Puerto Rican people had then adopted their own constitution.

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    C OMMONW EA LTII 01'

    PUERTO

    RICO

    GOVER N OR
    A LEJA NDRO J. GARCi A-PADILLA

    December 26, 2015

    His Excellency Ban Ki-Moon


    Secretary-General of the United Nations
    United Nations Headquarters
    405 East 42nd Street
    New York, NY 10017
    Dear Mr. Secretary-General:
    I write as Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico regarding
    Commonwealth's status under Article 73 of the Charter of the United Nations.

    the

    On January 17, 1953, the then-Governor of Puerto Rico, the Honorable Luis Munoz
    Marin, wrote to the then-President of the United States of America, the Honorable
    Harry S. Truman, regarding the United States' compliance with its obligations with
    respect to Puerto Rico under Article 73 of the United Nations Charter. In that letter
    (attached hereto as Tab A at p.5), Governor Munoz Marin stated that:
    [l]n response to th e wish of an overwhelming majority of the peop le of
    Puerto Rico pursuant to a compact between them and the Government
    of the United States[] Puerto Rico became a Commonwealth in free and
    voluntary association with the United States and its people have now
    attained a full measure of self-government. Accordingly, I respectfully
    suggest on behalf of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico that the
    Government of the United States takes steps to notify the United Nations
    of the status of Puerto Rico[;] that it is no longer a non-self-governing
    area, and that reports concerning it are no longer appropriate under
    Article 73(e) of the Charter.
    The United States accepted Governor Munoz Marfn's suggestion, and notified the
    United Nations by Memorandum dated April 20, 1953 (attached hereto as Tab A at
    p. 2), that it would henceforth cease to transmit information regarding Puerto Rico
    pursuant to Article 73. In particular, the United States explained that in 1950 its
    Congress had enacted a law, Public Law No. 600, that "expressly recognized the
    principle of government by co nsent," Apr. 20 Memo 41 11, and offered the people of
    Puerto Rico a "compact" whereby "the people of Puerto Rico may o rganize a
    government pursuant to a constitution of their own adoption." Pub. L. No. 81-600, 64
    Stat. 319 (1950). As the United States further explained, the people of Puerto Rico

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